The partnership between AMD and Google Cloud will further extend the on-premises capabilities of the former’s data centres
An AMD campus in Ontario, Canada. (Credit: Raysonho @ Open Grid Scheduler / Grid Engine / Wikimedia Commons)
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has entered into a technology partnership with Google Cloud to run electronic design automation (EDA) for its chip-design workloads on the latter’s platform.
The partnership will further extend the on-premises capabilities of its data centres, said AMD.
The semiconductor firm will also utilise the capabilities in global networking, storage, artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning of Google Cloud to further enhance upon its hybrid and multi-cloud strategy for the EDA workloads.
AMD, with an aim to stay flexible and scale easily, will add Google Cloud’s latest compute-optimised C2D VM instance, powered by 3rd Gen AMD EPYC processors, to its suite of resources that are focused on EDA workloads.
Google Cloud GM and infrastructure VP Sachin Gupta said: “In today’s semiconductor environment, the speed, scale, and security of the cloud unlock much needed flexibility.
“We are pleased to provide the infrastructure required to meet AMD’s compute performance needs and equip the company with our AI solutions to continue designing innovative chips.”
By tapping Google Cloud, the semiconductor firm expects to run more designs in parallel. This provides more flexibility to its team to handle short-term compute demands, without trimming allocation on long-term projects.
AMD silicon design engineering corporate vice president Mydung Pham said: “Leveraging the Google Cloud C2D instances powered by 3rd Gen EPYC processors for our complex EDA workloads has helped our engineering and IT teams tremendously.
“C2D has allowed us to be more flexible and provided a new avenue of high-performance resources that allows us to mix and match the right compute solution for our complex EDA workflows.”
Last month, AMD agreed to acquire cloud start-up Pensando for approximately $1.9bn in a move to grow the capabilities of its data centre solutions unit. Pensando offers a distributed services platform for expediting networking, storage, security, and other services for enterprise, cloud, and edge applications.