AMD EPYC processors are set for a major speed boost

Date:
Fri, 06 May 2022 04:00:03 +0000

Description:
AMD has revealed its plans to add FPGA-powered AI inference engines to its future chips.

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During a recent earnings call, AMD revealed its plans to bolster its line of EPYC processor s by infusing them with Xilinxs FPGA-powered AI inference engine.

While the first of these new AI-infused CPUs are slated to arrive next year, the move shows that the chip giant is working to incorporate the technologies from its $54bn Xilinx acquisition into its existing products.

Still though, recent patents from AMD show that the company is actually working on several methods to connect AI accelerators to its processors including using 3D chip stacking tech to do so.

AMD isnt the first chipmaker to pair its CPUs with in-built FPGAs as Intel tried something similar after acquiring Altera back in 2015. Despite the fact that the company announced and even demoed a combined CPU+FPGA chip, the
final product ended up being more of an experiment that it hasnt revisited since. FPGA-infused CPUs

Although AMD hasnt yet gone into the details regarding its future
FPGA-infused products, connecting Xilinx FPGA silicon to its processors will likely require some sophistication.

Instead of using standard PCIe lanes and QPI interconnect to connect FGPA chips to a CPU like Intel did, AMDs patents suggest that the company is working on an accelerator port to do so in a variety of ways. Read More

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AMD could use 3D stacking chip tech like it does with its Milan-X processors to provide performance, power and memory throughput advantages. However, this approach can present thermal challenges that would reduce performance if the chiplet is placed too close to compute dies.

Fortunately, well likely learn more about AMDs upcoming AI-infused CPUs at
the companys upcoming Financial Analyst Day next month. Tackle even the most demanding computing tasks with one of the best workstations

Via Tom's Hardware



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