AMD Says New Server Chip Is Faster Than Intel’s Pricier Offering
- Chipmaker wins Google as a customer for updated Epyc part
- Intel continues to dominate in market for server processors
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Advanced Micro Devices Inc. promoted its new server processor as better-performing than more expensive parts from rival Intel Corp., and said the company had won Google as a new customer for the product.
AMD’s Epyc chip will have as many as 64 processing cores and be made with a new manufacturing technique called 7-nanometer, Chief Executive Officer Lisa Su said Wednesday at an event in San Francisco. The increased performance and efficiency will reduce costs to data-center owners by half, she said.