2nd Gen AMD EPYC™ Processors Power New IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
April 01 2020 - 9:00AM
Today, AMD announced that IBM Cloud is enhancing its global
infrastructure with 2nd Gen AMD EPYC™ processors to power its
latest bare metal servers. With the addition of the AMD EPYC 7642
processor to its cloud portfolio, IBM is engineered to deliver
increased computing performance in its bare metal offerings.
Available now, these new bare metal servers are the first 2nd Gen
AMD EPYC™ based offering from IBM Cloud and are focused on the
computing power and performance required to accelerate modern
workloads like data analytics, electronic design automation,
artificial intelligence and virtualized and containerized
workloads.
“2nd Gen AMD EPYC processors deliver where it counts for cloud
providers, providing the cores, scalability and throughput for
critical workloads,” said Forrest Norrod, senior vice president and
general manager, Data Center and Embedded Solutions, AMD. “We are
extremely excited to extend the advantages of 2nd Gen AMD EPYC
processors to new bare metal offerings at IBM Cloud, helping
customers tackle today’s compute-intensive workloads.”
“We are thrilled to launch new IBM Cloud offerings powered by
the 2nd Gen AMD EPYC CPUs,” says Satinder Sethi, GM, IBM Cloud
Infrastructure Services. “With these new processors, we can
offer IBM Cloud clients greater choice and flexibility to select
the platform that is best suited to meet the needs of today’s most
demanding workloads. We look forward to continuing to deliver new
innovations and value to our clients in the future.”
The AMD EPYC 7642 based, dual socket bare metal server offering
at IBM Cloud includes:
- 96 CPU cores per platform
- Base clock frequency of 2.3GHz with a Max Boost up to
3.3GHzi
- 8 memory channels per socket for superior memory bandwidth
- Up to 4TB memory configuration support
- Up to 24 local storage drives
- OS choices of RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu, MS Server
- Monthly, pay-as-you-use billing
- Orderable via the global IBM Cloud Catalogue, API, or CLI
The bare metal servers are being made available in IBM Data
Centers across the North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific regions.
The AMD EPYC 7642 based servers can be ordered via the IBM Cloud
global catalogue portal, API or CLI and consumed in a monthly
pay-as-you-use model. Visit IBM Cloud to start building a bare
metal server configuration with 2nd Gen AMD EPYC processors.
Supporting Resources
- Learn more about IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
- Read more at the IBM Blog
- Learn more about the AMD 2nd Gen EPYCTM Processor
- Become a fan of AMD on Facebook
- Follow AMD on Twitter
About AMDFor more than 50 years AMD has driven
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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
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i Max boost for AMD EPYC processors is the maximum frequency
achievable by any single core on the processor under normal
operating conditions for server systems. EPYC-18
Contact:
Aaron Grabein
AMD Communications
(512) 602-8950
aaron.grabein@amd.com
Laura Graves
AMD Investor Relations
(408) 749-5467
laura.graves@amd.com
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