Multi-billion-dollar AMD acquisition could give EPYC an all-important edge

Date:
Mon, 04 Apr 2022 17:30:30 +0000

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Pensandos programmable packet processor and software stack can improve the performance of AMD EPYC chips in datacenters.

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AMD has announced that it has entered a definitive agreement to acquire the https://www.techradar.com/news/the-best-cloud-storage distributed computing provider Pensando for approximately $1.9bn.

Through its acquisition of Pensando, the chipmaker aims to take its EPYC data center processors to the next level by utilizing the companys fully programmable packet processor and comprehensive software stack which accelerates networking, security, storage and other services for cloud, enterprise and edge applications

AMD chair and CEO, Dr. Lisa Su provided further insight in a press release on how acquiring Pensando will add a distributed services platform to its existing portfolio of chips, saying:

To build a leading-edge data center with the best performance, security, flexibility and lowest total cost of ownership requires a wide range of compute engines. All major cloud and OEM customers have adopted EPYC processors to power their data center offerings. Today, with our acquisition of Pensando, we add a leading distributed services platform to our high-performance CPU, GPU, FPGA and adaptive SoC portfolio. The Pensando team brings world-class expertise and a proven track record of innovation at the chip, software and platform level which expands our ability to offer leadership solutions for our cloud, enterprise and edge customers. Data
center performance boost

Pensandos products are already deployed at scale across the cloud and enterprise by a number of big-name customers including Goldman Sachs, IBM Cloud, Microsoft Azure and Oracle Cloud.

This is quite remarkable as the company only exited stealth back in 2019 with the aim of taking on AWS in the cloud computing space.

Pensandos distributed services platform includes a programmable packet processor that can be distributed throughout a network to efficiently accelerate multiple infrastructure services simultaneously by offloading workloads from the CPU and increasing overall system performance. In real-world deployments, the companys solution demonstrates between eight to thirteen times greater performance compared to other competing solutions.
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As part of the deal, Pensando CEO Prem Jain and the rest of the companys team will join AMD as part of the chipmakers Data Center Solutions Group which is led by senior vice president and general manager Forrest Norrod. Going forward, Pensando will remain focused on executing its product and technology roadmaps but now with additional scale to accelerate its business.

AMDs acquisition of Pensando is expected to close during the second quarter
of this year following customary closing conditions and approval under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976. Keep your files stored securely in the cloud with the best cloud storage



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