The Rise of AMD
Since the launch of AMD’s EPYC™ 7000 Series processors in June 2017, AMD’s server market share has quadrupled. Although this is still far from the 22% market share AMD held in 2006, the EPYC™ 7000 Series is already being backed by some of the world’s most renowned cloud computing companies including Amazon.com, Microsoft, DropBox, and Oracle. A short history Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) started manufacturing microchips in 1969, just one year after Intel. This would be the birth of a rivalry that would span more than half a century. Although AMD is often seen as the underdog, the company has managed to beat Intel quite a few times when it comes to CPU technology innovation: 2000 – […]
