Google might ditch Intel in favour of AMD's Eypc Rome CPUs

guest · Jul 31, 2019

Google might ditch Intel in favour of AMD's Eypc Rome CPUs
Firm is said to be 'dissatisfied' with Xeon server chips
July 31, 2019
https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3079872/google-ditch-intel-amd-epyc-rome-rumour

Seeking Alpha caught wind that analysts from the research firm have hears "rumblings" from Google over its dissatisfaction with Intel's Xeon server chips.

Furthermore, Lynx noted that the CAPEX - that's capital expenditure for non-finance types - increase by chip fabricator TSCM in its 7nm process bodes well for AMD, which it uses to make the charge coupled devices (CCDs) used in chips based on Zen 2.
And Lynx said that its research into hardware supply chains suggests that server boards configured for AMD Eypc CPUs are already being marked for Google use.

Basically, AMD is in a good position and looks to be offering better bang for the buck for Google than Intel does with its Xeon chips.
This is all speculation and based on behind-closed-doors talks, but either way, it looks like there are interesting times ahead for AMD.
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plat · Jul 31, 2019

This might be a silly question, but with AMD, shouldn't you also run higher-speed memory? If so, it would seem to be less economical if you also had to upgrade RAM, for both big and little servers. Still, this type of news is great advertising for AMD even if it doesn't pan out.

pandorax · Jul 31, 2019

I think they want to ditch Intel because Intel's significant performance loss after vulnerability patches. My thoughts...

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