Google Selects 3rd Gen AMD EPYC™ Processors to Launch First Tau VM Instance
June 17 2021 - 9:00AM
AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) and Google Cloud today announced T2D, the first
instance in the new family of Tau Virtual Machines (VMs) powered by
3rd Gen AMD EPYC™ processors. According to Google Cloud, the T2D
instance offers 56% higher absolute performance and more than 40%
higher price performance for scale-out workloads1.
The Tau VM family provides customers with a leading
combination of performance, price, and easy integration. The T2D
instances, using the leadership performance of 3rd Gen AMD EPYC
processors, excels at workloads including web servers,
containerized microservices, data logging-processing, large scale
Java® applications and more.
“At Google Cloud, our customers’ compute needs are evolving,”
said Thomas Kurian, CEO of Google Cloud. “By collaborating with
AMD, Google Cloud customers can now leverage amazing performance
for scale-out applications, with great price-performance, all
without compromising x86 compatibility.”
“We designed 3rd Gen AMD EPYC processors to meet the growing
demand from cloud and enterprise customers for high-performance,
cost-effective solutions with optimal TCO,” said AMD President and
CEO Dr. Lisa Su. “We work closely with Google Cloud and are proud
they selected AMD to exclusively power the new Tau VM T2D instance
which provides customers with powerful new options to run their
most demanding scale-out workloads.”
The industry-leading2 3rd Gen AMD EPYC processors allow Google
Cloud customers to seamlessly integrate workloads with their
existing x86 ecosystems, enabling applications and frameworks to
work with the T2D instances. The new instances are offered in eight
different predefined VM shapes, with up to 60 vCPUs per VM, and up
to 4GB of memory per vCPU, making this technology ideal for
scale-out workloads.
AMD EPYC processors power numerous instances at Google Cloud
that support workloads including compute optimized, general
purpose, high-performance and confidential computing. These
instances are used by well-known cloud-native companies, spanning
multiple industries, providing high-performance cloud instances for
their workloads.
T2D instances will be available in Q3 and customers can sign up
for a preview here.
Supporting Resources
- Learn more about AMD EPYC Processors
- See demos, videos and more about the AMD EPYC 7003 series
processors
- Learn more about the Google T2D Instance and Tau VMs
- Follow AMD on Twitter
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1 https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/compute/google-cloud-introduces-tau-vms2
MLN-016A: Results as of 04/14/2021 using
SPECrate® 2017_int_base. The AMD EPYC 7763 scored 839,
http://www.spec.org/cpu2017/results/res2021q1/cpu2017-20210219-24936.html which
is higher than all other 2P scores published on the SPEC® website.
SPEC®, SPECrate® and SPEC CPU® are registered trademarks of the
Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. See
www.spec.org for more information.
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AMD Communications
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Laura Graves
AMD Investor Relations
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laura.graves@amd.com
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