AMD Unveils 5th Gen AMD EPYC Embedded Processors Delivering Leadership Performance, Efficiency and Long Product Lifecycles for Networking, Storage, and Industrial Edge Markets
AMD has unveiled its 5th Gen EPYC Embedded processors, featuring the new 'Zen 5' architecture, targeting networking, storage, and industrial edge markets. The EPYC Embedded 9005 Series processors support 8 to 192 cores in a single socket, delivering up to 1.3X increase in networking throughput and 1.6X in storage workloads.
Key features include extended 7-year product manufacturing support, enhanced system resiliency with Non-Transparent Bridging (NTB), and DRAM Flush for data protection. The processors offer up to 6TB DDR5 memory per socket and 160 PCIe Gen5 lanes with CXL 2.0 support.
Cisco and IBM are among the first partners to adopt these processors. Production shipments are expected to begin in Q2 2025, with the processors currently sampling to early access customers.
AMD ha presentato i suoi processori EPYC Embedded di 5a generazione, caratterizzati dalla nuova architettura 'Zen 5', destinati ai mercati delle reti, dello storage e dell'edge industriale. I processori della serie EPYC Embedded 9005 supportano da 8 a 192 core in un singolo socket, offrendo un aumento fino a 1,3 volte della capacità di throughput delle reti e 1,6 volte per i carichi di lavoro di storage.
Le caratteristiche principali includono un supporto alla produzione esteso per 7 anni, una maggiore resilienza del sistema con il Non-Transparent Bridging (NTB) e un DRAM Flush per la protezione dei dati. I processori offrono fino a 6TB di memoria DDR5 per socket e 160 linee PCIe Gen5 con supporto CXL 2.0.
Cisco e IBM sono tra i primi partner ad adottare questi processori. Le spedizioni di produzione sono previste per iniziare nel secondo trimestre del 2025, con i processori attualmente in fase di campionamento per i clienti di accesso anticipato.
AMD ha presentado sus procesadores EPYC Embedded de 5ª generación, que cuentan con la nueva arquitectura 'Zen 5', dirigidos a los mercados de redes, almacenamiento y edge industrial. Los procesadores de la serie EPYC Embedded 9005 soportan de 8 a 192 núcleos en un solo socket, ofreciendo un aumento de hasta 1.3 veces en el rendimiento de la red y 1.6 veces en las cargas de trabajo de almacenamiento.
Las características clave incluyen un soporte de fabricación de productos ampliado durante 7 años, una mayor resiliencia del sistema con Non-Transparent Bridging (NTB) y DRAM Flush para la protección de datos. Los procesadores ofrecen hasta 6TB de memoria DDR5 por socket y 160 carriles PCIe Gen5 con soporte para CXL 2.0.
Cisco e IBM están entre los primeros socios en adoptar estos procesadores. Se espera que los envíos de producción comiencen en el segundo trimestre de 2025, con los procesadores actualmente en fase de muestreo para clientes de acceso anticipado.
AMD는 새로운 'Zen 5' 아키텍처를 특징으로 하는 5세대 EPYC Embedded 프로세서를 공개했으며, 이는 네트워킹, 스토리지 및 산업 엣지 시장을 목표로 하고 있습니다. EPYC Embedded 9005 시리즈 프로세서는 단일 소켓에서 8에서 192코어를 지원하며, 네트워킹 처리량에서 최대 1.3배, 스토리지 작업 부하에서 1.6배의 증가를 제공합니다.
주요 기능으로는 7년의 제품 제조 지원 연장, 비투명 브리징(Non-Transparent Bridging, NTB)을 통한 시스템 복원력 향상, 데이터 보호를 위한 DRAM Flush가 포함됩니다. 프로세서는 소켓당 최대 6TB의 DDR5 메모리와 CXL 2.0 지원을 갖춘 160개의 PCIe Gen5 레인을 제공합니다.
