Google Cloud to Use AMD Epyc Processors

<div class&equals;"location-date">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"field field--name-field-location field--type-string field--label-hidden field&lowbar;&lowbar;item"><strong>SANTA CLARA<&sol;strong> &&num;8212&semi; <a style&equals;"font-size&colon; 1rem&semi;" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;amd&period;com&sol;">AMD<&sol;a><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 1rem&semi;"> announced that AMD EPYC™ processors will power the new C2D virtual machine offering from Google Cloud&comma; bringing customers strong performance and compute power for high-performance &lpar;HPC&rpar; memory-bound workloads in areas like electronic design automation &lpar;EDA&rpar; and computational fluid dynamics &lpar;CFD&rpar;&period; <&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"field field--name-field-location field--type-string field--label-hidden field&lowbar;&lowbar;item"><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 1rem&semi;">This announcement continues the momentum for AMD EPYC processors&comma; marking the third family of instances powered by <&sol;span><a style&equals;"font-size&colon; 1rem&semi;" title&equals;"AMD EPYC™ 7003 Series Processors" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;amd&period;com&sol;en&sol;processors&sol;epyc-7003-series" data-entity-substitution&equals;"canonical" data-entity-type&equals;"node" data-entity-uuid&equals;"cbd609a8-54da-436b-90d5-ebb6f86a8401">3<sup>rd<&sol;sup> Gen EPYC processors<&sol;a><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 1rem&semi;"> at Google Cloud&comma; joining the <&sol;span><a style&equals;"font-size&colon; 1rem&semi;" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cloud&period;google&period;com&sol;blog&sol;products&sol;compute&sol;google-cloud-introduces-tau-vms" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener noreferrer" aria-label&equals;"T2D - Opens in new window">T2D<&sol;a><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 1rem&semi;"> and <&sol;span><a style&equals;"font-size&colon; 1rem&semi;" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cloud&period;google&period;com&sol;blog&sol;products&sol;compute&sol;3rd-gen-amd-epyc-comes-to-compute-engine-n2d-machine-family" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener noreferrer" aria-label&equals;"N2D - Opens in new window">N2D<&sol;a><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; 1rem&semi;"> instances&period;<&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field&lowbar;&lowbar;item">&NewLine;<p>With the help of AMD EPYC processors and its high core density&comma; the C2D VMs will provide the largest VM sizes within compute optimized family at Google Cloud&period; As well&comma; because of the EPYC processor’s performance for compute focused workloads&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cloud&period;google&period;com&sol;blog&sol;products&sol;compute&sol;introducing-compute-optimized-vms-on-amd-epyc-milan" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener noreferrer" aria-label&equals;"Google Cloud showcased the C2D VMs can provide up to 30 percent better performance for targeted workloads compared to previous generation EPYC based VMs at a comparable size - Opens in new window">Google Cloud showcased the C2D VMs can provide up to 30 percent better performance for targeted workloads compared to previous generation EPYC based VMs at a comparable size<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The use of AMD EPYC processors for HPC and compute focused workloads continues to expand as more cloud service providers&comma; like Google Cloud&comma; are using EPYC to address their customers’ most demanding and intense workloads&period; This goes on top of the existing capabilities of EPYC for HPC workloads&comma; including powering 73 supercomputers on the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;top500&period;org&sol;lists&sol;top500&sol;2021&sol;11&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener noreferrer" aria-label&equals;"latest Top500 list - Opens in new window">latest Top500 list<&sol;a> and holding <a title&equals;"AMD EPYC™ Processor World Records" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;amd&period;com&sol;en&sol;processors&sol;epyc-world-records" data-entity-substitution&equals;"canonical" data-entity-type&equals;"node" data-entity-uuid&equals;"1a1d99b8-ddfc-40be-bfd0-4e57dfc58492">70 HPC world records<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;AMD EPYC processors continue to showcase their capabilities for HPC and compute focused workloads&comma; whether running drug simulations for the latest vaccines&comma; exploring the cosmos&comma; or helping design critical hardware and electronics for the future of industry&comma;” said Lynn Comp&comma; corporate vice president&comma; Cloud Business&comma; AMD&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Google Cloud C2D instances with AMD EPYC processors will enable Google Cloud customers to run some of their most complex and intense workloads with ease&comma; helping them design their products or solve complex problems&comma; faster&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Google Cloud customers want instances that support complex&comma; performance-sensitive workloads&comma; such as high performance computing&period; VMs powered by AMD EPYC processors enable the performance and features that are needed for these customers&comma;” said Nirav Mehta&comma; director of product management&comma; Google Cloud&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This is now our third virtual machine family powered by 3<sup>rd<&sol;sup> Gen AMD EPYC processors&comma; and we are excited to continue to grow our EPYC portfolio&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>You can read more about the new C2D instances at the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cloud&period;google&period;com&sol;blog&sol;products&sol;compute&sol;introducing-compute-optimized-vms-on-amd-epyc-milan" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener noreferrer" aria-label&equals;"Google Cloud blog here - Opens in new window">Google Cloud blog here<&sol;a>&comma; where customers including AirShaper and Clutch discuss how C2D performance improved run times&comma; changed user experiences&comma; and cut costs&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>C2D is generally available now and will expand to additional regions in the coming months&period; Current locations are US-central1 &lpar;Iowa&rpar;&comma; Asia-southeast1 &lpar;Singapore&rpar;&comma; US-east1 &lpar;South Carolina&rpar;&comma; US-east4 &lpar;North Virginia&rpar;&comma; Asia-east1 &lpar;Taiwan&rpar;&comma; and Europe-west4 &lpar;Netherlands&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

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