{"id":41795,"date":"2018-11-07T10:28:41","date_gmt":"2018-11-07T09:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/?p=41795"},"modified":"2018-11-07T10:28:41","modified_gmt":"2018-11-07T09:28:41","slug":"amd-takes-high-performance-datacenter-computing-to-the-next-horizon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/41795-amd-takes-high-performance-datacenter-computing-to-the-next-horizon\/","title":{"rendered":"<span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> Takes High-Performance Datacenter Computing to the Next Horizon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"field field--name-field-subheading field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p><em>\u2014 Laun\u00adches World\u2019s first 7nm High-per\u00adfor\u00admance <span class=\"caps\">GPU<\/span> for Machi\u00adne Lear\u00adning and <span class=\"caps\">AI<\/span>; Demons\u00adtra\u00adtes World\u2019s First High-per\u00adfor\u00admance 7nm x86 <span class=\"caps\">CPU<\/span> Powered by \u201cZen 2\u201d Pro\u00adces\u00adsor Core and Breakth\u00adrough Chip\u00adlet Design&nbsp;\u2014<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014 Ama\u00adzon Web Ser\u00advices Announ\u00adces Imme\u00addia\u00adte Avai\u00adla\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty of <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">EPYC<\/span> pro\u00adces\u00adsor-powered Ver\u00adsi\u00adons of Its Popu\u00adlar Ins\u00adtance Families&nbsp;\u2014<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"location-date\">\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-location field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item\"><span class=\"caps\">SAN<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">FRANCISCO<\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-release-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item\"><time datetime=\"2018-11-06T12:00:00Z\">11\/06\/2018<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amd.com\/\"><span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;(<span class=\"caps\">NASDAQ<\/span>: <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>) today demons\u00adtra\u00adted its total com\u00admit\u00adment to dat\u00ada\u00adcen\u00adter com\u00adpu\u00adting inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon at its&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amd.com\/en\/events\/next-horizon\">Next Hori\u00adzon event<\/a>&nbsp;in San Fran\u00adcis\u00adco by detail\u00ading its upco\u00adming 7nm com\u00adpu\u00adte and gra\u00adphics pro\u00adduct port\u00adfo\u00adlio desi\u00adgned to extend the capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties of the modern dat\u00ada\u00adcen\u00adter. During the event, <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> shared new spe\u00adci\u00adfics on its upco\u00adming \u201cZen 2\u201d pro\u00adces\u00adsor core archi\u00adtec\u00adtu\u00adre, detail\u00aded its revo\u00adlu\u00adtio\u00adna\u00adry chip\u00adlet-based x86 <span class=\"caps\">CPU<\/span> design, laun\u00adched the 7nm <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> Rade\u00adon Instinct\u2122 <span class=\"caps\">MI60<\/span> gra\u00adphics acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtor and pro\u00advi\u00added the first public demons\u00adtra\u00adti\u00adon of its next-gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon 7nm <span class=\"caps\">EPYC<\/span>\u2122 ser\u00adver pro\u00adces\u00adsor code\u00adna\u00admed \u201cRome\u201d. Ama\u00adzon Web Ser\u00advices (<span class=\"caps\">AWS<\/span>), the world\u2019s most com\u00adpre\u00adhen\u00adsi\u00adve and broad\u00adly adopted cloud plat\u00adform com\u00adpa\u00adny, joi\u00adn\u00aded <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> at the event to announ\u00adce the avai\u00adla\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty of three of its popu\u00adlar ins\u00adtance fami\u00adlies on the Ama\u00adzon Ela\u00ads\u00adtic Com\u00adpu\u00adte Cloud (<span class=\"caps\">EC2<\/span>) powered by the <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">EPYC<\/span>\u2122 processor.