AMD EPYC™ Processors Expand Performance and Security Innovation Across Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines Portfolio
November 04 2021 - 9:00AM
Today, AMD announced its continued momentum and collaboration with
Microsoft Azure, who is offering the 3rd Gen AMD EPYC™ processor in
the latest generation of Dasv5 and Easv5 Azure Virtual Machines
(VMs). Azure is also introducing new confidential VMs, DCasv5 and
ECasv5, which use the latest advanced security features available
in 3rd Gen EPYC processors, including Secure Encrypted
Virtualization-Secure Nested Paging (SEV-SNP).
The new Azure confidential VMs, DCasv5 and
ECasv5, the first EPYC processor-based confidential VMs at Azure
and the first confidential VMs to use SEV-SNP, will enable
customers to have the data in their security focused applications
encrypted in use, in transit and at rest. The updated Dasv5 VMs,
optimized for general purpose workloads, and the Easv5 VMs,
optimized for memory-based workloads, deliver better
price-performance for most general purpose and memory intensive
workloads compared to prior EPYC processor-based Microsoft Azure
VMs.
“By using the new Azure Dav5 and Eav5 VMs with
the latest AMD EPYC CPUs, customers will get access to leading
performance and fantastic price-performance for general purpose and
memory optimized workloads,” said Lynn Comp, corporate vice
president, Cloud Business Unit, AMD. “Beyond that, Azure is using
the advanced security features of EPYC CPUs for the new
confidential VMs, so their customers can benefit from both
performance and security for their workloads.”
“At Microsoft we are committed to enabling
the industry to move from computing in
the clear to computing confidentially in the
cloud and the edge,” said Vikas Bhatia, Head of Product, Azure
Confidential Computing, Microsoft. “Our work with AMD is one of the
steps towards this vision, giving customers access to Microsoft
Azure confidential VMs with advanced hardware security features and
a lift-and-shift migration experience; a powerful tool for meeting
their desired security posture.”
Bringing Confidential VMs to Azure with
AMD EPYC CPUs
Azure confidential VMs can be used by customers
with high security and confidentiality requirements for their
workloads. By using AMD EPYC processors, these confidential VMs
benefit from strong hardware-based security features that enable
the VMs to excel at:
-
Privacy-preserving data analytics
- Workloads
needing robust encryption
- Sharing data
across companies with reduced exposure to other data, while gaining
benefits from shared insights.
Azure is also enabling worker nodes on Azure
Kubernetes Service (AKS) on these confidential VMs to help secure
containers with memory encryption powered by SEV-SNP.
The Dasv5 and Easv5 Azure VMs are available now
and the Azure confidential VMs (DCasv5, ECasv5 and AKS) will be in
public preview by the end of 2021 and open for general availability
in 2022.
Supporting Resources
- Learn more about the new
confidential VMs and updated Dasv5 and Easv5 VMs
- Learn more about the AMD and Azure
VMs
- Learn more about AMD 3rd Gen EPYC™
Processors
- Become a fan of AMD on Facebook
- Follow AMD on Twitter
About AMDFor more than 50 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
consumers, leading Fortune 500 businesses and cutting-edge
scientific research facilities around the world rely on AMD
technology daily to improve how they live, work and play. AMD
employees around the world are focused on building great products
that push the boundaries of what is possible. For more information
about how AMD is enabling today and inspiring tomorrow, visit the
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Aaron Grabein
AMD Communications
(512) 602-8950
aaron.grabein@amd.com
Laura Graves
AMD Investor Relations
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