AMD's newest generation of server chip, called EPYC, uses a new chip-making technology from its contract manufacturers that helps the chips have better performance while consuming less power. — Reuters
Advanced Micro Devices Inc on Aug 7 released the second generation of its processor chip for data centres and said that it had landed Alphabet Inc' Google and Twitter Inc as customers.
AMD competes against Intel Corp to supply chips for datacentres that power Internet-based services. Both firms have come to rely on data centre chips for growth because PC sales have stagnated as users shifted to mobile devices.
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