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>The mul\u00adti-year invest\u00adments we have made in our dat\u00ada\u00adcen\u00adter hard\u00adware and soft\u00adware road\u00admaps are dri\u00adving gro\u00adwing adop\u00adti\u00adon of our CPUs and GPUs across cloud, enter\u00adpri\u00adse and <span class=\"caps\">HPC<\/span> cus\u00adto\u00admers,\u201d said Dr. Lisa Su, pre\u00adsi\u00addent and <span class=\"caps\">CEO<\/span>, <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>. \u201cWe are well posi\u00adtio\u00adned to acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adte our momen\u00adtum as we intro\u00addu\u00adce the industry\u2019s broa\u00addest, most powerful port\u00adfo\u00adlio of dat\u00ada\u00adcen\u00adter CPUs and GPUs fea\u00adturing indus\u00adtry-lea\u00adding 7nm pro\u00adcess tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy over the coming quarters.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> Compute Architecture Updates<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> for the first time detail\u00aded its upco\u00adming \u201cZen 2\u201d high-per\u00adfor\u00admance x86 <span class=\"caps\">CPU<\/span> pro\u00adces\u00adsor core that is the result of a revo\u00adlu\u00adtio\u00adna\u00adry modu\u00adlar design metho\u00addo\u00adlo\u00adgy. This modu\u00adlar sys\u00adtem design uses an enhan\u00adced ver\u00adsi\u00adon of <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> Infi\u00adni\u00adty Fabric inter\u00adcon\u00adnect to link sepa\u00adra\u00adte pie\u00adces of sili\u00adcon (\u201cchip\u00adlets\u201d) within a sin\u00adgle pro\u00adces\u00adsor packa\u00adge. The mul\u00adti-chip pro\u00adces\u00adsor uses 7nm pro\u00adcess tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy for the \u201cZen 2\u201d <span class=\"caps\">CPU<\/span> cores that bene\u00adfit from the advan\u00adced pro\u00adcess tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy, while lever\u00adaging a matu\u00adre 14nm pro\u00adcess tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy for the input\/output por\u00adti\u00adon of the chip. The result is much hig\u00adher per\u00adfor\u00admance \u2013 more <span class=\"caps\">CPU<\/span> cores at the same power, and more cost-effec\u00adti\u00adve manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adre than tra\u00addi\u00adtio\u00adnal mono\u00adli\u00adthic chip designs.<\/p>\n<p>Com\u00adbi\u00adning this breakth\u00adrough design metho\u00addo\u00adlo\u00adgy with the bene\u00adfits of <span class=\"caps\">TSMC<\/span>\u2019s lea\u00adding-edge 7nm pro\u00adcess tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy, \u201cZen 2\u201d deli\u00advers signi\u00adfi\u00adcant per\u00adfor\u00admance, power con\u00adsump\u00adti\u00adon and den\u00adsi\u00adty gene\u00adra\u00adtio\u00adnal impro\u00adve\u00adments that can help redu\u00adce dat\u00ada\u00adcen\u00adter ope\u00adra\u00adting cos\u00adts, car\u00adbon foot\u00adprint and coo\u00adling requi\u00adre\u00adments. Other key gene\u00adra\u00adtio\u00adnal advan\u00adces over the award-win\u00adning \u201cZen\u201d core include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An impro\u00adved exe\u00adcu\u00adti\u00adon pipe\u00adline, fee\u00adding its com\u00adpu\u00adte engi\u00adnes more efficiently.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Front-end advan\u00adces \u2013 impro\u00adved branch pre\u00addic\u00adtor, bet\u00adter ins\u00adtruc\u00adtion pre-fet\u00adching, re-opti\u00admi\u00adzed ins\u00adtruc\u00adtion cache and lar\u00adger op&nbsp;cache.<\/li>\n<li>Floa\u00adting point enhance\u00adments \u2013 dou\u00adbled floa\u00adting point width to 256-bit and load\/store band\u00adwidth, increased dispatch\/retire band\u00adwidth and main\u00adtai\u00adned high through\u00adput for all&nbsp;modes.<\/li>\n<li>Advan\u00adced secu\u00adri\u00adty fea\u00adtures \u2013 Hard\u00adware-enhan\u00adced Spect\u00adre miti\u00adga\u00adti\u00adons, taking soft\u00adware migra\u00adti\u00adon and har\u00addening it into the design, and increased fle\u00adxi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty of memo\u00adry encryption.