Analysis Anyone wondering what the target market is for manycore monster chips - like AMD's newly unveiled 5th Gen Epyc processors - won't have to wa

The best use for those latest manycore chips? AI, say server vendors

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2024-10-18 05:30:02

Analysis Anyone wondering what the target market is for manycore monster chips - like AMD's newly unveiled 5th Gen Epyc processors - won't have to wait long: server vendors reckon that more and beefier AI systems are just the ticket.

AMD has now officially unveiled its next-gen "Turin" server chips as the Epyc 9005 Series. These come in two variants: one line with between eight and 128 performance cores, and another that serves up between 96 and 192 density-optimized cores.

Some are concerned a system with that many cores represents a risk, in that if they are fully utilized, a single server will end up handling a large number of workloads that will all fail simultaneously, should anything go amiss with the system.

This hasn't deterred the big vendors, which are already riding the AI wave by selling boxes kitted out with GPUs, many of them aimed at the hyperscale companies that offer AI services or rent out virtual machines with GPU capability to end users.

Consequently, HPE and Dell have been quick to detail new hardware based on the latest Epyc chips with a definite focus on AI processing. In fact, both were on stage at the big launch event for the new silicon, gushing over their respective agreement with AMD and AI.