{"id":62950,"date":"2021-06-18T08:20:12","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T06:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/?p=62950"},"modified":"2021-06-18T08:20:12","modified_gmt":"2021-06-18T06:20:12","slug":"google-selects-3rd-gen-amd-epyc-processors-to-launch-first-tau-vm-instance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/62950-google-selects-3rd-gen-amd-epyc-processors-to-launch-first-tau-vm-instance\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Selects 3rd Gen AMD<\/span> EPYC<\/span>\u2122 Processors to Launch First Tau VM<\/span> Instance"},"content":{"rendered":"

AMD<\/span> EPYC<\/span> pro\u00adces\u00adsors enable Goog\u00adle Cloud to pro\u00advi\u00adde cus\u00adto\u00admers with indus\u00adtry lea\u00adding per\u00adfor\u00admance and pri\u00adce-per\u00adfor\u00admance for sca\u00adle-out workloads<\/p>\n

SANTA<\/span> CLARA<\/span>, Calif. 06\/17\/2021<\/p>\n

AMD<\/span><\/a> (NASDAQ<\/span>: AMD<\/span>) and Goog\u00adle Cloud today announ\u00adced T2D<\/span>, the first ins\u00adtance in the new fami\u00adly of Tau Vir\u00adtu\u00adal Machi\u00adnes (VMs) powered by 3rd<\/sup> Gen AMD<\/span> EPYC<\/span>\u2122 pro\u00adces\u00adsors<\/a>. Accor\u00adding to Goog\u00adle Cloud, the T2D<\/span> ins\u00adtance offers 56% hig\u00adher abso\u00adlu\u00adte per\u00adfor\u00admance and more than 40% hig\u00adher pri\u00adce per\u00adfor\u00admance for sca\u00adle-out workloads<\/a>1<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

The Tau VM<\/span> fami\u00adly pro\u00advi\u00addes cus\u00adto\u00admers with a lea\u00adding com\u00adbi\u00adna\u00adti\u00adon of per\u00adfor\u00admance, pri\u00adce, and easy inte\u00adgra\u00adti\u00adon. The T2D<\/span> ins\u00adtances, using the lea\u00adder\u00adship per\u00adfor\u00admance of 3rd<\/sup> Gen AMD<\/span> EPYC<\/span> pro\u00adces\u00adsors, excels at workloads inclu\u00adding web ser\u00advers, con\u00adtai\u00adne\u00adri\u00adzed micro\u00adser\u00advices, data log\u00adging-pro\u00adces\u00adsing, lar\u00adge sca\u00adle Java\u00ae<\/sup> appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons and more. <\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>At Goog\u00adle Cloud, our cus\u00adto\u00admers\u2019 com\u00adpu\u00adte needs are evol\u00adving,\u201d said Tho\u00admas Kuri\u00adan, CEO<\/span> of Goog\u00adle Cloud. \u201cBy col\u00adla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adting with AMD<\/span>, Goog\u00adle Cloud cus\u00adto\u00admers can now levera\u00adge ama\u00adzing per\u00adfor\u00admance for sca\u00adle-out appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons, with gre\u00adat pri\u00adce-per\u00adfor\u00admance, all wit\u00adhout com\u00adpro\u00admi\u00adsing x86 compatibility.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>We desi\u00adgned 3rd<\/sup> Gen AMD<\/span> EPYC<\/span> pro\u00adces\u00adsors to meet the gro\u00adwing demand from cloud and enter\u00adpri\u00adse cus\u00adto\u00admers for high-per\u00adfor\u00admance, cost-effec\u00adti\u00adve solu\u00adti\u00adons with opti\u00admal TCO<\/span>,\u201d said AMD<\/span> Pre\u00adsi\u00addent and CEO<\/span> Dr. Lisa Su. \u201cWe work clo\u00adse\u00adly with Goog\u00adle Cloud and are proud they sel\u00adec\u00adted AMD<\/span> to exclu\u00adsi\u00adve\u00adly power the new Tau VM<\/span> T2D<\/span> ins\u00adtance which pro\u00advi\u00addes cus\u00adto\u00admers with powerful new opti\u00adons to run their most deman\u00adding sca\u00adle-out workloads.\u201d<\/p>\n

The indus\u00adtry-lea\u00adding2<\/sup> 3rd<\/sup> Gen AMD<\/span> EPYC<\/span> pro\u00adces\u00adsors allow Goog\u00adle Cloud cus\u00adto\u00admers to seam\u00adless\u00adly inte\u00adgra\u00adte workloads with their exis\u00adting x86 eco\u00adsys\u00adtems, enab\u00adling appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons and frame\u00adworks to work with the T2D<\/span> ins\u00adtances. The new ins\u00adtances are offe\u00adred in eight dif\u00adfe\u00adrent pre\u00adde\u00adfi\u00adned VM<\/span> shapes, with up to 60 vCPUs per VM<\/span>, and up to 4GB<\/span> of memo\u00adry per vCPU, making this tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy ide\u00adal for sca\u00adle-out workloads.<\/p>\n

AMD<\/span> EPYC<\/span> pro\u00adces\u00adsors power num\u00ade\u00adrous ins\u00adtances at Goog\u00adle Cloud that sup\u00adport workloads inclu\u00adding com\u00adpu\u00adte opti\u00admi\u00adzed, gene\u00adral pur\u00adpo\u00adse, high-per\u00adfor\u00admance and con\u00adfi\u00adden\u00adti\u00adal com\u00adpu\u00adting. The\u00adse ins\u00adtances are used by well-known cloud-nati\u00adve com\u00adpa\u00adnies, span\u00adning mul\u00adti\u00adple indus\u00adtries, pro\u00advi\u00adding high-per\u00adfor\u00admance cloud ins\u00adtances for their workloads.<\/p>\n

T2D<\/span> ins\u00adtances will be available in Q3<\/span> and cus\u00adto\u00admers can sign up for a pre\u00adview here.<\/a><\/p>\n

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