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mul\u00adti\u00adple 7nm-based <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> pro\u00adducts are now in deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment, inclu\u00adding next-gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">EPYC<\/span> CPUs and <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> Rade\u00adon Instinct GPUs, both of which <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> detail\u00aded and demons\u00adtra\u00adted at the event. Addi\u00adtio\u00adnal\u00adly, the com\u00adpa\u00adny shared that its fol\u00adlow-on 7nm+-based \u201cZen 3\u201d and \u201cZen 4\u201d x86 core archi\u00adtec\u00adtures are on-track.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">EPYC<\/span> Server <span class=\"caps\">CPU<\/span> Updates<\/h3>\n<p>Rein\u00adfor\u00adcing the gro\u00adwing momen\u00adtum achie\u00adved with its cur\u00adrent-gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">EPYC<\/span> pro\u00adces\u00adsors, Matt Gar\u00adman, vice pre\u00adsi\u00addent of com\u00adpu\u00adte ser\u00advices at <span class=\"caps\">AWS<\/span> joi\u00adn\u00aded <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> on-stage at the event to announ\u00adce the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amd.com\/en\/press-releases\/2018-11-06-amd-announces-epyc-processors-now-available-amazon-web-services\">imme\u00addia\u00adte avai\u00adla\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty<\/a>&nbsp;of the first <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">EPYC<\/span> pro\u00adces\u00adsor-based ins\u00adtances on Ama\u00adzon Ela\u00ads\u00adtic Com\u00adpu\u00adte Cloud (<span class=\"caps\">EC2<\/span>). Part of <span class=\"caps\">AWS<\/span>\u2019s popu\u00adlar ins\u00adtance fami\u00adlies, the new <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">EPYC<\/span> pro\u00adces\u00adsor-powered offe\u00adrings fea\u00adture indus\u00adtry-lea\u00adding core den\u00adsi\u00adty and memo\u00adry band\u00adwidth. This results in excep\u00adtio\u00adnal per\u00adfor\u00admance-per-dol\u00adlar for gene\u00adral pur\u00adpo\u00adse and memo\u00adry-opti\u00admi\u00adzed workloads, dri\u00adven by the core den\u00adsi\u00adty of <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">EPYC<\/span> pro\u00adces\u00adsors that offer M5a and T3a cus\u00adto\u00admers a balan\u00adce of com\u00adpu\u00adte, memo\u00adry, and net\u00adwor\u00adking resour\u00adces for web and appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon ser\u00advers, backend ser\u00advers for enter\u00adpri\u00adse appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons, and test\/development envi\u00adron\u00adments with seam\u00adless appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon migra\u00adti\u00adon. For R5a cus\u00adto\u00admers, the memo\u00adry band\u00adwidth advan\u00adta\u00adge of <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">EPYC<\/span> pro\u00adces\u00adsors is ide\u00adal for in-memo\u00adry pro\u00adces\u00adsing, data mining, and dyna\u00admic data processing.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> also dis\u00adc\u00adlo\u00adsed new details and deli\u00adver\u00aded per\u00adfor\u00admance pre\u00adviews of its next-gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon <span class=\"caps\">EPYC<\/span> pro\u00adces\u00adsors code\u00adna\u00admed \u201cRome\u201d:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pro\u00adces\u00adsor enhance\u00adments inclu\u00adding up to 64 \u201cZen 2\u201d cores, increased ins\u00adtruc\u00adtions-per-cycle<sup>1<\/sup>&nbsp;and lea\u00adder\u00adship com\u00adpu\u00adte, I\/O and memo\u00adry band\u00adwidth<sup>2<\/sup>.<\/li>\n<li>Plat\u00adform enhance\u00adments inclu\u00adding the industry\u2019s first PCIe 4.0\u2011capable x86 ser\u00adver pro\u00adces\u00adsor with dou\u00adble the band\u00adwidth per chan\u00adnel<sup>3<\/sup>&nbsp;to dra\u00adma\u00adti\u00adcal\u00adly impro\u00adve dat\u00ada\u00adcen\u00adter acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtor performance.<\/li>\n<li>Dou\u00adble the com\u00adpu\u00adte per\u00adfor\u00admance per socket<sup>4<\/sup>&nbsp;and four times the floa\u00adting point per\u00adfor\u00admance per socket<sup>5&nbsp;<\/sup>com\u00adpared to cur\u00adrent <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">EPYC<\/span> processors.<\/li>\n<li>Socket com\u00adpa\u00adti\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty with today\u2019s <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">EPYC<\/span> ser\u00adver platforms.