The AMD EPYC team is fortunate to be able to frequently meet and collaborate with brilliant people solving really complex challenges through continuous innovation.  Our podcast series is a way we get to share some of the insights garnered with our customers and partners as they discuss the synergy of hardware and software, current and emerging customer challenges and opportunities for technology to address them and on how emerging techniques such as AI can advance data center solutions.  This blog captures such insights from a recent discussion with Ms. Fatma Kocer-Poyraz, VP of Engineering Data Science at Altair. 

Perhaps a favorite aspect of my role on the AMD EPYC team is to meet brilliant people solving really complex challenges through continuous innovation.  I recently had the pleasure to have one such discussion with Ms. Vicky Tsianika of Hexagon--a leader in digital simulation tools across many industries.  Vicky is a leader in the team responsible for the MSC NASTRAN product line of sophisticated tools for simulating effects based on real world physics principles.  She shares her thoughts on evolving market needs and the importance of hardware and software synergy.

I am delighted to announce that both general-purpose and high frequency 4^th Gen AMD EPYC processors extend their competitive performance edge to include equivalent 5^th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors in both power efficiency and across a wide range of workloads that include foundational workloads, virtualized infrastructure, decision support systems, business applications, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Finite Element Analysis (FEA), molecular dynamics, quantum chemistry, and weather forecasting.

Bipul Kumar's "SecureVault" submission is the winner of the recent AMD Code Jam (https://amdcodejam.devpost.com/) aimed at promoting coding innovation for hardware-based security, Kumar's application securely processes transaction data from Point of Sale devices, employing encryption mechanisms and leveraging AMD EPYC server security technologies like Infinity Guard. With over a decade of industry experience, Kumar sees the competition as his first opportunity to delve into in-memory encryption. He plans to integrate AMD's security features into all his future applications, highlighting their potential to democratize access to advanced security solutions. "SecureVault" represents a significant step towards enhancing data security and fostering innovation in the realm of cybersecurity.

This blog describes the potential Speculative Return Stack Overflow (SRSO) vulnerability, why AMD believes that the overall security risk associated with this potential vulnerability is low in typical production environments, and points to resources with additional information.

4th Gen AMD EPYC™ processors are exceptionally well-suited for Electronic Design Automation (EDA) workloads, and this assertion isn't just a statement—it's a critical part of AMD's strategy. We rely on current AMD EPYC processors to design future AMD EPYC processors, thereby underscoring the importance of maximizing AMD EPYC performance for EDA workloads to ensure our ongoing success as a company.

There is no one set journey to AI enablement.  AI (and the infrastructure to run it) will take many forms. Many enterprises will follow different paths based on their specific goals, business and technical priorities and other considerations. But no matter where your enterprise is ultimately headed in the AI era, AMD EPYC processor-powered servers offer the platform to take you there as your needs evolve.

AMD launched 4th Gen EPYC 9004 series processors in November of 2022 and have seen tremendous customer adoption. But there are a number of businesses who need to refresh their server infrastructure but are not ready to adopt the newer (and often more costly) technologies of DDR5 and PCIe® Gen 5. These customers need cost-effective, proven technology solutions to run mainstream applications effectively. To address this need, AMD is extending the life of its well-regarded 3rd Generation AMD EPYC™ processors through 2026 and introducing six new processor SKUs.

4th Gen AMD EPYC™ processors with AMD 3D V-Cache™ technology stack additional SRAM directly on top of the compute die, thereby tripling the total L3 cache size to as much as 1,152 MB processor compared to a maximum of 384 MB for standard AMD EPYC 9004 processors. This supersized cache can relieve memory bandwidth pressure by storing a large working dataset very close to the cores using that data, which can significantly speed up many technical computing[1] workloads. These new processors continue the high-performance legacy established by 3rd Gen AMD EPYC processors with AMD 3D V-Cache technology and add notable 32-core and top-of-stack processor performance uplifts. AMD 3D V-Cache technology is fully transparent to the host operating system, with neither special requirements nor code changes required to fully realize additional performance.

This blog describes why AMD Ryzen™ 9 processors in servers are ideal for critical financial workloads, discusses the Strategic Technology Analysis Center (STAC®) and the STAC-N1 benchmark, and then describes the systems tested and the results of those tests.