#advanced_micro_devices

But only server ones Despite the fact that there is still quite a bit of information on the Internet about the AMD Zen 5 architecture and products based on it, today we have received quite detailed data about CPUs based on Zen 6. [caption id="attachment_85418" align="aligncenter" width="780"] AMD[/caption] The information concerns mainly server CPUs, but it is still important, because some things can be implemented in consumer ones. [caption id="attachment_85419" align="aligncenter" width="780"] AMD[/caption] The author of the Moore's Law Is Dead channel obtained data on Epyc-E server processors, which are intended for telecommunications and peripheral systems. Such CPUs will only have up to 64 cores, but the “larger” Epyc will, of course, have more cores. AMD will pack 32 processor cores into one chiplet. [caption id="attachment_85420" align="aligncenter" width="780"] AMD[/caption] In this case, what interests us most is that Epyc-E will have one chiplet with 32 cores! Let us remember that in almost all AMD processors the chiplet contains eight cores, and only Epyc Bergamo with small Zen 4C cores has chiplets with 16 cores. As you can see, by the time Zen 6 is released, AMD will be able to pack 32 cores per chiplet. This obviously won’t affect consumer Ryzen, but perhaps by that time they will switch to a package of 16 cores per chiplet. Additionally, the 32-chip configuration could allow AMD to easily build 256-core processors. This could already be CPU Venice in SP7 version. https://youtu.be/qpzTmKjaIMU Also, a large number of cores in one chiplet allows AMD to place additional chiplets in the processor without any processor cores at all. FPGAs or other specialized chiplets can be implemented in this way.

True, only server ones Samsung, it seems, can finally compete more seriously with TSMC in the semiconductor market. It is reported that the Korean giant will even receive orders for AMD processors. [caption id="attachment_82935" align="aligncenter" width="780"] AMD processors[/caption] More precisely, Samsung will allegedly produce Prometheus server processors based on Zen 5c cores. True, only low-end models, while the top ones will still be produced by TSMC, and using a 3 nm process technology, that is, apparently, they will be much more energy efficient. New AMD processors will be produced by Samsung Samsung's achievement is that it was able to achieve a die yield rate of 70%, which matches TSMC's figure, which means that there can be more production and it can be cheaper. For AMD, this is an opportunity to diversify risks, which is important given how heavily TSMC’s capacity has been loaded lately. This is also important from the point of view that the current year has shown how critical AI will be for the market in the near future, and this in turn creates a huge demand for corresponding accelerators. And it may turn out that manufacturers will opt to produce more of the corresponding chips, sacrificing consumer CPUs and/or GPUs. In this scenario, an additional manufacturer with a modern technological process will definitely not be superfluous.

Significant changes in the top five The list of the most productive supercomputers Top500 has been updated once again. Let us remind you that this happens once every six months.  [caption id="attachment_81909" align="aligncenter" width="740"] AMD[/caption] While several supercomputers with performance of about 2 exaFLOPS or higher are on the way, the leader is still the Frontier system, which was the first to overcome the 1 exaFLOPS mark and remains the only one of its kind, far ahead of its closest competitor.   The Frontier supercomputer based on AMD components remains the most powerful in the world. [caption id="attachment_81910" align="aligncenter" width="714"] AMD[/caption] This competitor, by the way, has changed. If six months ago the Supercomputer Fugaku system with a performance of 442 PFLOPS was in second place, now it is Aurora with a performance of 585 PFLOPS. But it is worth saying that now this is only part of the system that has already been put into operation. As a result, Aurora will have performance in excess of 2 exaFLOPS. This system is built on Intel Xeon CPU Max 9470 processors and Intel Data Center Max accelerators. Frontier, remember, relies on AMD components.  In third place is also a newcomer: the Eagle system, owned by Microsoft, with a performance of 561 PFLOPS. But Supercomputer Fugaku dropped to fourth place. 

