We tend to think of MWC as a mobile phone exhibition, but it is actually a communications exhibition. What is displayed and exchanged are more communication technologies, products, and infrastructure solutions. However, these are far away from most ordinary people and are difficult to access daily. contact.
In addition to regular domestic and foreign operators and communication technology manufacturers, we also saw AMD at MWC 2024. The exhibition area and scale are not large, but it may subvert the perception of many players:
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In fact, AMD is also very good in the field of communications. AMD EPYC processor is the cornerstone of many communications solutions. Especially since the acquisition of Xilinx two years ago, EPYC and Xilinx have jointly opened up a new field in the communications industry. of heaven and earth.
At this exhibition, AMD demonstrated many technical solutions such as 5G advancement, 6G and AI, and also worked with partners to showcase a number of telecommunications industry solutions.
The first thing you can see at the booth is the AMD EPYC server platform from multiple manufacturers, includingHPE, Dell, AMD, Lenovo, Gigabyte, ASRock, etc.
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Most of them are equipped with the latest fourth-generation EPYC 9004/8004 series, based on the new Zen 4 and Zen 4c architecture.
Various network devices based on AMD platform.
Let’s look at some typical application cases:
This is the GreenRAN 5G DU solution deployed by the telecommunications company Parallel Wireless based on the EPYC 8004 series processor, which can implement a complete RAN stack.
It also comes withAMD T2 telecom accelerator cardas an FEC accelerator, enabling easy integration.
Thanks to the ultra-high energy efficiency of the EPYC 8004 series with Zen 4c architecture, the solution’sPerformance improvements can be as high as 20-50%.
Parallel Wireless also recently announced a partnership with AMD toRevolutionizes its Open RAN solution with EPYC 8004 series processorsdemonstrating unique cross-platform capabilities and AMD’s ultra-high energy efficiency.
5G advancement and 6G communications are integrated on the same device and AI enginewhich requires intensive signal processing and novel AI algorithms to achieve ultra-low latency and ultra-high throughput requirements.
This demo shows the low-PHY capabilities of the 8T8R 400MHz radio, with a ResNet-based image classifier running in parallel.
In terms of adaptive 5G vRAN, AMD teamed up with SRS, VIAVI Solutions, SuperMicro, and iCana to jointly demonstrate an end-to-end O-RAN demonstration, using AMD chips for radio and vRAN.
Equipped withEPYC 8004 series processorSRS has implemented a complete software vRAN solution on Supermicro IoT A+ servers optimized for telecom applications.
In other cases,AMD and SamsungTogether they have brought a virtual RAN solution based on EPYC processors, which has been used in end-to-end calls conducted by Samsung and Vodafone.
Ericsson and TelstraThe fourth generation AMD EPYC processor is being used to improve the energy efficiency and modernization of the 5G core network, with power consumption reduced by as much as 49%.
Dell's PowerEdge R7615 serverRecently, EPYC 9654P and EPYC 9754 have been added, which have Network Equipment Building System (NEBS) Level 3 certification. They are suitable for deployment in harsh telecommunications environments and can provide extremely dense telecommunications cloud core networks. Each server requires only one EPYC CPU can achieve all this.
A5G NetworksAnnounced that using the fourth generation AMD EPYC processor, the 5G core network user plane function (UPF) can achieve industry-leading 1.5 Tbps throughput.
Since its birth in 2017, AMD EPYC processors have always been popular for their superb performance and energy efficiency, rich features, and outstanding cost performance. Now the fourth-generation EPYC based on Zen 4 architecture is unprecedentedly powerful and flexible.
Many of the telecommunications solutions seen this time use the AMD EPYC 8004 series processor code-named Bergamo. It is mainly targeted at intelligent edge applications such as retail, manufacturing, and telecommunications, as well as data center applications such as cloud services and storage, and can create high energy efficiency. differentiated platform.
The EPYC 8004 series is based on the Zen 4c architecture specially designed on top of Zen 4. It streamlines the third-level cache capacity and optimizes the frequency and power consumption curve, while retaining all architectural features. The IPC performance, ISA instruction set, technical specifications, etc. are exactly the same. The number of cores, The computing density and energy efficiency have been greatly improved, with a maximum of 64 cores and 128 threads, and the corresponding thermal design power consumption is only 225W.
The EPYC 8004 series is only a member of the fourth generation of AMD EPYC processors. This generation is unprecedentedly prosperous. It is the first four-way attack. The four sub-series are targeted at different market areas and are more targeted.
In particular, the Bergamo EPYC 97X4 series is the first product based on the Zen 4c architecture. It has a far-leading and unrivaled 128 cores and 256 threads. It ranks first in the computing density industry and is most suitable for the cloud native computing field that has high requirements for computing density. .
At the same time, the series also includesUp to 256MB L3 cache, 12-channel DDR5 memory, 128 PCIe 5.0 busesand supports CXL 1.1+ high-speed interconnection standard and newly upgraded encryption calculation, which are beyond the reach of competing products.
In addition, the Genoa EPYC 9004 series is the most versatile, with up to 96 cores and 192 threads, and up to 384MB of massive L3 cache.
The Genoa-X EPYC 9004X series adds a unique 3D V-Cache stacked cache. It is the first data center processor in the world to use 3D chip stacked cache, with a maximum of 768MB. Together with the original cache, the total reaches an unprecedented 1254MB. Meet the need for extreme computing performance.
AMD EPYC processors are now gaining widespread popularity in many industries, driving the rapid progress of all walks of life.
According to data from Mercury Research, an authoritative market research organization,AMD EPYC processors have achieved a 23.1% shipment share and 31.1% revenue share in the server market in the fourth quarter of 2023, and are always improving rapidly.
According to the roadmap, AMD is about to launch a new upgrade to the 4nm/3nm manufacturing process and Zen 5/Zen 5c architecture based on the fifth generation EPYC. I believe that performance, energy efficiency and technical features will be greatly improved, and it is even more worth looking forward to.
