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AMD EPYC 9006 "Venice" processors debut with high-core counts and MEXT software

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AMD has announced the availability of its EPYC 9006 "Venice" series processors, featuring up to 256 Zen 6C cores, which have demonstrated exceptional performance in benchmarks. The company is also highlighting its MEXT software, acquired this summer, which aims to enhance flash memory performance to levels comparable to DRAM. While MEXT offers Linux support, it is not open-source. AI

IMPACT These high-core count processors and advanced memory technologies are crucial for accelerating AI training and inference workloads.

RANK_REASON The cluster reports on the availability of new high-performance server processors from a major chip manufacturer, AMD, which are relevant to AI infrastructure. [lever_c_demoted from frontier_release: ic=2 ai=0.7]

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AMD EPYC 9006 "Venice" processors debut with high-core counts and MEXT software

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COVERAGE [2]

  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    📰 AMD EPYC 9996 Benchmarks Show Unparalleled Performance With 256 Zen 6C Cores Back in July AMD announced the EPYC 9006 "Venice" series at their Advancing AI ev

    📰 AMD EPYC 9996 Benchmarks Show Unparalleled Performance With 256 Zen 6C Cores Back in July AMD announced the EPYC 9006 "Venice" series at their Advancing AI event. Today they are announcing EPYC 9006 series Socket SP7 processor availability and with systems beginning to ship... …

    LINKS phoronix.com/…/amd-epyc-9996
  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    📰 AMD Talks Up Their MEXT Software Amid RAM Crisis - Linux Support But Not Open-Source This summer AMD acquired the company MEXT for their AI-powered predictive

    📰 AMD Talks Up Their MEXT Software Amid RAM Crisis - Linux Support But Not Open-Source This summer AMD acquired the company MEXT for their AI-powered predictive memory technology to make flash memory such as NVMe SSDs behave more like DRAM. AMD MEXT with EPYC servers allows for f…

    LINKS phoronix.com/…/AMD-MEXT

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