{"id":63441,"date":"2021-09-30T20:02:54","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T18:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/?p=63441"},"modified":"2021-09-30T20:02:54","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T18:02:54","slug":"amd-announces-ambitious-goal-to-increase-energy-efficiency-of-processors-running-ai-training-and-high-performance-computing-applications-30x-by-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/63441-amd-announces-ambitious-goal-to-increase-energy-efficiency-of-processors-running-ai-training-and-high-performance-computing-applications-30x-by-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"AMD<\/span> Announces Ambitious Goal to Increase Energy Efficiency of Processors Running AI<\/span> Training and High Performance Computing Applications 30x by 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2014 High-per\u00adfor\u00admance AMD<\/span> EPYC<\/span>\u2122 CPUs and AMD<\/span> Instinct\u2122 acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtors tar\u00adget deli\u00adve\u00adring unpre\u00adce\u00adden\u00adted advan\u00adce in ener\u00adgy effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy for Arti\u00adfi\u00adci\u00adal Intel\u00adli\u00adgence trai\u00adning and Super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adting applications \u2014<\/p>\n

SANTA<\/span> CLARA<\/span>, Calif. 09\/29\/2021<\/p>\n

AMD<\/span><\/a> (NASDAQ<\/span>: AMD<\/span>) today announ\u00adced a goal to deli\u00adver a 30x increase in ener\u00adgy effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy<\/a> for AMD<\/span> EPYC<\/span> CPUs and AMD<\/span> Instinct acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtors in Arti\u00adfi\u00adci\u00adal Intel\u00adli\u00adgence (AI<\/span>) trai\u00adning and High Per\u00adfor\u00admance Com\u00adpu\u00adting (HPC<\/span>) appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons run\u00adning on acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adted com\u00adpu\u00adte nodes by 2025.1<\/sup> Accom\u00adpli\u00adshing this ambi\u00adtious goal will requi\u00adre AMD<\/span> to increase the ener\u00adgy effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy of a com\u00adpu\u00adte node at a rate that is more than 2.5x fas\u00adter than the aggre\u00adga\u00adte indus\u00adtry-wide impro\u00adve\u00adment made during the last five years.2<\/sup><\/p>\n

Acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adted com\u00adpu\u00adte nodes are the most powerful and advan\u00adced com\u00adpu\u00adting sys\u00adtems in the world used for sci\u00aden\u00adti\u00adfic rese\u00adarch and lar\u00adge-sca\u00adle super\u00adcom\u00adpu\u00adter simu\u00adla\u00adti\u00adons. They pro\u00advi\u00adde the com\u00adpu\u00adting capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty used by sci\u00aden\u00adtists to achie\u00adve breakth\u00adroughs across many fields inclu\u00adding mate\u00adri\u00adal sci\u00aden\u00adces, cli\u00adma\u00adte pre\u00addic\u00adtions, geno\u00admics, drug dis\u00adco\u00advery and alter\u00adna\u00adti\u00adve ener\u00adgy. Acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adted nodes are also inte\u00adgral for trai\u00adning AI<\/span> neu\u00adral net\u00adworks that are curr\u00adent\u00adly used for acti\u00advi\u00adties inclu\u00adding speech reco\u00adgni\u00adti\u00adon, lan\u00adguage trans\u00adla\u00adti\u00adon and expert recom\u00admen\u00adda\u00adti\u00adon sys\u00adtems, with simi\u00adlar pro\u00admi\u00adsing uses over the coming deca\u00adde. The 30x goal would save bil\u00adli\u00adons of kilo\u00adwatt hours of elec\u00adtri\u00adci\u00adty in 2025, redu\u00adcing the power requi\u00adred for the\u00adse sys\u00adtems to com\u00adple\u00adte a sin\u00adgle cal\u00adcu\u00adla\u00adti\u00adon by 97% over five years. <\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Achie\u00adving gains in pro\u00adces\u00adsor ener\u00adgy effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy is a long-term design prio\u00adri\u00adty for AMD<\/span> and we are now set\u00adting a new goal for modern com\u00adpu\u00adte nodes using our high-per\u00adfor\u00admance CPUs and acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtors when appli\u00aded to AI<\/span> trai\u00adning and high-per\u00adfor\u00admance com\u00adpu\u00adting deploy\u00adments,\u201d said Mark Paper\u00admas\u00adter, exe\u00adcu\u00adti\u00adve vice pre\u00adsi\u00addent and CTO<\/span>, AMD<\/span>. \u201cFocu\u00adsed on the\u00adse very important seg\u00adments and the value pro\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adon for lea\u00adding com\u00adpa\u00adnies to enhan\u00adce their envi\u00adron\u00admen\u00adtal ste\u00adward\u00adship, AMD<\/span>\u2019s 30x goal out\u00adpaces indus\u00adtry ener\u00adgy effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy per\u00adfor\u00admance in the\u00adse are\u00adas by 150% com\u00adpared to the pre\u00advious five-year time period.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>With com\u00adpu\u00adting beco\u00adming ubi\u00adqui\u00adtous from edge to core to cloud, AMD<\/span> has taken a bold posi\u00adti\u00adon on the ener\u00adgy effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy of its pro\u00adces\u00adsors, this time for the acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adted com\u00adpu\u00adte for AI<\/span> and High Per\u00adfor\u00admance Com\u00adpu\u00adting appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons,\u201d said Addi\u00adson Snell, CEO<\/span> of Intersect360 Rese\u00adarch. \u201cFuture gains are more dif\u00adfi\u00adcult now as the his\u00adto\u00adri\u00adcal advan\u00adta\u00adges that come with Moore\u2019s Law have great\u00adly dimi\u00adnis\u00adhed. A 30-times impro\u00adve\u00adment in ener\u00adgy effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy in five years will be an impres\u00adsi\u00adve tech\u00adni\u00adcal achie\u00adve\u00adment that will demons\u00adtra\u00adte the strength of AMD<\/span> tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy and their empha\u00adsis on envi\u00adron\u00admen\u00adtal sustainability.\u201d <\/p>\n

