Compute
Talking System Architecture With AMD CTO Mark Papermaster
It is funny to think that in a certain light, AMD has Big Blue to thank for its resurgence in the datacenter. …
CPU
Compute
The Widening Gyre Of Supercomputing
The twice-annual ranking of distributed computing systems based on the Linpack parallel Fortran benchmark, a widely used and sometimes maligned test, is as much a history lesson as it is an expectation always looking forward, with anticipation, to the next performance milestones in high performance computing. …
Compute
The New Server Economies Of Scale For AMD
In the first story of this series, we discussed the Infinity fabric that is at the heart of the new “Naples” Epyc processor from AMD, and how this modified and extended HyperTransport interconnect glues together the cores, dies, and sockets based on Eypc processors into a unified system. …
AI
The Heart Of AMD’s Epyc Comeback Is Infinity Fabric
At AMD’s Epyc launch few weeks ago, Lisa Su, Mark Papermaster, and the rest of the AMD Epyc team hammered home that AMD designed its new Zen processor core for servers first. …