Advanced Micro Devices AMD is leaving no stone unturned to strengthen presence in the supercomputing market, expected to witness a CAGR of 9.5% between 2020 and 2025, much to the chagrin of Intel INTC and NVIDIA NVDA.



The company recently secured a contract from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF).



Per the terms of the latest deal, AMD’s EPYC 7742 server processors will be utilized to accelerate ECMWF’s meteorological supercomputer, which is powered by Atos’s advanced BullSequana XH2000 technology.



Markedly, EPYC 7742 processor boasts a core count of 64 with 128 threads, which will boost ECMWF’s computing power, and accelerate both medium and long-range weather forecasting.



Notably, AMD EPYC server processors will enable ECMWF to run weather predictions at a higher resolution, of approximately 10 km.



This will facilitate the supercomputer to deliver reliable data-driven predictions, with improved accuracy regarding timing and intensity of severe weather events.



Robust Features of EPYC to Boost Supercomputing Presence



AMD’s high-performance 2nd Generation EPYC processors have been gaining traction in the supercomputing space of late.



Notably, ECMWF’s meteorological supercomputer, slated to be operational in 2021, is expected to reduce the impact of extreme weather conditions.



Some of the latest EPYC deal wins in supercomputing domain include Frontier supercomputer, ETH Zurich’s Euler VI system and NEC’s Deutscher Wetterdienst.



The robust features are bolstering adoption of EPYC processors and other related offerings, enabling the company to make its mark in 54th edition of TOP500 supercomputers.



In fact, Joliot-Curie supercomputer, developed by Atos and France-based, GENCI, is operational, and ranks 59th in latest TOP500 supercomputers list. It is powered by AMD’s EPYC 7H12 64-core processor.



Other AMD-powered supercomputers featured in the list, include Atos’s Spartan, Pukou Advanced Computing Center’s Sugon TC6000, and German Aerospace Center’s CARA - NEC LX Cluster.



Moreover, AMD is optimistic about extended utilization of its 2nd Gen EPYC processors by Amazon’s AMZN cloud computing platform, AWS, in upcoming Amazon EC2 (or Elastic Compute Cloud) compute-optimized instances, namely C5a and C5ad.



Further, Microsoft’s MSFT Azure HBv2 virtual machines are leveraging AMD’s EPYC 7742 processor for HPC applications.



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We believe deal wins from the industry bellwethers will drive the top line in the days ahead and strengthen financial position in the longer haul.



Intel a Dominating Presence in the Supercomputing Space



Although AMD’s is gaining ground in supercomputing space, Intel dominates the arena. Notably, Intel’s processors have been implemented in 470 of the world’s TOP500 supercomputers.



Particularly, Xeon Scalable CPUs with embedded AI acceleration capabilities are enabled to analyze complex HPC workloads.



Moreover, the chipmaker’s robust complementary solutions, including Optane DC persistent memory, support data-intensive AI and HPC applications.



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