In early May 2023, some media broke the news that the AMD EPYC 8004 series processor, codenamed "Siena", had passed SATA-IO verification. At that time, EPYC 8004 could be said to be half-covered with a pipa. On September 18, AMD officially launched the EPYC 8004 series processors. What impact and changes will the long-awaited EPYC 8004 bring to the bustling edge computing server market?
Inherit and carry forward
The emergence of the AMD EPYC processor was the beginning of an era when AMD was once again making waves in the data center market. From the release of the first-generation EPYC processor by AMD in 2017 to the debut of the fourth-generation AMD EPYC processor in November 2022, AMD EPYC processor has gradually won the recognition of the industry with its excellent performance and higher energy efficiency ratio. , and become an indispensable presence in the data center server market.
After many ups and downs in history, AMD has remained committed to the data center market and has conducted more in-depth research on the diverse needs of different customers. It is committed to providing higher-performance processors for the data center server market and optimizing semiconductor products to meet different workloads. requirements, and work with ecological partners to provide complete solutions to accelerate the release of business value.
AMD EPYC 8004 series processors are the last model of AMD's fourth-generation EPYC processors. From then on, AMD's fourth-generation EPYC processors have a complete territory. According to AMD's plan, its fourth-generation EPYC processor includes "four pillars": the series code-named "Genoa" is aimed at general computing, the "Bergamo" series is aimed at the cloud native market, and the "Genoa" series is aimed at the cloud native market. -X (Genoa-X)" is oriented to technical computing, and "Siena (Siena)" is oriented to cloud services, intelligent edge and telecommunications markets. The four major series each perform their own duties and have their own strengths. Although they are oriented to different application scenarios, they all have excellent performance and better energy efficiency.
Edge computing opportunities
With the advent of the era of heterogeneous computing power, servers, as computing power infrastructure, are developing in the direction of higher performance, more reliable and diverse computing. The "China Semi-Annual Edge Computing Market (Second Half of 2022) Tracking" report released by IDC shows that in 2022, China's edge computing server market has achieved rapid growth, with total edge dedicated server shipments reaching 34,000 units, a year-on-year increase of 88%. With the rapid popularization of new technologies and applications such as artificial intelligence, 5G, and the Internet of Things, the future of the edge computing server market is even more promising. Gartner predicts that by 2025, the overall global server market will reach US$135 billion, of which the market size of edge computing equipment is expected to reach US$37 billion.
Universal, intelligent and rapidly increasing computing power supply will provide guarantee for real-time, safe and flexible data processing at the edge. Currently, many server manufacturers are involved in the field of edge computing and are constantly introducing new products.
Since edge computing servers are located at the edge of the network, closer to data sources or users, and the application environment is more complex or even harsh, this will greatly test the server's performance, security, reliability, and flexible deployment capabilities. So, how can the server effectively solve the multi-scenario and fragmented application problems on the edge?
The first is real-time. Because edge computing servers are close to data sources and users, they can obtain and respond to data faster, perform data processing and analysis in real time, and improve the response speed of applications. The second is efficiency: edge computing services must It is more flexible and efficient and can meet the computing needs of different workloads; the third is scalability, which can be easily expanded by adding computing nodes according to actual needs to fully meet the requirements of large-scale data processing; the fourth is security. To process data at the edge, there is no need to transmit all data back to the data center as before, so data must be processed locally effectively and ensure security; fifth is greening. In order to adapt to the needs of local flexible and convenient processing, The design of edge computing servers should reflect the word "saving", saving space, energy consumption, and cost, and better supporting the green and sustainable development of enterprises.
Once the computing requirements on the edge side are clarified, it will be clear what kind of processor is needed. Performance has always been something AMD EPYC processors are proud of. Compared with the third generation EPYC, the performance of AMD's fourth generation EPYC processor has been improved by about twice. It not only has excellent per-slot performance and per-core performance, but also has leading energy efficiency, which can help customers save electricity and reduce carbon emissions. footprints. In addition, EPYC processors can provide better TCO and powerful security functions for different workloads. Relying on a very powerful solution ecosystem, they can easily cope with the complex scenario-based requirements of edge computing.
Excellent performance and energy efficiency
AMD EPYC 8004 series processors are based on the "Zen 4c" core and can help hardware providers create energy-efficient and differentiated platforms to provide surging power for intelligent edge applications such as retail, manufacturing and telecommunications, and data center applications such as cloud services and storage.
In summary, AMD EPYC 8004 series processors have higher energy efficiency, balanced performance, optimized cost, and flexible system design, which can fully meet those who require high performance while taking into account high energy efficiency, platform density and silence. Operational business scenario requirements.
Power-efficient, it uses efficient Zen 4c cores and a new SP6 socket that brings faster memory and I/O capabilities, delivering higher performance per system watt in SPECpower® benchmarks.
Performance balance is reflected in the fact that AMD EPYC 8004 series processors achieve the highest possible performance per watt in a limited physical space, which is exactly what is required in edge computing scenarios. For example, in the video encoding workload, the EPYC 8534P delivers leading total frames/hour/system watt; in the IoT edge gateway workload, the 8-core EPYC 8024P server delivers the highest total throughput per 8kW rack Excellent performance in graph performance.
More optimized costs are also a fundamental requirement for the intelligent edge. Typically, smart edge deployments focus on smaller server nodes rather than the entire racks required in large data centers. For example, in an intelligent edge deployment consisting of one, three or ten servers, thanks to the high energy efficiency of servers using AMD EPYC 8004 series processors, it is expected to help customers save considerable energy within a five-year cycle cost, while having higher core density and greater throughput.
AMD EPYC 8004 series processors focus on density, performance/power optimization, cost-effectiveness and energy efficiency, especially suitable for retail branches, medical, office, distributed sites, third-party small data centers and regional clouds, as well as audio and video integration processing environment.
Ecology helps applications shine
As the saying goes, when everyone adds firewood, the flames rise. AMD EPYC 8004 series processors have been highly recognized by ecological partners since their launch. Dell Technologies, Ericsson, Lenovo, Supermicro and other manufacturers have launched related computing solutions based on AMD EPYC 8004 series processors, which are used in various environments such as dense data centers, urban telecommunications buildings, and factory workshops. In addition, the AMD EPYC 8004 series processors have also passed Microsoft Azure Stack HCI certification and use an optimized single-socket package to provide excellent energy efficiency and powerful performance. Innovation in the edge computing market will receive stronger support.
For example, thanks to the excellent performance of AMD EPYC 8004 series processors, Ericsson has launched a Cloud RAN computing acceleration solution that can easily manage huge traffic growth and use mobile networks in a more efficient and high-performance manner. In addition, the core density and AVX512 capabilities of AMD EPYC 8004 series processors can better handle high-load site traffic with FDD and TDD bands. Lenovo has created the latest flagship edge-optimized server Lenovo ThinkEdge SE455 V3 based on AMD EPYC 8004 series processors, which can support next-generation AI applications at the edge and provide more powerful computing performance and scalability.
In short, the AMD EPYC 8004 series processors have excellent performance, compact and silent design, and lower power consumption, allowing edge services in harsh natural environments or remote environments to maintain long-term and stable operation.
The launch of AMD EPYC 8004 series processors is a new starting point. While OEM manufacturers and industry customers are enjoying the high performance and efficiency of AMD's fourth-generation EPYC processors, AMD's latest next-generation processors are already on the way. A higher, faster, stronger, and more ecological development path is what AMD is pursuing, and there is no best in this path, only better.
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