After the Computex Keynote right this moment on stage, the place AMD revealed its new Ryzen household of processors approaching 7/7, we had an opportunity to talk with AMD’s SVP and GM of the Datacenter and Embedded Solutions Group, Forrest Norrod. Specifically, we requested him in regards to the ‘Road to Rome’, which AMD acknowledged shall be coming in Q3 this 12 months. We have a full transcription of the interview deliberate, however a few key factors got here out of our dialogue.
First, Forrest revealed/confirmed the title of the Zen Four based mostly EPYC processor that may transcend Rome and Milan. That title is Genoa, which is follows the Italian naming sample. Forrest additionally mentioned that the Zen 5 product follows that sample, however didn’t elaborate what that title is. I used to be advised that the purpose with every era is to ensure the low hanging fruit for efficiency on every design is taken, and that there’s a continuous drive for compute efficiency. Forrest wouldn’t touch upon the timeframe for Genoa, however did state that Milan is a mid-2020 platform, and so Genoa is probably going 2021/2022.
| AMD EPYC CPU Codenames | |||
| Gen | Year | Name | Cores |
| 1st | 2017 | Naples | 32 x Zen 1 |
| 2nd | 2019 | Rome | 64 x Zen 2 |
| third | 2020 | Milan | ? x Zen 3 |
| 4th | ? | Genoa | ? x Zen 4 |
| fifth | ? | ? | ? x Zen 5 |
The different snippet of knowledge I needed to interrupt out from the interview is in regards to the new Frontier supercomputer that was just lately introduced. This machine, constructed with AMD CPUs and GPUs, has a purpose of being essentially the most highly effective supercomputer in 2021, measuring round 1.5 ExaFLOPS, making it a really exascale machine. It has been largely assumed that this might be a mix of Milan CPUs and Radeon Instinct GPUs, and it could be linked CPU-to-GPU and GPU-to-GPU by Infinity Fabric slightly than PCIe or CCIX. Forrest defined that the CPU just isn’t Milan – it’s truly a completely customized design CPU particularly for this undertaking.
Forrest clarified that this tradition CPU just isn’t in the identical manner that Intel defines customized – i.e. it’s not merely the identical silicon with changes in core counts / frequency / cache. The CPU for Frontier shall be a completely customized design, constructed with CPU-to-GPU IF hyperlinks in thoughts, with none extra. When requested if IF goes to be a connectivity in different platforms, Forrest would solely affirm that it’s the connectivity for Frontier. Though, for what it is value, AMD introduced again on the Frontier unveil that the CPU would in the end develop into obtainable for different enterprise prospects as effectively.
As talked about, I’ll be making an attempt to transcribe this interview ASAP, together with our Lisa Su roundtable. Stay tuned for extra of our Computex protection.
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