AMD EPYC processors have been steadily improving over the past seven years, offering increased performance and energy efficiency with each new generation. The latest innovation, 3D V-Cache technology, has significantly boosted performance for demanding workloads.

How 3D V-Cache Works

• Increases L3 cache size: By stacking additional cache layers, 3D V-Cache triples the L3 cache compared to standard EPYC processors.
• Benefits demanding workloads: Particularly effective for design and simulation tasks like computational fluid dynamics (CFD), finite element analysis (FEA), and electronic design automation (EDA).

Real-World Impact

• STMicroelectronics: Achieved a 12% performance boost in EDA and CAD workloads using 3rd Gen EPYC with 3D V-Cache compared to other CPUs.
• Performance benchmarks: Showed substantial improvements in various EDA tools and CFD simulations with the latest 4th Gen EPYC processors featuring 3D V-Cache.

Overall, AMD EPYC processors with 3D V-Cache are a powerful solution for organizations handling technical computing workloads.

I always enjoy learning from people who understand how essential collaboration is to innovation. Alan Benjamin, CEO of GigaIO, is one of those people--and he was kind enough to spend some time speaking with us on our AMD TechTalk podcast. GigaIO, a company that provides workload-defined infrastructure for AI and technical computing, made news last year by configuring 32 AMD Instinct MI210 accelerators to a single-node server called the SuperNODE. Up to then, accessing 32 GPUs required four servers equipped with eight GPUs apiece — as well as all the cost and latency associated with linking up all of that extra hardware. I've included some of the interview highlights in the blog post below.

Rebecca Weekly, vice president of infrastructure at Geico, is part of the leadership team overseeing digital transformation for the country's second-largest car insurer.  Rebecca kindly shared some of her experiences with the AMD EPYC TechTalk podcast series. The full interview can be heard here, it is a great listen. You can also find highlights from the interview below.

Chaos develops 3D visualization technology for architecture, engineering, construction, product design, manufacturing, and media and entertainment. The company’s software solutions run on and are optimized for AMD EPYC processor-based systems. I’m happy to be able to share some highlights from our discussion in this brief blog post.  You can listen to the full podcast here.   

Look beyond the hype. AMD EPYC Processors outperform the NVIDIA Grace CPU Superchip across key workloads without compromises and expensive architectural transitions.

The confluence of high performance, highly efficient hardware and market leading, run-the-business software means productivity and innovation.  Ashish Ray of Oracle recently joined the AMD TechTalk podcast to share his thoughts on technology and business.  This article provides a summary of some of his key points.

Industry benchmarks show single- and dual-socket 4^th Gen AMD EPYC™ based systems delivering between ~2.00x and ~3.70x higher performance and more than double the energy efficiency of a 2P NVIDIA Grace CPU Superchip based system.

Our industry is rife with hyperbole and hard-to-defend and hard-to-replicate claims. AMD takes a different and more transparent approach. AMD EPYC servers make your Datacenter AI-Ready by improving performance and power efficiency without compromises, and with published numbers that speak for themselves.

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.