Baidu Deploys AMD EPYC Single Socket Platforms to Power its 'ABC' Datacenters
December 13 2017 - 8:00AM
─ Search and Artificial Intelligence Giant
Applies Performance of AMD EPYC™ Processors Across AI, Big Data and
Cloud Computing ─
AMD (NASDAQ:AMD) and Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ:BIDU), the leading Chinese
language Internet search provider and leader in artificial
intelligence (AI), today announced the immediate availability of
AMD-powered AI, big data, and cloud computing (ABC) services.
Utilizing the compute performance and advanced feature-set of the
AMD EPYC™ processor in a single-socket platform allows Baidu to
efficiently optimize and deliver massive storage and compute
services to its customers. Baidu expects to further expand
its use of AMD EPYC processors across its global datacenters
beginning in the first quarter of 2018.
“By offering outstanding performance in single-processor
systems, the AMD EPYC platform provides flexibility and
high-performance in our datacenter, which allows Baidu to deliver
more efficient services to our customers,” said Liu Chao, senior
director, Baidu System Technologies Department. “Baidu’s mission is
to make a complex world simpler through technology, and we are
constantly looking to discover and apply the latest cutting-edge
technologies, innovations, and solutions to business. AMD EPYC
processors provide Baidu with a new level of energy efficient and
powerful computing capability.”
“Baidu is a long-recognized pioneer in datacenter innovations,
and with their adoption of AMD EPYC they continue down that path by
leveraging our single-socket innovations to power their ABC
strategy,” said Scott Aylor, corporate vice president, and general
manager, AMD Enterprise Solutions. “It is a thrilling experience to
work side-by-side with Baidu to explore the capabilities of AMD
EPYC and maximize its application across their customers’
workloads.”
With support for 128 lanes of PCIe® connectivity, an AMD EPYC
processor delivers 2.6X the I/O density than competitive solutions1
and enables Baidu to achieve a level of scale and efficiency
unrivaled in high-performance x86. The combination of
performance from the EPYC processor cores, and compute and I/O
density packaged in a single-socket configuration, provides the
ideal platform for Baidu’s next generation cloud services.
Supporting Resources
- AMD EPYC processors on AMD.com
- Learn more about the “Zen” x86 core
- Follow AMD datacenter developments on
Twitter @AMDServer
About AMD For more than 45 years, AMD has
driven innovation in high-performance computing, graphics and
visualization technologies ― the building blocks for gaming,
immersive platforms, and the datacenter. Hundreds of millions of
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About BaiduBaidu, Inc. is the leading Chinese
language Internet search provider. Baidu aims to make a complex
world simpler through technology. Baidu's ADSs trade on the NASDAQ
Global Select Market under the symbol "BIDU". Currently, ten ADSs
represent one Class A ordinary share.
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1 AMD EPYC™ processor supports up to 128 PCIe® Gen 3 I/O lanes
(in both 1 and 2-socket configuration), versus the Intel® Xeon® SP
Series processor supporting a maximum of 48 lanes PCIe® Gen 3 per
CPU, plus 20 lanes in the I/O chip (max of 68 lanes on 1 socket and
96 lanes on 2 socket). NAP-56
AMD, the AMD logo, EPYC, and combinations thereof are
trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices. PCIe is a registered
trademark of PCI-SIG Corporation.
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