{"id":60244,"date":"2020-12-03T07:18:05","date_gmt":"2020-12-03T06:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/?p=60244"},"modified":"2020-12-03T07:18:05","modified_gmt":"2020-12-03T06:18:05","slug":"high-performance-amd-epyc-cpus-and-radeon-pro-gpus-power-new-aws-instance-for-graphics-optimized-workloads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/60244-high-performance-amd-epyc-cpus-and-radeon-pro-gpus-power-new-aws-instance-for-graphics-optimized-workloads\/","title":{"rendered":"High-Performance <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">EPYC<\/span>\u2122 CPUs and Radeon\u2122 Pro GPUs Power New <span class=\"caps\">AWS<\/span> Instance for Graphics Optimized Workloads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\ua7f7&nbsp;2nd&nbsp;Gen <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">EPYC<\/span>\u2122&nbsp;CPUs and <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> Rade\u00adon\u2122 Pro GPUs power new Ama\u00adzon <span class=\"caps\">EC2<\/span> G4ad Ins\u00adtance with up to 40% bet\u00adter gra\u00adphics performance\ua7f7<\/p>\n<p>\ua7f7 Ama\u00adzon Game\u00adLift lever\u00ada\u00adges the power of 2nd&nbsp;Gen <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">EPYC<\/span>\u2122 pro\u00adces\u00adsors for game ser\u00adver hos\u00adting solution\ua7f7<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"caps\">SANTA<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">CLARA<\/span>, Calif. 12\/02\/2020<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>&nbsp;(<span class=\"caps\">NASDAQ<\/span>: <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>) announ\u00adced Ama\u00adzon Web Ser\u00advices, Inc. (<span class=\"caps\">AWS<\/span>) has expan\u00added its AMD-based offe\u00adrings with a new cloud ins\u00adtance for Ama\u00adzon Ela\u00ads\u00adtic Com\u00adpu\u00adte Cloud (Ama\u00adzon <span class=\"caps\">EC2<\/span>): Ama\u00adzon <span class=\"caps\">EC2<\/span> G4ad ins\u00adtances for gra\u00adphics-opti\u00admi\u00adzed workloads. With this new ins\u00adtance, <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> now powers eight Ama\u00adzon <span class=\"caps\">EC2<\/span> ins\u00adtance fami\u00adlies across 20 glo\u00adbal <span class=\"caps\">AWS<\/span> Regi\u00adons. <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> also announ\u00adced that Ama\u00adzon Game\u00adLift, a ful\u00adly mana\u00adged dedi\u00adca\u00adted game ser\u00adver hos\u00adting solu\u00adti\u00adon, is now pro\u00advi\u00adding its video game hos\u00adting cus\u00adto\u00admers access to <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">EPYC<\/span> pro\u00adces\u00adsor-based Ama\u00adzon <span class=\"caps\">EC2<\/span> C5a, M5a and R5a instances.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;\u201cToday we build on the strong col\u00adla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon bet\u00adween <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> and <span class=\"caps\">AWS<\/span>, which star\u00adted in 2017. This expan\u00adsi\u00adon of our coope\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon is a pro\u00adof point of the con\u00adtin\u00adued per\u00adfor\u00admance and capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties that <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> pro\u00advi\u00addes its cus\u00adto\u00admers,\u201d said For\u00adrest Nor\u00adrod, seni\u00ador vice pre\u00adsi\u00addent and gene\u00adral mana\u00adger, Data Cen\u00adter and Embedded Solu\u00adti\u00adons Group, <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>.&nbsp;\u201cAma\u00adzon <span class=\"caps\">EC2<\/span> G4ad ins\u00adtances are the first powered by both <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">EPYC<\/span> CPUs and Rade\u00adon Pro GPUs, and adding to the exis\u00adting <span class=\"caps\">EPYC<\/span> pro\u00adces\u00adsor-based ins\u00adtances, they exem\u00adpli\u00adfy the ways in which <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> CPUs and GPUs pro\u00advi\u00adde fan\u00adta\u00adstic per\u00adfor\u00admance and price\/performance for <span class=\"caps\">AWS<\/span> customers.