In the server segment, AMD already occupies almost a quarter of the market AMD has significantly increased its share in the processor market, according to recent statistics from Mercury Research. [caption id="attachment_81293" align="aligncenter" width="728"] AMD[/caption] At the moment, AMD already occupies 19.4% of the entire CPU market. A year ago, the company’s share was 15%, and a quarter ago – 17.3%, that is, the growth is very significant. AMD is not going to ease the pressure on Intel. The biggest impact on the overall share comes from the server segment, where AMD has surged beyond its 20 percent share. The company now holds 23.3% compared to 17.5% a year earlier! Let us remember that several years ago Intel said that its goal was to prevent AMD from occupying 10-15% of the server market. As you can see, AMD has already more than doubled the lower limit of this range. [caption id="attachment_81294" align="aligncenter" width="780"] AMD[/caption] In the desktop CPU market, everything is also very good: growth from 13.9% to 19.2%, although in quarterly terms there is a slight decline, since in the second quarter AMD’s share was 19.4%. As for mobile processors, there is also growth, and also excellent: from 15.7% to 19.5%. We also note that in monetary terms, AMD as a whole occupies 16.9% of the market, but in the server segment it is already almost 30%!

The company reported for the third quarter of fiscal year 2023 A few days after Intel, AMD also published its financial report. The company has completed the third quarter of fiscal year 2023. [caption id="attachment_78911" align="aligncenter" width="780"] AMD's[/caption] If Intel's revenue decreased and net profit fell by more than 70%, then AMD's situation is better. Revenue rose 8% to $5.8 billion, and operating profit amounted to $224 million versus a loss of $64 million a year earlier. Net income rose more than 1,000% to $299 million. AMD's net profit grew by 1000% and equaled Intel's net profit By the way, Intel's net profit was only $1 million higher, which is very interesting. At the same time, Intel's revenue is almost 2.5 times higher than that of its competitor. It’s also worth noting that the data center products segment did not grow year-on-year in the past quarter, although it has been actively driving AMD’s revenue upward in recent years. But sales in the consumer segment increased by 42%, mainly due to the full entry into the market of Ryzen 7000 mobile APUs. AMD's gaming business fell 8% due to lower revenue from sales of semi-custom products.

Already next week The Starfield game, as you know, was created with the active support of AMD and works much better on Radeon video cards. However, owners of GeForce adapters will soon have a reason to rejoice, as DLSS will be added to the game. [caption id="attachment_78515" align="aligncenter" width="780"] AMD's[/caption] AMD's Starfield Game Will Get DLSS 3 Before FSR 3 Next week the developers will release a beta version of the update, which will bring many changes. True, it’s not very clear why the beta version, but we just have to wait for the release. Among other things, the update will bring support for DLSS, and judging by the mention of frame generation, it will be DLSS 3. Bethesda also promised to add FSR 3 to the game, that is, frame generation technology will become available for Radeon adapters. Considering that Starfield turned out to be very demanding, such improvements will clearly not be superfluous.

Threadripper Pro 3995WX is twice as far behind Test results for the Threadripper Pro 7985WX processor have appeared on the Internet. We have already seen the test results of the 96-core model, but now we are talking about the 64-core model, which means that we can directly compare the new product with its predecessors with the same number of cores. [caption id="attachment_75551" align="aligncenter" width="600"] AMD[/caption] Bravo, AMD. Threadripper Pro 7985WX is 36% faster than Threadripper Pro 5995WX So far there are tests only in Geekbench, but the results there are impressive. [caption id="attachment_75552" align="aligncenter" width="780"] AMD[/caption] Threadripper Pro 7985WX outperforms Threadripper Pro 5995WX in multi-threaded mode by 36%! Let us remember that the CPU has the same number of cores, so the increase is due solely to architectural changes and increased frequency. Compared to the Threadripper Pro 3995WX, the new product is 64% faster with the same number of cores. In single-threaded mode, the increase is approximately the same, but this is not so important.

And it will cost more than $600 In addition to the monstrous Ryzen Threadripper 7000 processors, AMD also introduced the professional Radeon PRO W7700 video card.  [caption id="attachment_72131" align="aligncenter" width="780"] AMD[/caption] More precisely, the company mentioned such a model and a full announcement will take place sometime later. But it is already known that the new product will receive 16 GB of memory, which is quite normal for graphics accelerators of this class.   AMD is preparing a new video card for professionals. Judging by the name, the heart of the new product should be the Navi 32 GPU, but the configuration is still unknown. If it is identical to that of the RX 7700 XT, then we are talking about 3456 stream processors, and the amount of memory probably indicates the use of a 256-bit bus.  The Radeon PRO W7800 with 32 GB of memory costs $2,500, and the Radeon PRO W7600 with 8 GB is priced at $600, so the new product will be located somewhere between them, probably closer to the first.