AMD EPYC Embedded 9004 Processors Announced

AMD’s new EPYC Embedded 9004 series processors have hit the market, scaling to an amazing 96 cores per socket. These “Zen 4” chips are aimed at industrial, networking, and storage uses and have a long seven-year availability.

AMD’s new EPYC Embedded 9004 series processors have hit the market, scaling to an amazing 96 cores per socket. These “Zen 4” chips are aimed at industrial, networking, and storage uses and have a long seven-year availability.

AMD’s new EPYC Embedded 9004 series processors are aimed at industrial, networking, and storage applications outside the traditional data center and cloud environments. The 9004 series is based on AMD’s “Zen 4” 5nm process; AMD is offering 10 models ranging from 16 cores/32 threads to 96 cores/192 threads, with power profiles between 200 and 400 watts.

Key features specific to the EPYC Embedded 9004 series include:

• Non-Transparent Bridging (NTB): Enables data exchange between two redundant CPUs.
• Non-Volatile Dual In-Line Memory Module (NVDIMM) support: This hybrid volatile DRAM/non-volatile Flash memory retains data after a power failure for improved chances of data recovery.
• Dual Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI): Supports secure booting off two off-chip ROMs.

Another key selling point for the EPYC 9004 Embedded series is its seven-year availability, which means embedded customers can save money certifying platforms with guaranteed future support.

The EPYC Embedded 9004 series also support the following:

• 128 PCIe lanes (single socket) up to PCIe 5.0, or up to 160 lanes (dual socket).
• Support for 32 SATA devices.
• 12 memory channels and 6TB DDR5-4800 ECC per socket, with 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12-channel interleaving.

Models in the EPYC 9004 Embedded series include:

Model	Cores	Nominal TDP (W)	cTDP (W)	Base Frequency (GHz)	Max Frequency (GHz)
9654	96	360	320-400	2.4	3.7
9554	64	360	320-400	3.1	3.75
9454	48	290	240-300	2.75	3.8
9354	32	280	240-300	3.25	3.8
9254	24	200	200-240	2.9	4.15
9124	16	200	200-240	3.0	3.7
9654P	96	360	320-400	2.4	3.7
9554P	64	360	320-400	3.1	3.75
9454P	48	290	240-300	2.75	3.8
9354P	32	290	240-300	3.25	3.8

Availability

AMD EPYC 9004 Embedded processors are sampling now and are expected to ship in April 2023. AMD is offering evaluation kits to qualified customers, which include a reference board, documentation, and development tool kits.

AMD EPYC 9004 Embedded Processor Link