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>The high-per\u00adfor\u00admance capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties of the <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">EPYC<\/span> CPUs and Rade\u00adon Pro GPUs are enab\u00adling <span class=\"caps\">AWS<\/span> to crea\u00adte a new gra\u00adphics-focu\u00adsed ins\u00adtance that help us keep our lea\u00adder\u00adship price\/performance offe\u00adrings that our cus\u00adto\u00admers expect,\u201d said David Brown, Vice Pre\u00adsi\u00addent, Ama\u00adzon <span class=\"caps\">EC2<\/span>, Ama\u00adzon Web Ser\u00advices, Inc. \u201cWe\u2019re deligh\u00adted to con\u00adti\u00adnue this gre\u00adat col\u00adla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon with <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>, enab\u00adling the Ama\u00adzon <span class=\"caps\">EC2<\/span> G4ad ins\u00adtances to pro\u00advi\u00adde the industry\u2019s best pri\u00adce per\u00adfor\u00admance for gra\u00adphics-inten\u00adsi\u00adve applications.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>New Amazon <span class=\"caps\">EC2<\/span> G4ad Instance<\/h3>\n<p>Fea\u00adturing 2<sup>nd<\/sup>&nbsp;Gen <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">EPYC<\/span> CPUs and <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> Rade\u00adon\u2122 Pro <span class=\"caps\">V520<\/span> GPUs, the new G4ad ins\u00adtance, which will be available later this month, is the first <span class=\"caps\">AWS<\/span> ins\u00adtance powered by both 7nm <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> CPUs and&nbsp;GPUs.<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>G4ad is built to sup\u00adport gra\u00adphics-inten\u00adsi\u00adve workloads and can pro\u00advi\u00adde cus\u00adto\u00admers with up to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/aws.amazon.com\/blogs\/aws\/new-amazon-ec2-g4ad-instances-featuring-amd-gpus-for-graphics-workloads\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">45 per\u00adcent bet\u00adter pri\u00adce per\u00adfor\u00admance and 40 per\u00adcent bet\u00adter gra\u00adphics per\u00adfor\u00admance<\/a>, for cri\u00adti\u00adcal work\u00adsta\u00adtion-class appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons and real-time game engi\u00adnes, com\u00adpared to exis\u00adting <span class=\"caps\">GPU<\/span> based, Ama\u00adzon <span class=\"caps\">EC2<\/span> G4dn instances.<\/li>\n<li>Based on the <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">RDNA<\/span> archi\u00adtec\u00adtu\u00adre, the <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> Rade\u00adon\u2122 Pro <span class=\"caps\">V520<\/span> GPUs can deli\u00adver high\u00adly respon\u00adsi\u00adve, cloud-based work\u00adsta\u00adtion-class expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adces for the most deman\u00adding workloads with enter\u00adpri\u00adse-gra\u00adde reliability.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00adse ins\u00adtances also come with <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> Rade\u00adon\u2122 Pro Soft\u00adware for Enter\u00adpri\u00adse at no addi\u00adtio\u00adnal cost, offe\u00adring sup\u00adport for pro\u00adfes\u00adsio\u00adnals working with work\u00adsta\u00adtion appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons and the latest gra\u00adphic APIs, like DirectX\u00ae, OpenGL\u00ae and Vul\u00adkan\u00ae offe\u00adring pro\u00adfes\u00adsio\u00adnal-gra\u00adde gra\u00adphics ren\u00adde\u00adring for vir\u00adtu\u00adal workstations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>You can learn more about the <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> and <span class=\"caps\">AWS<\/span> col\u00adla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/virtual.awsevents.com\/media\/t\/1_p5kk6qtq\/189146863\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">in this video inter\u00adview<\/a>&nbsp;bet\u00adween <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">CEO<\/span> Lisa Su and <span class=\"caps\">AWS<\/span> Vice Pre\u00adsi\u00addent of Ama\u00adzon <span class=\"caps\">EC2<\/span>, David Brown, which will go live&nbsp; on Decem\u00adber 2 at 12:30pm <span class=\"caps\">PT<\/span> as part of the <span class=\"caps\">AWS<\/span> Vir\u00adtu\u00adal re:Invent sessions.<\/p>\n<h3>Amazon GameLift<\/h3>\n<p>Ama\u00adzon Game\u00adLift is now pro\u00advi\u00adding its video game hos\u00adting cus\u00adto\u00admers access on the <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">EPYC<\/span> based Ama\u00adzon <span class=\"caps\">EC2<\/span> C5a, M5a and R5a ins\u00adtances to pro\u00advi\u00adde gre\u00adat price\/performance capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties to its video game ser\u00adver hos\u00adting customers.