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> demons\u00adtra\u00adted the per\u00adfor\u00admance and plat\u00adform advan\u00adta\u00adges of its next-gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon <span class=\"caps\">EPYC<\/span> pro\u00adces\u00adsor with two demos during the&nbsp;event:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A pre-pro\u00adduc\u00adtion sin\u00adgle-socket next-gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">EPYC<\/span> pro\u00adces\u00adsor out\u00adper\u00adforming a com\u00admer\u00adci\u00adal\u00adly available top-of-the-line Intel dual pro\u00adces\u00adsor Xeon ser\u00adver run\u00adning the com\u00adpu\u00adta\u00adtio\u00adnal\u00adly-inten\u00adsi\u00adve, indus\u00adtry stan\u00addard \u201cC\u2011Ray\u201d bench\u00admark<sup>6<\/sup>.<\/li>\n<li>The industry\u2019s first x86 PCIe 4.0\u2011capable plat\u00adform demo, fea\u00adturing a Rade\u00adon Instinct <span class=\"caps\">MI60<\/span> pro\u00adces\u00adsor to acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adte image recognition.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>Rome\u201d is sam\u00adpling with cus\u00adto\u00admers now and is expec\u00adted to be the world\u2019s first high-per\u00adfor\u00admance x86 7nm&nbsp;<span class=\"caps\">CPU<\/span>.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> Datacenter Graphics Updates<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> laun\u00adched the world\u2019s first 7nm GPUs and the industry\u2019s only hard\u00adware-vir\u00adtua\u00adli\u00adzed GPUs \u2013 the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amd.com\/en\/press-releases\/2018-11-06-next-era-artificial-intelligence-and-high-performance-computing-hpc\"><span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> Rade\u00adon Instinct <span class=\"caps\">MI60<\/span> and <span class=\"caps\">MI50<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 which are sche\u00addu\u00adled to ship to cus\u00adto\u00admers this quar\u00adter. The\u00adse new gra\u00adphics cards are based on the high-per\u00adfor\u00admance, fle\u00adxi\u00adble \u201cVega\u201d archi\u00adtec\u00adtu\u00adre and are spe\u00adci\u00adfi\u00adcal\u00adly desi\u00adgned for machi\u00adne lear\u00adning and arti\u00adfi\u00adci\u00adal intel\u00adli\u00adgence (<span class=\"caps\">AI<\/span>), deli\u00adve\u00adring hig\u00adher levels of floa\u00adting-point per\u00adfor\u00admance<sup>7<\/sup>, grea\u00adter effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adci\u00ades<sup>8&nbsp;<\/sup>and new fea\u00adtures for dat\u00ada\u00adcen\u00adter deploy\u00adments. A live demons\u00adtra\u00adti\u00adon during the event show\u00aded the flag\u00adship <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> Rade\u00adon Instinct <span class=\"caps\">MI60<\/span> run\u00adning real-time trai\u00adning, infe\u00adrence and image classification.<\/p>\n<p>In addi\u00adti\u00adon to new hard\u00adware announce\u00adments <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> also announ\u00adced ROCm 2.0, a new ver\u00adsi\u00adon of its open soft\u00adware plat\u00adform for acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adted com\u00adpu\u00adting that includes new math libra\u00adri\u00ades, broa\u00adder soft\u00adware frame\u00adwork sup\u00adport, and opti\u00admi\u00adzed deep lear\u00adning ope\u00adra\u00adti\u00adons. ROCm 2.0 has also been upstrea\u00admed for Linux ker\u00adnel dis\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adti\u00adons, exten\u00adding ROCm access to mil\u00adli\u00adons of Linux deve\u00adlo\u00adpers and users. Desi\u00adgned for sca\u00adle, ROCm allows cus\u00adto\u00admers to deploy high-per\u00adfor\u00admance, ener\u00adgy-effi\u00adci\u00adent hete\u00adro\u00adge\u00adneous com\u00adpu\u00adting sys\u00adtems in an open environment.<\/p>\n<p>Pre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adti\u00adons from the event are available now on at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amd.com\/NextHorizon\">www.amd.com\/NextHorizon<\/a>. A full replay will be available within 12 hours and will remain available for appro\u00adxi\u00adm\u00adate\u00adly one&nbsp;year.