AMD lands Google, Twitter as customers with EPYC chip

Advanced Micro Devices Inc on Wednesday released the second generation of its processor chip for data centres and said that it had landed Alphabet Inc’ Google and Twitter Inc as customers.

AMD competes against Intel Corp to supply chips for data centres that power internet-based services. Both firms have come to rely on data centre chips for growth because personal computer sales have stagnated as users shifted to mobile devices.

AMD’s newest generation of server chip, called EPYC, uses a new chip-making technology from its contract manufacturers that helps the chips have better performance while consuming less power.