Cisco와 IBM은 이러한 프로세서를 채택한 첫 번째 파트너 중 하나입니다. 생산 출하는 2025년 2분기에 시작될 것으로 예상되며, 현재 프로세서는 조기 접근 고객을 위해 샘플링되고 있습니다.
AMD a dévoilé ses processeurs EPYC Embedded de 5ème génération, dotés de la nouvelle architecture 'Zen 5', ciblant les marchés des réseaux, du stockage et de l'edge industriel. Les processeurs de la série EPYC Embedded 9005 prennent en charge de 8 à 192 cœurs dans un seul socket, offrant jusqu'à 1,3 fois l'augmentation du débit réseau et 1,6 fois pour les charges de travail de stockage.
Les caractéristiques clés incluent un support de fabrication de produit étendu de 7 ans, une résilience système améliorée avec le Non-Transparent Bridging (NTB) et un DRAM Flush pour la protection des données. Les processeurs offrent jusqu'à 6 To de mémoire DDR5 par socket et 160 lignes PCIe Gen5 avec support CXL 2.0.
Cisco et IBM sont parmi les premiers partenaires à adopter ces processeurs. Les expéditions de production devraient commencer au deuxième trimestre 2025, les processeurs étant actuellement en cours d'échantillonnage pour les clients ayant un accès anticipé.
AMD hat seine 5. Generation EPYC Embedded Prozessoren vorgestellt, die die neue 'Zen 5' Architektur nutzen und sich auf die Märkte für Netzwerke, Speicher und industrielle Edge-Anwendungen konzentrieren. Die EPYC Embedded 9005 Serie Prozessoren unterstützen 8 bis 192 Kerne in einem einzelnen Socket und bieten eine Steigerung von bis zu 1,3-fach im Netzwerkdurchsatz und 1,6-fach bei Speicherarbeitslasten.
Zu den Hauptmerkmalen gehören eine verlängerte Produktfertigungsunterstützung von 7 Jahren, verbesserte Systemresilienz durch Non-Transparent Bridging (NTB) und DRAM Flush zum Datenschutz. Die Prozessoren bieten bis zu 6TB DDR5-Speicher pro Socket und 160 PCIe Gen5-Lanes mit CXL 2.0-Unterstützung.
Cisco und IBM gehören zu den ersten Partnern, die diese Prozessoren übernehmen. Die Produktionslieferungen werden voraussichtlich im 2. Quartal 2025 beginnen, während die Prozessoren derzeit an Frühzugriffs-Kunden getestet werden.
- Up to 192 cores in single socket configuration
- 1.3X increase in networking throughput
- 1.6X increase in storage workload processing
- 1.3X better performance/Watt vs competition
- Extended 7-year product manufacturing support
- Up to 6TB DDR5 memory per socket
- 160 PCIe Gen5 lanes with CXL 2.0 support
- Early adoption by major partners Cisco and IBM
- Production shipments delayed until Q2 2025
- Currently to sampling phase with early access customers
Insights
AMD's launch of 5th Gen EPYC Embedded processors represents a strategic expansion in high-margin embedded markets where long-term reliability is paramount. Based on the advanced "Zen 5" architecture, these processors deliver up to 1.6X increased throughput for storage workloads and 1.3X better performance/watt compared to competitors.
The embedded processor market requires specialized features beyond raw performance, which AMD has addressed comprehensively. The 7-year manufacturing support commitment is particularly significant as it reduces total cost of ownership for mission-critical systems that can't afford frequent hardware refresh cycles. Purpose-built features like Non-Transparent Bridging and DRAM Flush address specific reliability requirements of networking infrastructure and storage systems.
The endorsements from Cisco (for high-end firewalls) and IBM (for AI-focused storage systems) validate AMD's enterprise-grade capabilities and signal potential market share gains in networking and storage infrastructure. These reference customers typically conduct extensive validation before public endorsements, suggesting the performance claims have merit.
The SP5 socket compatibility with previous-generation processors creates an accessible upgrade path for existing customers, potentially accelerating adoption cycles. With production shipments starting next quarter, this product line strengthens AMD's position in computing infrastructure powering AI deployments at the edge and network infrastructure.
