Today, AMD launched its 2020 financial report. The full-year revenue is approaching US$ 10 billion, a 45% increase. Even if it will suffer from shortages this year, its forecasted performance will still rise by 37%. The situation is very good.
Currently, AMD’s main processor force has shifted to the 7nm Zen3 architecture. The desktop version of the Ryzen 5000 and notebook Ryzen 5000H /U series has been launched. The next blockbuster product is the EPYC Snapdragon processor with Zen3 architecture, code-named Milan.
At this financial report meeting, AMD CEO Su Zifeng confirmed that the EPYC processor with Zen3 architecture will be released before the end of Q1, but he did not give a clear time.
As for the Zen3 EPYC processor, not much information is currently known. At the CES show, AMD stated that the series will be the world’s most powerful x86 server processor in terms of performance per core or throughput.
In the live show, AMD used a 32- core EPYC to compare with a 28- core Xeon 6258R processor. The performance of the 32- core third-generation EPYC is 68% higher, far exceeding the difference in the number of cores, and the advantages are very obvious.
Currently, the server market revenue has accounted for AMD’s total revenue 19%, accounting for a lot of, but also a major contribution EPYC processor server GPU accounted for very little in this regard can not with NVIDIA competition.
Additionally, to upgrading Zen3 architecture, 2021 Nian AMD in the server CPU have any action on the market? Some analysts mentioned on the scene that the server processors of other vendors have begun to cut prices and are ready to compete with AMD in price.
Su Zifeng’s response to this question is rather conservative, emphasizing that the current competitive environment is already fierce. AMD has never set a goal. The total cost, performance, and functionality in the server field are more important to customers.
Su Zifeng believes that the average price of EPYC processors this year will not change much. In short, there will be no price wars with friends. After all, AMD’s EPYC pricing is much lower than that of friends.
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