<\/p>\n<h3>Supporting Resources<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Visit the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amd.com\/en\/events\/next-horizon\">Next Hori\u00adzon event web\u00adpage<\/a>&nbsp;for event materials<\/li>\n<li>Beco\u00adme a fan of <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> on&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AMD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Face\u00adbook<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Fol\u00adlow <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AMD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twit\u00adter<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>About <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>For more than 45 years <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> has dri\u00adven inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon in high-per\u00adfor\u00admance com\u00adpu\u00adting, gra\u00adphics and visua\u00adliza\u00adti\u00adon tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies \u2015 the buil\u00adding blocks for gam\u00ading, immersi\u00adve plat\u00adforms and the dat\u00ada\u00adcen\u00adter. Hundreds of mil\u00adli\u00adons of con\u00adsu\u00admers, lea\u00adding For\u00adtu\u00adne 500 busi\u00adnesses and cut\u00adting-edge sci\u00aden\u00adti\u00adfic rese\u00adarch faci\u00adli\u00adties around the world rely on <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy dai\u00adly to impro\u00adve how they live, work and play. <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> employees around the world are focu\u00adsed on buil\u00adding gre\u00adat pro\u00adducts that push the boun\u00adda\u00adries of what is pos\u00adsi\u00adble. For more infor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon about how <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> is enab\u00adling today and inspi\u00adring tomor\u00adrow, visit the <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> (<span class=\"caps\">NASDAQ<\/span>: <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>)&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amd.com\/\">web\u00adsite<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/community.amd.com\/welcome\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blog<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AMD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Face\u00adbook<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/amd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twit\u00adter<\/a>&nbsp;pages.<\/p>\n<h3>Cautionary Statement &nbsp;<\/h3>\n<p>This press release con\u00adta\u00adins for\u00adward-loo\u00adking state\u00adments con\u00adcer\u00adning Advan\u00adced Micro Devices, Inc. (<span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>) inclu\u00adding the fea\u00adtures, func\u00adtion\u00ada\u00adli\u00adty, avai\u00adla\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty, timing, deploy\u00adment and expec\u00adta\u00adti\u00adons of <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> future pro\u00adducts and tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies, inclu\u00adding \u201cZen 2,\u201d \u201cZen 3,\u201d \u201cZen 4,\u201d \u201cRome,\u201d <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> Rade\u00adon Instinct\u2122 <span class=\"caps\">MI60<\/span> and <span class=\"caps\">MI50<\/span> acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtors and the ROCm 2.0 open soft\u00adware plat\u00adform; <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> dri\u00adving gro\u00adwing adop\u00adti\u00adon in its CPUs and GPUs across cloud, enter\u00adpri\u00adse and <span class=\"caps\">HPC<\/span> cus\u00adto\u00admers; <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> being well posi\u00adtio\u00adned to acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adte its momen\u00adtum through the intro\u00adduc\u00adtion of <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>\u2019s dat\u00ada\u00adcen\u00adter port\u00adfo\u00adlio in the coming quar\u00adters; and expec\u00adted bene\u00adfits from <span class=\"caps\">EPYC<\/span>\u2122 based <span class=\"caps\">AWS<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">R5<\/span>, <span class=\"caps\">M5<\/span> and <span class=\"caps\">T3<\/span> ins\u00adtances, which are made pur\u00adsu\u00adant to the Safe Har\u00adbor pro\u00advi\u00adsi\u00adons of the Pri\u00adva\u00adte Secu\u00adri\u00adties Liti\u00adga\u00adti\u00adon Reform Act of 1995. For\u00adward-loo\u00adking state\u00adments are com\u00admon\u00adly iden\u00adti\u00adfied by words such as \u201cwould,\u201d \u201cintends,\u201d \u201cbelie\u00adves,\u201d \u201cexpects,\u201d \u201cmay,\u201d \u201cwill,\u201d \u201cshould,\u201d \u201cseeks,\u201d \u201cintends,\u201d \u201cplans,\u201d \u201cpro for\u00adma,\u201d \u201cesti\u00adma\u00adtes,\u201d \u201canti\u00adci\u00adpa\u00adtes,\u201d or the nega\u00adti\u00adve of the\u00adse words and phra\u00adses, other varia\u00adti\u00adons of the\u00adse words and phra\u00adses or com\u00adpa\u00adra\u00adble ter\u00admi\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy. Inves\u00adtors are cau\u00adtio\u00adned that the for\u00adward-loo\u00adking state\u00adments in this docu\u00adment are based on cur\u00adrent beliefs, assump\u00adti\u00adons and expec\u00adta\u00adti\u00adons, speak only as of the date of this docu\u00adment and invol\u00adve risks and uncer\u00adtain\u00adties that could cau\u00adse actu\u00adal results to dif\u00adfer mate\u00adri\u00adal\u00adly from cur\u00adrent expec\u00adta\u00adti\u00adons. Such state\u00adments are sub\u00adject to cer\u00adtain known and unknown risks and uncer\u00adtain\u00adties, many of which are dif\u00adfi\u00adcult to pre\u00addict and gene\u00adral\u00adly bey\u00adond <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>\u2019s con\u00adtrol, that could cau\u00adse actu\u00adal results and other future events to dif\u00adfer mate\u00adri\u00adal\u00adly from tho\u00adse expres\u00adsed in, or impli\u00aded or pro\u00adjec\u00adted by, the for\u00adward-loo\u00adking infor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon and state\u00adments. Mate\u00adri\u00adal fac\u00adtors that could cau\u00adse actu\u00adal results to dif\u00adfer mate\u00adri\u00adal\u00adly from cur\u00adrent expec\u00adta\u00adti\u00adons include, wit\u00adhout limi\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon, the fol\u00adlo\u00adwing: Intel Corporation\u2019s domi\u00adnan\u00adce of the micro\u00adpro\u00adces\u00adsor mar\u00adket and its aggres\u00adsi\u00adve busi\u00adness prac\u00adti\u00adces may limit <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>\u2019s abili\u00adty to com\u00adpe\u00adte effec\u00adtively; <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> has a wafer sup\u00adp\u00adly agree\u00adment with <span class=\"caps\">GF<\/span> with obli\u00adga\u00adti\u00adons to purcha\u00adse all of its micro\u00adpro\u00adces\u00adsor and <span class=\"caps\">APU<\/span> pro\u00adduct requi\u00adre\u00adments, and a cer\u00adtain por\u00adti\u00adon of its <span class=\"caps\">GPU<\/span> pro\u00adduct requi\u00adre\u00adments, from <span class=\"caps\">GLOBALFOUNDRIES<\/span> Inc. (<span class=\"caps\">GF<\/span>) with limi\u00adt\u00aded excep\u00adti\u00adons. If <span class=\"caps\">GF<\/span> is not able to satis\u00adfy <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>\u2019s manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adring requi\u00adre\u00adments, its busi\u00adness could be adver\u00adse\u00adly impac\u00adted; <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> reli\u00ades on third par\u00adties to manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adre its pro\u00adducts, and if they are unable to do so on a time\u00adly basis in suf\u00adfi\u00adci\u00adent quan\u00adti\u00adties and using com\u00adpe\u00adti\u00adti\u00adve tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies, <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>\u2019s busi\u00adness could be mate\u00adri\u00adal\u00adly adver\u00adse\u00adly affec\u00adted; fail\u00adure to achie\u00adve expec\u00adted manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adring yields for <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>\u2019s pro\u00adducts could nega\u00adtively impact its finan\u00adcial results; the suc\u00adcess of <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>\u2019s busi\u00adness is depen\u00addent upon its abili\u00adty to intro\u00addu\u00adce