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Ampere unveils monstrous 512-core AmpereOne Auroa processor — custom AI engine, support for HBM memory
More cores, tame power.
It also supports HBM memory and Ampere's next-gen AI acceleration blocks, but the company hasn't yet announced the specific launch timing. It vies with not only AMD's core-heavy EPYC Bergamo and Intel's Sierra Forest but also a bevy of custom silicon now produced by leading hyperscalers. As such, Ampere's focus is on core-dense designs, but its particular focus on providing chips for air-cooled environments is another key value prop — Ampere says that despite 1mW racks being on the horizon amid a continued industry push for higher-performance silicon at the expense of voracious power consumption, 77% of currently-deployed racks are still under 20kW, and half fall under 10kW.
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