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One difference this time around is that AMD can make a good business just selling to Apple(servers), Facebook, AWS, GCP and Azure. As long as they hit their use

by kartD 9y ago

One difference this time around is that AMD can make a good business just selling to Apple(servers), Facebook, AWS, GCP and Azure. As long as they hit their use cases they can create a good, sustainable revenue base. They also have a semi-custom division for tailoring their offerings, which the big cloud providers would definitely expect at the volumes they purchase in. Also, it's a good tool for them to use as leverage when negotiating with Intel.

jonathonf 9y ago
> a good business just selling to Apple(servers), Facebook, AWS, GCP and Azure How can other clients get in on this? My CS department (UK university) is wanting to replace servers (and extend ML capacity) and I've been making them wait until AMD availability becomes clearer (but I can only do that for so long...). There's definitely a market here - if anyone from AMD happens to be reading this and would like to demo... though I'm not sure our volume would be quite the same scale as the above.
- slizard 9y ago
  Why not talk to OEM's? Many have been running benchmarks for some time and surely have an idea about performance -- though one important question is whether that "idea" is biased or not.
- jerven 9y ago
  You are (like us) most likely too small. Unless you are buying 1,000 machines at a time you don't get there :( Waiting one more quarter for AMD servers to arrive from the major vendors is a good idea. But if your spend is in the millions then you can probably get the contracts (if needed for budget rules) and test systems now, especially if you ask the cluster builders.
- kartD 9y ago
  I believe Lisa Su's email is lisa.su at amds website. You should try writing her an email. She's from an academic background and may be willing to do something. Unlikely to work, but if you never ask the answer is always no.
- greglindahl 9y ago
  If you can't buy them from your favorite vendor, look around and buy from whoever's selling them -- I see that SuperMicro says they're selling AMD EPYC servers. If your deal is big enough, any SuperMicro distributor can lend you a machine to test on.
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by kartD 9y ago

jonathonf 9y ago

> a good business just selling to Apple(servers), Facebook, AWS, GCP and Azure How can other clients get in on this? My CS department (UK university) is wanting to replace servers (and extend ML capacity) and I've been making them wait until AMD availability becomes clearer (but I can only do that for so long...). There's definitely a market here - if anyone from AMD happens to be reading this and would like to demo... though I'm not sure our volume would be quite the same scale as the above.

slizard 9y ago
Why not talk to OEM's? Many have been running benchmarks for some time and surely have an idea about performance -- though one important question is whether that "idea" is biased or not.
jerven 9y ago
You are (like us) most likely too small. Unless you are buying 1,000 machines at a time you don't get there :( Waiting one more quarter for AMD servers to arrive from the major vendors is a good idea. But if your spend is in the millions then you can probably get the contracts (if needed for budget rules) and test systems now, especially if you ask the cluster builders.
kartD 9y ago
I believe Lisa Su's email is lisa.su at amds website. You should try writing her an email. She's from an academic background and may be willing to do something. Unlikely to work, but if you never ask the answer is always no.
greglindahl 9y ago
If you can't buy them from your favorite vendor, look around and buy from whoever's selling them -- I see that SuperMicro says they're selling AMD EPYC servers. If your deal is big enough, any SuperMicro distributor can lend you a machine to test on.

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