AMD announced the EPYC Embedded 9006 Series SP7 CPUs, expanding its x86 portfolio optimized for embedded customer requirements. Advanced by the high-performance "Zen 6" core architecture, these processors combine up to 256 cores, scalable PCIe Gen 6 and CXL 3.1 connectivity, and advanced security from secure boot through runtime. With a throughput increase of up to 1.8x compared to the previous 5th Gen EPYC 9005 Series, they provide the leadership compute and high-speed connectivity needed for demanding workloads in semiconductor automated test equipment, enterprise storage, and network firewall applications. Seven-year product longevity, support for post-quantum cryptography for firmware signing, and ongoing security updates simplify maintenance for mission-critical embedded applications.
As AI infrastructure expands and data volumes grow, semiconductor ATE needs to validate memory and I/O devices faster, firewalls need to process and secure more network traffic, and storage controllers need to move and process more data. AMD EPYC Embedded 9006 processors deliver the high throughput, memory bandwidth and I/O performance required to meet these growing application demands. Salil Raje, senior vice president and general manager, Adaptive and Embedded Computing Group, AMD, stated that with these processors, AMD is extending CPU leadership by bringing data center-class compute to embedded systems, helping customers increase capacity and do more within their power budgets. Combined with the longevity and support embedded customers depend on, they provide the foundation to build the next generation of products.
The new CPUs help power semiconductor-ATE systems enabling production-scale validation of new memory and I/O devices, acting as the control and orchestration engine for high-speed DDR5 RDIMM and emerging MRDIMM technology. They also provide compute scalability to run more tests in parallel. For high-end firewalls supporting 400G/800G networks, the CPUs provide the control-plane engine to manage growing security policies and deliver up to 1.3x higher throughput. AMD EPYC Embedded 9006 CPUs power NVMe connectivity and accelerate data-intensive storage services such as compression, caching and RAID systems, delivering up to 1.5x improvement on the ISA-L benchmark.
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