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Micron DDR5 Memory Now Available for 4th Gen AMD EPYC Processors
The combination scales up to 2X the performance for select HPC memory-bound workloads BOISE, Idaho, Nov. 10, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Micron Technology, Inc.,
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[{"type":"text","content":"The combination scales up to 2X the performance for select HPC memory-bound workloads\nBOISE, Idaho, Nov. 10, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Micron Technology, Inc., (Nasdaq: MU) today announced availability of DDR5 memory for the data center that is validated for the new AMD EPYC™ 9004 Series processors. As modern servers pack more processing cores into CPUs, the memory bandwidth per CPU core has been decreasing. Micron DDR5 alleviates this bottleneck by providing higher bandwidth compared to previous generations, enabling increased reliability and scaling. The combination of 4th Gen AMD EPYC processors and Micron DDR5 delivers up to two times memory bandwidth on the STREAM benchmark and up to two times performance improvement on select HPC workloads such as computational fluid dynamics (OpenFOAM), Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) modeling and CP2K molecular dynamics. “Micron continues to lead the industry transition to DDR5,” said Raj Hazra, senior vice president and general manager of Micron’s Compute and Networking Business Unit. “Algorithms that are increasingly memory-bound need far greater memory performance and reliability to extract insights from huge volumes of data. DDR5 provides the next significant advancement in system memory capabilities required to enable these algorithms, thereby continuing to advance the value of next generation data center infrastructure.” “4th Gen AMD EPYC processors continue to raise the bar for workload performance in the modern data center while simultaneously delivering exceptional energy efficiency. 4th Gen AMD EPYC processors will transform our customers’ data center operations by accelerating time to value, driving lower total cost of ownership, and helping enterprises to address their sustainability goals,” said Ram Peddibhotla, corporate vice president, EPYC product management, AMD. Micron compared the performance of the STREAM benchmark on a single 4th Gen AMD EPYC processor system populated with Micron DDR5 at 4800 MT/s to a 3rd Gen AMD EPYC processor system and Micron DDR4 at 3200 MT/s. With the 4th Gen AMD EPYC processor system, Micron achieved a peak memory bandwidth of 378 GB/s per socket compared to 189 GB/s with 3rd Gen AMD EPYC processor system. This resulted in a two times increase in system memory bandwidth. In partnership with AMD, Micron evaluated three HPC workloads (Op...