pro\u00adducts on a time\u00adly basis with fea\u00adtures and per\u00adfor\u00admance levels that pro\u00advi\u00adde value to its cus\u00adto\u00admers while sup\u00adport\u00ading and coin\u00adci\u00adding with signi\u00adfi\u00adcant indus\u00adtry tran\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adons; if <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> can\u00adnot gene\u00adra\u00adte suf\u00adfi\u00adci\u00adent reve\u00adnue and ope\u00adra\u00adting cash flow or obtain exter\u00adnal finan\u00adcing, it may face a cash short\u00adfall and be unable to make all of its plan\u00adned invest\u00adments in rese\u00adarch and deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment or other stra\u00adte\u00adgic invest\u00adments; the loss of a signi\u00adfi\u00adcant cus\u00adto\u00admer may have a mate\u00adri\u00adal adver\u00adse effect on <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>; <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>\u2019s receipt of reve\u00adnue from its semi-cus\u00adtom SoC pro\u00adducts is depen\u00addent upon its tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy being desi\u00adgned into third-par\u00adty pro\u00adducts and the suc\u00adcess of tho\u00adse pro\u00adducts; <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> pro\u00adducts may be sub\u00adject to secu\u00adri\u00adty vul\u00adnerabi\u00adli\u00adties that could have a mate\u00adri\u00adal adver\u00adse effect on <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>; data brea\u00adches and cyber-attacks could com\u00adpro\u00admi\u00adse <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>\u2019s intellec\u00adtu\u00adal pro\u00adper\u00adty or other sen\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adve infor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon, be cos\u00adt\u00adly to reme\u00addia\u00adte and cau\u00adse signi\u00adfi\u00adcant dama\u00adge to its busi\u00adness and repu\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon; <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>\u2019s ope\u00adra\u00adting results are sub\u00adject to quar\u00adter\u00adly and sea\u00adso\u00adnal sales pat\u00adterns; glo\u00adbal eco\u00adno\u00admic uncer\u00adtain\u00adty may adver\u00adse\u00adly impact <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>\u2019s busi\u00adness and ope\u00adra\u00adting results; <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> may not be able to gene\u00adra\u00adte suf\u00adfi\u00adci\u00adent cash to ser\u00advice its debt obli\u00adga\u00adti\u00adons or meet its working capi\u00adtal requi\u00adre\u00adments; <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> has a lar\u00adge amount of indeb\u00adted\u00adness which could adver\u00adse\u00adly affect its finan\u00adcial posi\u00adti\u00adon and pre\u00advent it from imple\u00admen\u00adting its stra\u00adtegy or ful\u00adfil\u00adling its con\u00adtrac\u00adtu\u00adal obli\u00adga\u00adti\u00adons; the agree\u00adments gover\u00adning <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>\u2019s notes and the Secu\u00adred Revol\u00adving Line of Cre\u00addit impo\u00adse rest\u00adric\u00adtions on <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> that may adver\u00adse\u00adly affect its abili\u00adty to ope\u00adra\u00adte its busi\u00adness; the mar\u00adkets in which <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>\u2019s pro\u00adducts are sold are high\u00adly com\u00adpe\u00adti\u00adti\u00adve; <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>\u2019s issu\u00adan\u00adce to West Coast Hitech L.P. (<span class=\"caps\">WCH<\/span>) of war\u00adrants to purcha\u00adse 75 mil\u00adli\u00adon shares of its com\u00admon stock, if and when exer\u00adcis\u00aded, will dilute the owner\u00adship inte\u00adrests of its exis\u00adting stock\u00adhol\u00adders, and the con\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adon of the 2.125% Con\u00adver\u00adti\u00adble Seni\u00ador Notes due 2026 may dilute the owner\u00adship inte\u00adrest of its exis\u00adting stock\u00adhol\u00adders, or may other\u00adwi\u00adse depress the pri\u00adce of its com\u00admon stock; uncer\u00adtain\u00adties invol\u00adving the orde\u00adring and ship\u00adment of <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>\u2019s pro\u00adducts could mate\u00adri\u00adal\u00adly adver\u00adse\u00adly affect it; the demand for <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>\u2019s pro\u00adducts depends in part on the mar\u00adket con\u00addi\u00adti\u00adons in the indus\u00adtries into which they are sold. Fluc\u00adtua\u00adtions in demand for <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>\u2019s pro\u00adducts or a mar\u00adket decli\u00adne in any of the\u00adse indus\u00adtries could have a mate\u00adri\u00adal adver\u00adse effect on its results of ope\u00adra\u00adti\u00adons; <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>\u2019s abili\u00adty to design and intro\u00addu\u00adce new pro\u00adducts in a time\u00adly man\u00adner is depen\u00addent upon third-par\u00adty intellec\u00adtu\u00adal pro\u00adper\u00adty; <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> depends on third-par\u00adty com\u00adpa\u00adnies for the design, manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adre and sup\u00adp\u00adly of mother\u00adboards, soft\u00adware and other com\u00adpu\u00adter plat\u00adform com\u00adpon\u00adents to sup\u00adport its busi\u00adness; if <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> loses Micro\u00adsoft Corporation\u2019s sup\u00adport for its pro\u00adducts or other soft\u00adware ven\u00addors do not design and deve\u00adlop soft\u00adware to run on <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>\u2019s pro\u00adducts, its abili\u00adty to sell its pro\u00adducts could be mate\u00adri\u00adal\u00adly adver\u00adse\u00adly affec\u00adted; and <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>\u2019s reli\u00adance on third-par\u00adty dis\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adtors and <span class=\"caps\">AIB<\/span> part\u00adners sub\u00adjects it to cer\u00adtain risks.&nbsp; Inves\u00adtors are urged to review in detail the risks and uncer\u00adtain\u00adties in <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>\u2019s Secu\u00adri\u00adties and Exch\u00adan\u00adge Com\u00admis\u00adsi\u00adon filings, inclu\u00adding but not limi\u00adt\u00aded to <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>\u2019s Quar\u00adter\u00adly Report on Form 10\u2011Q for the quar\u00adter ended Sep\u00adtem\u00adber 29,&nbsp;2018.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2014 Laun\u00adches World\u2019s first 7nm High-per\u00ad\u00adfor\u00ad\u00admance <span class=\"caps\">GPU<\/span> for Machi\u00adne Lear\u00adning and <span class=\"caps\">AI<\/span>; Demons\u00adtra\u00adtes World\u2019s First High-per\u00ad\u00adfor\u00ad\u00admance 7nm x86 <span class=\"caps\">CPU<\/span> Powered by \u201cZen 2\u201d Pro\u00adces\u00adsor Core and Breakth\u00adrough Chip\u00adlet Design&nbsp;\u2014 \u2014 Ama\u00adzon Web Ser\u00advices Announ\u00adces Imme\u00addia\u00adte Avai\u00adla\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty of <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">EPYC<\/span> pro\u00adces\u00ad\u00adsor-powered Ver\u00adsi\u00adons of Its Popu\u00adlar Ins\u00adtance Fami\u00adlies&nbsp;\u2014 <span class=\"caps\">SAN<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">FRANCISCO<\/span> &nbsp; 11\/06\/2018 <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>&nbsp;(<span class=\"caps\">NASDAQ<\/span>: <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>) today demons\u00adtra\u00adted its (\u2026) <a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/41795-amd-takes-high-performance-datacenter-computing-to-the-next-horizon\/\">Wei\u00adter\u00adle\u00adsen&nbsp;\u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":593,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1445,966,1618,1308],"class_list":["post-41795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pressemitteilungen","tag-7nm","tag-amd","tag-next-horizon","tag-zen-2","entry"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/593"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41795"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41795\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41796,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41795\/revisions\/41796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}