— High-performance “Zen 5” architecture offers server-grade performance and efficiency combined with purpose-built features for optimized product longevity and system resiliency —
— Cisco and IBM among the first technology partners to adopt 5th Gen AMD EPYC Embedded CPUs to power next generation platforms —
NUREMBERG, Germany, March 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) today announced the expansion of its x86 embedded processor portfolio with the introduction of 5th Gen AMD EPYC™ Embedded processors.
AMD EPYC Embedded 9005 Series CPUs are optimized for embedded markets, balancing cutting-edge compute capabilities with purpose-built embedded features that enhance product longevity, reliability, system resiliency and ease of embedded application development. Powered by the proven “Zen 5” architecture, these processors deliver leadership performance and energy efficiency that enable networking, storage and industrial edge systems to process more data, faster and with greater efficiency.
“AI-driven network traffic, exploding data storage requirements and the expansion of industrial edge computing are driving the demand for higher compute performance in embedded platforms,” said Salil Raje, senior vice president and general manager, Adaptive and Embedded Computing, AMD. “5th Gen AMD EPYC Embedded processors bring leadership performance and efficiency to embedded customers, together with the long product lifecycles and enhanced system resiliency they rely on to design confidently and ensure continuous operations in demanding “always-on” environments.”
Leadership Core Density, Performance, and Energy Efficiency
AMD EPYC Embedded 9005 Series processors are designed to power compute-intensive embedded systems with support for core counts from 8 to 192 in a single socket. Industry-leading core density delivers up to a 1.3X and 1.6X increase in data processing throughput for networking and storage workloads, respectively,1,2 making the devices ideal for network and security firewall platforms, storage systems and industrial control applications.
Using the new “Zen 5c” core architecture offers higher throughput with greater energy efficiency, delivering up to an estimated 1.3X increase in socket throughput3 and an estimated 1.3X better performance/Watt4 compared to the competition. Capacity of up to 6TB of DDR5 memory per socket and expanded I/O connectivity, supporting up to 160 PCIe® Gen5 lanes with CXL® 2.0, enables storage capacity expansion and high-speed data transfers for networking and storage applications.
Purpose-Built, Application-Specific Features
AMD EPYC Embedded 9005 Series processors include a suite of advanced embedded features designed to provide a robust, secure, and long-lasting platform.
- Extended Longevity: To meet the longer product lifecycle and operational requirements of embedded markets, AMD EPYC Embedded 9005 Series CPUs provide extended 7-year product manufacturing support, helping system designers ensure long-term product availability, reducing redesign and qualification efforts. Additionally, AMD plans to extend design lifetime operation targets from 5 years on currently sampling AMD EPYC Embedded 9005 Series CPUs, to 7 years for production SKUs, ensuring long-term product stability for embedded systems. These extended design lifetime operation targets are critical for embedded systems running mission-critical applications in harsh conditions, minimizing unplanned downtime, repairs, and costly system replacements.
- System Resiliency and Security: Features include NTB (Non-Transparent Bridging) for increased high availability in fault tolerant multi-host configurations. NTB enhances system redundancy and failover capabilities for networking and storage systems by enabling data exchange between two CPUs in active-active configurations via PCI Express (PCIe®) to allow continued operation in case of a failure. DRAM Flush enhances reliability in mission-critical storage deployments by helping to prevent data loss in the event of a power failure by flushing it from DRAM to non-volatile memory.
Dual SPI (serial peripheral interface) enables customers to load a secure and proprietary bootloader to authenticate the platform, ensuring a trusted execution environment.
- Ease of application development: Built in Yocto framework support simplifies embedded system deployments by enabling the creation of custom Linux distributions that are tailored for the customer’s system. SPDK (Storage Performance Development Kit) and DPDK (Data Plane Development Kit) enhance system performance by handling data processing for network and storage workloads in user space drivers.