<\/p>\n<p>With <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">EPYC<\/span> pro\u00adces\u00adsors, deve\u00adlo\u00adpers can use Ama\u00adzon Game\u00adLift to deploy, ope\u00adra\u00adte, and sca\u00adle dedi\u00adca\u00adted high-per\u00adfor\u00admance ser\u00advers for mul\u00adti\u00adplay\u00ader games at up to 10 per\u00adcent lower cost over com\u00adpa\u00adra\u00adble ins\u00adtances. You can read more about the Ama\u00adzon Game\u00adLift ser\u00advice sup\u00adport\u00ading <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">EPYC<\/span> pro\u00adces\u00adsor-based ins\u00adtances&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/aws.amazon.com\/blogs\/gametech\/aws-announces-amd-epyc-processor-based-instance-support-for-amazon-gamelift\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Supporting Resources<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Learn more about the&nbsp;<a title=\"AMD EPYC\u2122 7002 Series Processors\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amd.com\/en\/processors\/epyc-7002-series\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"f7f952af-6912-4922-9a69-47333e4db703\">2<sup>nd<\/sup>&nbsp;Gen <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">EPYC<\/span>\u2122 Processor<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Learn more about&nbsp;<a title=\"AMD Radeon\u2122 Pro V520 Graphics\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amd.com\/en\/products\/server-accelerators\/amd-radeon-pro-v520\" data-entity-substitution=\"canonical\" data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"8752ea80-120d-46ee-841d-a006e09e8238\"><span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> Rade\u00adon\u2122 Pro&nbsp;<span class=\"caps\">V520<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Learn more about the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/aws.amazon.com\/ec2\/instance-types\/g4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ama\u00adzon <span class=\"caps\">EC2<\/span> G4ad Instance<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Learn more about&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amd.com\/cloud\/aws\/solutions\"><span class=\"caps\">AWS<\/span> Workloads Solu\u00adti\u00adons Vali\u00adda\u00adted by&nbsp;<span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Fol\u00adlow <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AMD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twit\u00adter<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>About <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>For more than 50 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 data cen\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=\"https:\/\/www.amd.com\/\">web\u00adsite<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/community.amd.com\/welcome\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">blog<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AMD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Face\u00adbook<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AMD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twit\u00adter<\/a>&nbsp;pages.<\/p>\n<div class=\"field__label toggle toggle__open\"><span class=\"caps\">FOOTNOTES<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"field__item toggled__content\">\n<p>\u00a92020 Advan\u00adced Micro Devices, Inc. All rights reser\u00adved. <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>, the <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> Arrow logo, <span class=\"caps\">EPYC<\/span>, Rade\u00adon, <span class=\"caps\">RDNA<\/span>, and com\u00adbi\u00adna\u00adti\u00adons the\u00adreof are trade\u00admarks of Advan\u00adced Micro Devices, Inc. PCIe is a regis\u00adtered trade\u00admark of <span class=\"caps\">PCI-SIG<\/span> Cor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon. DirectX is eit\u00adher a regis\u00adtered trade\u00admark or trade\u00admark of Micro\u00adsoft Cor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon in the <span class=\"caps\">US<\/span> and\/or other count\u00adries. OpenGL\u00ae and the oval logo are trade\u00admarks or regis\u00adtered trade\u00admarks of Hew\u00adlett Packard Enter\u00adpri\u00adse in the United Sta\u00adtes and\/or other count\u00adries world\u00adwi\u00adde. Vul\u00adkan and the Vul\u00adkan logo are regis\u00adtered trade\u00admarks of the Khro\u00adnos Group Inc. <span class=\"caps\">AWS<\/span> is a trade\u00admark of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affi\u00adlia\u00adtes in the United Sta\u00adtes and\/or other count\u00adries Other