Powered by 5th Gen AMD EPYC CPUs, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Compute E6 Shapes Deliver Breakthrough Cloud Performance and Efficiency
AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) announced that its 5th Gen AMD EPYC processors are now powering Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Compute E6 Standard shapes, delivering up to 2X increase in cost-to-performance compared to the previous E5 generation.
The new OCI Compute E6 shapes are designed for general-purpose and compute-intensive workloads, joining over a thousand compute instances powered by AMD EPYC processors across major cloud providers. These shapes are currently available in multiple regions including US East (Ashburn), US West (Phoenix), US Midwest (Chicago), Germany Central (Frankfurt), and UK South (London), with planned expansion to additional regions.
AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) ha annunciato che i suoi processori AMD EPYC di 5ª generazione ora alimentano le forme standard E6 di Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Compute, offrendo fino a 2 volte l'aumento del rapporto costo-prestazioni rispetto alla precedente generazione E5.
Le nuove forme OCI Compute E6 sono progettate per carichi di lavoro generali e intensivi in termini di calcolo, unendosi a oltre mille istanze di calcolo alimentate dai processori AMD EPYC presso i principali fornitori di cloud. Queste forme sono attualmente disponibili in diverse regioni, tra cui US East (Ashburn), US West (Phoenix), US Midwest (Chicago), Germania Centrale (Francoforte) e UK South (Londra), con un'espansione pianificata in ulteriori regioni.
AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) anunció que sus procesadores AMD EPYC de 5ª generación ahora están impulsando las formas estándar E6 de Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Compute, ofreciendo hasta 2 veces el aumento en la relación costo-rendimiento en comparación con la generación E5 anterior.
Las nuevas formas OCI Compute E6 están diseñadas para cargas de trabajo de propósito general e intensivas en computación, uniéndose a más de mil instancias de computación impulsadas por procesadores AMD EPYC en los principales proveedores de nube. Estas formas están actualmente disponibles en múltiples regiones, incluyendo US East (Ashburn), US West (Phoenix), US Midwest (Chicago), Alemania Central (Fráncfort) y UK South (Londres), con una expansión planificada a regiones adicionales.
AMD (NASDAQ: AMD)는 자사의 5세대 AMD EPYC 프로세서가 이제 Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Compute E6 표준 형태를 지원하며, 이전 E5 세대에 비해 비용 대비 성능이 2배 향상되었다고 발표했습니다.
새로운 OCI Compute E6 형태는 일반 용도 및 계산 집약적인 작업 부하를 위해 설계되었으며, 주요 클라우드 공급자에서 AMD EPYC 프로세서로 구동되는 천 개 이상의 컴퓨팅 인스턴스와 함께합니다. 이러한 형태는 현재 US East (Ashburn), US West (Phoenix), US Midwest (Chicago), 독일 중앙 (프랑크푸르트), UK South (런던) 등 여러 지역에서 제공되며, 추가 지역으로의 확장이 계획되어 있습니다.
AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) a annoncé que ses processeurs AMD EPYC de 5e génération alimentent désormais les formes standard E6 d'Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Compute, offrant jusqu'à 2 fois l'augmentation du rapport coût-performance par rapport à la génération E5 précédente.
Les nouvelles formes OCI Compute E6 sont conçues pour des charges de travail générales et intensives en calcul, rejoignant plus de mille instances de calcul alimentées par des processeurs AMD EPYC chez les principaux fournisseurs de cloud. Ces formes sont actuellement disponibles dans plusieurs régions, y compris US East (Ashburn), US West (Phoenix), US Midwest (Chicago), Allemagne Centrale (Francfort) et UK South (Londres), avec une expansion prévue vers d'autres régions.
AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) hat angekündigt, dass seine 5. Generation AMD EPYC Prozessoren nun die E6 Standard Shapes von Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Compute antreiben, was eine Verdopplung des Kosten-Leistungs-Verhältnisses im Vergleich zur vorherigen E5-Generation ermöglicht.
Die neuen OCI Compute E6 Shapes sind für allgemeine und rechenintensive Arbeitslasten konzipiert und erweitern die über tausend Compute-Instanzen, die von AMD EPYC Prozessoren bei führenden Cloud-Anbietern betrieben werden. Diese Shapes sind derzeit in mehreren Regionen verfügbar, darunter US East (Ashburn), US West (Phoenix), US Midwest (Chicago), Deutschland Zentral (Frankfurt) und UK South (London), mit einer geplanten Expansion in weitere Regionen.
- 2X improvement in cost-to-performance ratio for cloud computing
- Expanding market presence across major cloud providers with over 1000 compute instances
- Geographic expansion with availability in multiple strategic regions
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Insights
AMD's partnership expansion with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) marks a significant win in the competitive cloud computing sector. The deployment of 5th Gen EPYC processors across OCI's E6 Standard shapes delivers up to 2X increase in cost-to-performance compared to previous instances—a substantial leap that directly addresses the cloud market's dual priorities of performance and efficiency.
