# AMD EPYC Links: [[AMD]] - Generation 1: Naples - Generation 2: Rome - Generation 3: Milan ## Resources ### [AMD EPYC™ Tech Docs and White Papers](https://www.amd.com/en/processors/server-tech-docs/search) - Includes OEM-specific resources for [[AWS]], [[Azure]], [[VMware]], [[SUSE]], [[Organizations/Open-source/Red Hat]], etc ### [AMD EPYC Developer Resources](https://developer.amd.com/resources/epyc-resources/) ![[AMD SEV#AMD EPYC Developer Resources https developer amd com resources epyc-resources]] ## General ### Integrated into [[Google Cloud Confidential Computing]] - [[Google Cloud Confidential Computing]] is based on Second generation Epic (Rome) - Rome was released in [[2019]]; therefore, it does not offer [[AMD SEV|SEV-SNP]], which was released in [[2020]] ## [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epyc#Second_generation_Epyc_(Rome)) **EPYC** is a brand of multi-core x86-64 microprocessors designed and sold by AMD, based on the company's Zen microarchitecture. Introduced in June 2017, they are specifically targeted for the server and embedded system markets.[1] Epyc processors share the same microarchitecture as their regular desktop-grade counterparts, but have enterprise-grade features such as higher core counts, more PCI Express lanes, support for larger amounts of RAM, and larger cache memory. They also support multi-chip and dual-socket system configurations by using Infinity Fabric interchip interconnect. ## [EPYC Server CPU Family](https://www.amd.com/en/processors/epyc-server-cpu-family) (AMD Website) *3rd Gen AMD EPYC™ is the world’s highest performing x86 server CPU. Again.* ## [Intro to 3rd gen EPYC](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNXzPJh0N8w) (1 min video) *New ==AMD Infinity Guard== features powering [[Confidential Computing]]*