pro\u00adduct names used in this publi\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon are for iden\u00adti\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon pur\u00adpo\u00adses only and may be trade\u00admarks of their respec\u00adti\u00adve companies<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ua7f7&nbsp;2nd&nbsp;Gen <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">EPYC<\/span>\u2122&nbsp;CPUs and <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> Rade\u00adon\u2122 Pro GPUs power new Ama\u00adzon <span class=\"caps\">EC2<\/span> G4ad Ins\u00adtance with up to 40% bet\u00adter gra\u00adphics performance\ua7f7<\/p>\n<p>\ua7f7 Ama\u00adzon Game\u00adLift lever\u00ada\u00adges the power of 2nd&nbsp;Gen <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">EPYC<\/span>\u2122 pro\u00adces\u00adsors for game ser\u00adver hos\u00adting solution\ua7f7<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"caps\">SANTA<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">CLARA<\/span>, Calif. 12\/02\/2020<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>&nbsp;(<span class=\"caps\">NASDAQ<\/span>: <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>) announ\u00adced Ama\u00adzon Web Ser\u00advices, Inc. (<span class=\"caps\">AWS<\/span>) has expan\u00added its AMD-based offe\u00adrings with a new cloud ins\u00adtance for Ama\u00adzon Ela\u00ads\u00adtic Com\u00adpu\u00adte Cloud (Ama\u00adzon <span class=\"caps\">EC2<\/span>): Ama\u00adzon <span class=\"caps\">EC2<\/span> G4ad ins\u00adtances for gra\u00adphics-opti\u00admi\u00adzed workloads. With this new ins\u00adtance, <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> now powers eight Ama\u00adzon <span class=\"caps\">EC2<\/span> ins\u00adtance fami\u00adlies across 20 glo\u00adbal <span class=\"caps\">AWS<\/span> Regi\u00adons. <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> also announ\u00adced that Ama\u00adzon Game\u00adLift, a ful\u00adly mana\u00adged dedi\u00adca\u00adted game ser\u00adver hos\u00adting solu\u00adti\u00adon, is now pro\u00advi\u00adding its video game hos\u00adting cus\u00adto\u00admers access to <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">EPYC<\/span> pro\u00adces\u00adsor-based Ama\u00adzon <span class=\"caps\">EC2<\/span> C5a, M5a and R5a instances.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;\u201cToday we build on the strong col\u00adla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon bet\u00adween <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> and <span class=\"caps\">AWS<\/span>, which star\u00adted in 2017. This expan\u00adsi\u00adon of our coope\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon is a pro\u00adof point of the con\u00adtin\u00adued per\u00adfor\u00admance and capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties that <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> pro\u00advi\u00addes its cus\u00adto\u00admers,\u201d said For\u00adrest Nor\u00adrod, seni\u00ador vice pre\u00adsi\u00addent and gene\u00adral mana\u00adger, Data Cen\u00adter and Embedded Solu\u00adti\u00adons Group, <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span>.&nbsp;\u201cAma\u00adzon <span class=\"caps\">EC2<\/span> G4ad ins\u00adtances are the first powered by both <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> <span class=\"caps\">EPYC<\/span> CPUs and Rade\u00adon Pro GPUs, and adding to the exis\u00adting <span class=\"caps\">EPYC<\/span> pro\u00adces\u00adsor-based ins\u00adtances, they exem\u00adpli\u00adfy the ways in which <span class=\"caps\">AMD<\/span> CPUs and GPUs pro\u00advi\u00adde fan\u00adta\u00adstic per\u00adfor\u00admance and price\/performance for <span class=\"caps\">AWS<\/span> cus\u00adto\u00admers.\u201d&nbsp; (\u2026) <a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/60244-high-performance-amd-epyc-cpus-and-radeon-pro-gpus-power-new-aws-instance-for-graphics-optimized-workloads\/\">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":[966,1627,1307,1183],"class_list":["post-60244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pressemitteilungen","tag-amd","tag-aws","tag-epyc","tag-radeon-pro","entry"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60244","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=60244"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60244\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60245,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60244\/revisions\/60245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}