Increased ener\u00adgy effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy for acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adted com\u00adpu\u00adting appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons is part of the company\u2019s new goals<\/a> in Envi\u00adron\u00admen\u00adtal, Social, Gover\u00adnan\u00adce (ESG<\/span>) span\u00adning its ope\u00adra\u00adti\u00adons, sup\u00adp\u00adly chain and pro\u00adducts. For more than twen\u00adty-five years, AMD<\/span> has been trans\u00adpar\u00adent\u00adly report\u00ading on its envi\u00adron\u00admen\u00adtal ste\u00adward\u00adship and per\u00adfor\u00admance. For its recent achie\u00adve\u00adments in pro\u00adduct ener\u00adgy effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy, AMD<\/span> was named to For\u00adtu\u00adne<\/em>\u2019s Chan\u00adge the World<\/a> list in 2020 that reco\u00adgni\u00adzes out\u00adstan\u00adding efforts by com\u00adpa\u00adnies to tack\u00adle society\u2019s unmet needs. <\/p>\n

Methodology<\/h3>\n

In addi\u00adti\u00adon to com\u00adpu\u00adte node performance\/Watt mea\u00adsu\u00adre\u00adments1<\/sup>, to make the goal par\u00adti\u00adcu\u00adlar\u00adly rele\u00advant to world\u00adwi\u00adde ener\u00adgy use, AMD<\/span> uses seg\u00adment-spe\u00adci\u00adfic dat\u00ada\u00adcen\u00adter power uti\u00adliza\u00adti\u00adon effec\u00adti\u00adve\u00adness (PUE<\/span>) with equip\u00adment uti\u00adliza\u00adti\u00adon taken into account.3<\/sup> The ener\u00adgy con\u00adsump\u00adti\u00adon base\u00adline uses the same indus\u00adtry ener\u00adgy per ope\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon impro\u00adve\u00adment rates as from 2015\u20132020, extra\u00adpo\u00adla\u00adted to 2025. The mea\u00adsu\u00adre of ener\u00adgy per ope\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon impro\u00adve\u00adment in each seg\u00adment from 2020\u20132025 is weigh\u00adted by the pro\u00adjec\u00adted world\u00adwi\u00adde volu\u00admes4<\/sup> mul\u00adti\u00adpli\u00aded by the Typi\u00adcal Ener\u00adgy Con\u00adsump\u00adti\u00adon (TEC<\/span>) of each com\u00adpu\u00adting seg\u00adment to arri\u00adve at a meaningful metric of actu\u00adal ener\u00adgy usa\u00adge impro\u00adve\u00adment worldwide.<\/p>\n

Dr. Jona\u00adthan Koomey, Pre\u00adsi\u00addent, Koomey Ana\u00adly\u00adtics, said \u201cThe ener\u00adgy effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy goal set by AMD<\/span> for acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adted com\u00adpu\u00adte nodes used for AI<\/span> trai\u00adning and High Per\u00adfor\u00admance Com\u00adpu\u00adting ful\u00adly reflects modern workloads, repre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adti\u00adve ope\u00adra\u00adting beha\u00advi\u00adors and accu\u00adra\u00adte bench\u00admar\u00adking methodology.\u201d<\/p>\n

Supporting Resources<\/h3>\n