AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) today announced the launch of its 5th Gen AMD EPYC™ Embedded 9005 Series processors, expanding its x86 embedded processor portfolio. Designed for high-performance embedded applications, these processors offer industry-leading core density, enhanced system resiliency, and extended product longevity, making them ideal for networking, storage, and industrial edge computing.
Cutting-Edge Performance and Efficiency
Built on the advanced “Zen 5” architecture, the AMD EPYC Embedded 9005 Series processors support 8 to 192 cores in a single socket, delivering up to 1.3X higher data processing throughput for networking workloads and 1.6X for storage applications.
With the new “Zen 5c” core architecture, the processors provide higher performance per watt, increasing overall socket throughput by 1.3X and energy efficiency by an estimated 1.3X compared to competing solutions. These CPUs also feature Up to 6TB of DDR5 memory per socket, 160 PCIe® Gen5 lanes with CXL® 2.0 for high-speed data transfers, Non-Transparent Bridging (NTB) for fault-tolerant multi-host configurations.
“The rapid growth of AI-driven network traffic, increasing data storage demands, and industrial edge computing are driving the need for higher performance embedded solutions,” said Salil Raje, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Adaptive and Embedded Computing at AMD. “5th Gen AMD EPYC Embedded processors bring unmatched performance and efficiency to embedded customers, while ensuring the long product lifecycles and resiliency they rely on for continuous operations.”
Purpose-Built for Embedded Applications
The AMD EPYC Embedded 9005 Series includes long-term product support and advanced reliability features to meet the demands of mission-critical embedded systems Extended Longevity: 7-year product manufacturing support, with plans to extend operational design lifetimes to 7 years for production units.
System Resiliency & Security, DRAM Flush to prevent data loss in storage deployments during power failures, Dual SPI for enhanced secure boot authentication.
Simplified Development Yocto framework support for customized Linux distributions, SPDK and DPDK for improved network and storage performance.
Industry Adoption and Availability
AMD is collaborating with key OEM and ODM partners, including Cisco and IBM, to bring the EPYC Embedded 9005 Series to market.
“We selected AMD EPYC Embedded 9005 Series for our high-end firewall products because of its scalability, high compute performance, and robust I/O bandwidth,” said Lukasz Bromirski, Director of Product Management at Cisco.
“IBM Storage Scale System 6000 leverages AMD’s redundant data paths and high-performance capabilities to meet the needs of enterprise AI, data, and HPC workloads,” added Matthew Geiser, Product Management, IBM Storage for Data, AI, and HPC.
The AMD EPYC Embedded 9005 Series processors are sampling now with early access customers, with production shipments set for Q2 2025. The CPUs are compatible with the SP5 socket, ensuring a seamless upgrade path from the previous AMD EPYC Embedded 9004 Series.
