AMD develops customized version of its EYPC processor for Microsoft

A AMD reaffirmed its commitment to meeting the demands of its partners in the server solutions segment, announcing a special version of the processor EYPC of 96 cores based on the Zen 4 architecture, developed for Microsoft. This chip, designed for use in the Azure cloud computing service, comes equipped with 128 GB of HBM3 memory.

Mi300C: an adaptation of the Instinct MI300

The modified version, called Mi300Cis based on the accelerator Instinct MI300from AMD. Due to the high bandwidth requirements of Microsoft Azure, the chip was adapted to incorporate HBM3 memories. Azure’s new virtual machine (VM) options, known as HBv5combine four of these custom processors into each instance.

With this configuration, each VM offers:

• 450 GB of HBM3 memory;
• 352 Zen 4 cores clocked at up to 4 GHz;
• Double the normal Infinity Fabric bandwidth compared to conventional EYPC chips.

In short, the MI300C is an Epyc processor equipped with HBM3.

Sectors benefiting from the personalized solution

Microsoft highlighted key industries that could benefit from this specific chip design, including:

• Automotive design;
• Aerospace simulation;
• Climate modeling;
• Energy Research.

For now, this custom EYPC processor will be exclusive to Microsoft Azure, replacing previous solutions based on Milan-X and Genoa-X generation EYPC processors. Both models already use innovations such as 3D V-Cache technologyalso present in some AMD desktop CPUs.

Technical data about this solution used by Microsoft also includes a 14 TB local NVMe SSD, offering up to 50 GB/s read bandwidth and 30 GB/s write bandwidth

AMD’s Recent Achievements in the Enterprise Market

AMD continues to expand its relevance in the enterprise solutions market, increasing your revenue in this segment and achieving notable feats. Among the most outstanding achievements is the provision of APUs for the world’s most powerful supercomputer, El Capitan, which reaches a maximum capacity of 2.7 exaFLOPs.