Benefits | AMD processors provide powerful performance for world-class supercomputers

At this year’s SC21, AMD demonstrated its continued recognition and acceptance in the high performance computing (HPC) industry through numerous outstanding innovations and the widespread adoption of AMD data center processors and accelerators. More and more customers across industries are choosing AMD EPYC processors and AMD Instinct accelerators to power advanced research on the world’s most demanding challenges, such as climate, life sciences, and medicine.

The latest release of the Global Top500 Supercomputer Rankings shows the growing popularity of AMD. Currently, AMD powers 73 supercomputers, a three-fold increase from the 21 in the November 2020 list. In addition, AMD also drives 4 of the world's top 10 most powerful supercomputers and the leading supercomputer in Europe. At the same time, 17 of the 73 AMD-based supercomputers on the list are equipped with the AMD EPYC 7003 series processors launched 8 months ago, further demonstrating the widespread adoption of the latest generation of EPYC processors.

“As the world seeks to accelerate research and reduce the time to discover valuable information, the demands of supercomputing users are growing exponentially,” said Forrest Norrod, senior vice president and general manager of AMD’s Datacenter and Embedded Solutions Group. “Advancing data center technology with our evolving AMD EPYC CPUs and Instinct accelerators will enable faster, better research and greater positive impact for the world.”

AMD was also recognized at SC21 in the annual HPCwire Readers’ and Editors’ Choice Awards, winning as many as ten awards, including Best Sustainability Innovation in HPC, Best HPC Server Product, and the HPC Outstanding Leadership Award was presented to AMD President and CEO Dr. Lisa Su.

AMD is widely involved in the entire HPC industry, providing powerful performance and energy efficiency through AMD EPYC and AMD Instinct products, while the ROCm open ecosystem can also accelerate research. With many high-profile projects, such as the "Frontier" supercomputer being deployed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, AMD brings the computing technology and performance needed to support current and future research development to the world. Highlights of AMD-based "Frontier" and other HPC systems in the industry include:

This year, AMD launched the performance-leading AMD EPYC 7003 series processors , which have been widely adopted by partners across the industry and are driving new discoveries in areas such as biomedicine, natural disaster prediction, clean energy, semiconductors, and microelectronics.

AMD earlier demonstrated the third-generation EPYC processor with AMD 3D V-Cache, building on the capabilities of the EPYC 7003 series processors . By leveraging innovative packaging technology to tier the L3 cache in the EPYC 7003 series processors, AMD 3D V-Cache technology delivers enhanced performance for technical workloads common in HPC. Microsoft Azure HPC virtual machines based on third-generation EPYC processors with AMD 3D V-Cache technology are now available in private preview and will be available worldwide soon.

AMD also released an even more powerful HPC and AI accelerator , the AMD Instinct MI250X. AMD Instinct MI200 Series Accelerators Based on the AMD CDNA 2 architecture, they are designed to deliver the powerful FP64 peak performance that is critical for HPC applications such as weather modeling. The AMD Instinct MI200 Series Accelerators are also the first accelerators with more than 100GB of high-bandwidth memory capacity, providing up to 3.2 terabytes of total bandwidth per second.

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