This implementation across multiple major regions (US East, US West, Midwest, Germany, and UK) with planned expansion indicates a substantial commitment from Oracle rather than a trial. For AMD, securing deployment in OCI's production environment represents valuable validation of their server technology in one of the world's most demanding cloud environments.
The announcement that AMD now powers over 1,000 compute instances across major cloud providers reveals the company's deepening market penetration in the lucrative cloud infrastructure segment. This continued momentum in cloud adoptions is particularly important as enterprise workloads increasingly migrate to public cloud environments, expanding AMD's addressable market.
Oracle's implementation of AMD's latest processors for both bare metal and virtual machine instances maximizes flexibility for end customers while demonstrating the versatility of AMD's architecture across deployment models. This positions AMD to capture workload share across the full spectrum of cloud computing use cases, from general-purpose to compute-intensive applications.
This Oracle Cloud Infrastructure deal strengthens AMD's position in the high-margin data center processor market, a critical growth vector for the company's financial performance. While specific revenue figures aren't disclosed, the multi-region deployment pattern suggests meaningful volume that should contribute to AMD's server segment growth.
The expansion builds on AMD's existing momentum in cloud computing, where the company has been steadily gaining market share against competitors. The recurring revenue characteristics of cloud infrastructure deployments are particularly valuable—as cloud providers like Oracle expand capacity to meet customer demand, AMD benefits from the corresponding processor orders.
For investors, this announcement signals AMD's continued execution on its data center strategy, demonstrating the company's ability to win and expand business with tier-one cloud providers. The performance claims (2X cost-to-performance improvement) should help AMD maintain its competitive position and potentially command premium pricing.
The reference to "growing public cloud demand" combined with Oracle's commitment to AMD's architecture indicates a favorable demand environment that could drive continued processor shipment growth. While single customer wins should be viewed in context of AMD's overall business, cloud provider deployments typically represent substantial volume opportunities that can materially impact server segment revenue.
This deal reinforces AMD's diversification beyond consumer markets, improving the company's revenue mix with higher-margin enterprise business—a positive for long-term profitability and business stability.
— Leading cloud services providers expand their adoption of EPYC CPUs to meet growing public cloud demand —
SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 31, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) announced 5th Gen AMD EPYC™ processors power the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Compute E6 Standard shapes. 5th Gen AMD EPYC processors, the world’s best server CPUs for enterprise, AI and cloud1, enable OCI Compute E6 shapes to deliver up to a 2X increase in cost to performance, compared to the previous E5 instance generation based on testing by OCI2.
The new OCI Compute E6 shapes build on the success of the previous E5 generation to deliver leadership performance and cost efficiency for general-purpose and compute-intensive workloads. These OCI shapes add to the selection of more than a thousand compute instances powered by AMD EPYC processors across all major cloud service providers.
“The rapid adoption of AMD EPYC processors in the cloud underscores our ability to deliver innovative, high-performance solutions that enable our partners to create highly competitive cloud offerings," said Dan McNamara, senior vice president and general manager, Server Business, AMD. "The combination of OCI’s flexible infrastructure and the performance of 5th Gen AMD EPYC processors helps customers accelerate their most demanding workloads while optimizing their cloud infrastructure."
"Oracle Cloud Infrastructure is committed to providing our customers with the best-performing, most cost-effective cloud offerings," said Donald Lu, senior vice president, software development, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. "With the new OCI Compute E6 Standard shapes powered by AMD EPYC processors, we are delivering an unparalleled combination of compute power, scalability, and efficiency that meets the demands of today’s most complex workloads."
Availability and Customer Adoption
OCI Compute E6 Standard bare metal instances and virtual machines are available today in multiple regions, including US East (Ashburn), US West (Phoenix), US Midwest (Chicago), Germany Central (Frankfurt), and UK South (London), with a rollout planned for additional regions in the coming months.
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1 EPYC-029D: Comparison based on thread density, performance, features, process technology and built-in security features of currently shipping servers as of 10/10/2024. EPYC 9005 series CPUs offer the highest thread density, leads the industry with 500+ performance world records including world record enterprise leadership Java® ops/sec performance, top HPC leadership with floating-point throughput performance, AI end-to-end performance with TPCx-AI performance and highest energy efficiency scores. Compared to 5th Gen Xeon, the 5th Gen EPYC series also has more DDR5 memory channels with more memory bandwidth and supports more PCIe® Gen5 lanes for I/O throughput, and has up to 5x the L3 cache/core for faster data access. The EPYC 9005 series uses advanced 3-4nm technology, and offers Secure Memory Encryption + Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) + SEV Encrypted State + SEV-Secure Nested Paging security features. For additional details, see https://www.amd.com/en/legal/claims/epyc.html#q=epyc5#EPYC-029D
2 OCI launches high-performance E6 Standard compute instances powered by AMD: Comparative workload performance per core cost analysis for E5 and E6 shapes - https://blogs.oracle.com/cloud-infrastructure/post/oci-launches-highperformance-e6-standard-compute-instances-powered-by-amd
Media Contacts: Aaron Grabein AMD Communications +1 512-602-8950 aaron.grabein@amd.com Liz Stine AMD Investor Relations (720) 652-3965 liz.stine@amd.com
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