Industry Support and Availability
AMD is working closely with ecosystem partners and leading ODMs and OEMs, including Cisco and IBM, to bring the benefits of these next-generation embedded processors to market.
“We chose AMD EPYC Embedded 9005 Series processor for one of our high-end firewall products because it delivers the high compute performance that we need, from its scalability—up to 192 cores—to its high memory and I/O bandwidth,” said Lukasz Bromirski, Director of Product Management at Cisco. “We know we can count on AMD, not only for great performance, but also cutting-edge quality and support and consistent roadmap execution.”
“IBM Storage Scale System 6000 is designed to deliver speed, performance, and reliability for demanding enterprise AI workloads,” said Matthew Geiser, Product Management, IBM Storage for Data, AI and HPC. “One of the main benefits of the AMD EPYC Embedded 9005 processors is the introduction of redundant paths for high data availability and robust connectivity options, which will pair nicely with performance intensive applications running on IBM Storage Scale System.”
AMD EPYC Embedded 9005 Series processors are currently sampling with early access customers, with production shipments expected to begin in the second quarter of 2025. The AMD EPYC Embedded 9005 Series processors come in the SP5 socket form factor, which is compatible with the prior generation AMD EPYC Embedded 9004 Series, to provide a simple upgrade path for customers.
Supporting Resources
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1 Based on testing by AMD in February 2025, using the DPDK-L3FWD benchmark to measure the throughput uplift of the 5th Gen AMD EPYC Embedded 9655 (96c/192T/@400W TDP) CPU, versus the 4th Gen EPYC Embedded 9654 CPU (96c/192T/@400W TDP). Stated throughput uplift is based on a geomean of the scores recorded for each processor over 4/8/16 cores. Results will vary based on settings, configuration, usage, and other factors. (EEB-002)
2 Based on testing by AMD in February 2025, using the ISA-L and ISA-L Crypto libraries on warm (8KB data size) and cold (64MB data size) settings, to test the performance of the 5th Gen AMD EPYC Embedded 9455 processor (48c/96T/@300W) configured on an AMD reference platform, with single-rank 576GB DDR5 (24x 24GB DIMMs @6000 MT/s) memory, Ubuntu 22.04 O/S (default settings) and custom BIOS settings (Boost frequency enable, NPS1) versus a similarly configured 4th Gen AMD EPYC Embedded 9454 processor (48c/96T/@290W). Results are based on a geomean of the scores recorded on warm and cold settings. Results will vary based on configuration, settings, usage, and other factors. (EEB-001)
3 Estimated integer throughput uplift is based on 5th Gen AMD EPYC 9965 processor test results compared to 6th Gen Intel Xeon 6980P processor test results, on the SPECrate®2017_int_base benchmark. Scores published on Spec.org in December 2024. Results may vary based on settings, configuration, usage, and other factors. SPEC® and SPECrate are registered trademarks of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. See www.spec.org for more information. AMD EPYC 9965 CPU Scores: https://www.spec.org/cpu2017/results/res2024q4/cpu2017-20241004-44979.html. INTEL XEON 6980P CPU Scores: https://spec.org/cpu2017/results/res2025q1/cpu2017-20241230-45863.html (EEB-005)
4 Estimated results based on 5th Gen EPYC Embedded 9965 processor test results compared to 6th Gen Intel Xeon 6980 processor test results, on the SPECrate®2017_int_base benchmark. Scores published on Spec.org in December 2024. Results may vary based on settings, configuration, usage, and other factors. SPEC® and SPECrate are registered trademarks of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. See www.spec.org for more information. AMD EPYC Embedded 9965 CPU Scores (performance score 3100 @ 1000W- Perf/W-3.1): https://www.spec.org/cpu2017/results/res2024q4/cpu2017-20241004-44979.html INTEL XEON 6980P CPU Scores (performance score 2420 @ 1000W- Perf/W- 2.4): https://spec.org/cpu2017/results/res2025q1/cpu2017-20241230-45863.html (EEB-010)
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