Netflix considers switching from Intel to AMD EPYC in its datacenters

mood · Nov 5, 2019

Netflix considers switching from Intel to AMD EPYC in its datacenters
Netflix could use single AMD EPYC to replace dual-socket Intel Xeon CPUs in its datacenters
November 5, 2019
https://www.tweaktown.com/news/6857...itching-intel-amd-epyc-datacenters/index.html

AMD has been making all the right moves lately with its EPYC line of processors, but now a huge name might be changing over from Intel Xeon CPUs to AMD EPYC CPUs in its datacenters: Netflix.

Netflix has servers in place that can hit 100Gbps of bandwidth, but as you can expect from a streaming giant like Netflix it is always looking forward. The next goal from there is a 200Gbps server, so Netflix has the option of going to a dual-socket Intel Xeon set up or a single-socket AMD EPYC solution.

A single-socket AMD EPYC 7502P solution has 120-150GB/sec of memory bandwidth (much higher than the 60-90GB/sec on the Intel Xeon solutions) and 128 lanes of PCIe 4.0 with 200GB/sec of I/O bandwidth (much, much higher than the 32-38GB/sec on the Intel Xeon solutions).
Netflix has considered moving to a dual Intel Xeon CPU solution, but a single AMD EPYC solution is much cheaper.
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