AMD has announced the second generation of the server and data center processor EPYC, codenamed Rome.
Rome was scheduled to be released in 2019 as the world’s first CPU for data centers using 7nm manufacturing process during the conference held in November 2018. Until now, AMD has been struggling in the server processor market, but experts predict that Rome is likely to become a big leap forward, and its market share is expected to rise significantly.
The Epic 2nd generation and Roma processors are the successors to the 1st generation Epic Naples, which was released in 2017. The 7nm ZEN2 core technology, which is the base, increased performance per clock by 15% compared to the ZEN core technology, which was the base of Naples, and it is expected to have higher efficiency-to-performance ratio, such as supporting 64 cores and 128 threads.
AMD had announced the server processor Opteron, but it was difficult to choose Opteron because Intel products were three times faster at the time. In the server and data center market in the days of Opteron, AMD’s share was 0% when rounded up. But now things have changed and Rome has been adopted by Google’s data center. This is the first time that Google has officially recognized the use of AMD processors. Also, places like Twitter are planning to adopt Rome.
After AMD CEO Lisa Su gave a keynote speech at the Rome launch event, HP, Twitter, Dell, VMware, Cray, Lenovo, Microsoft, and Google appeared. Considering that AMD has never received such third-party support, you can see how much Intel has lost support.
In this regard, the launch of AMD’s second-generation Epic processor could be a historic event for the company. Some analysts say AMD is expecting to double its server market share by the second quarter of 2020. In the case of Intel, it is expected to release 7nm process products in 2021, but it is worth noting what measures to take against AMD until then. Related information can be found here .