AMD has despatched phrase over this morning that the corporate is extending the product lifecycle for his or her previous-generation EYPC 7003 “Milan” household of server CPUs. The corporate will now offer the Zen 3-based CPUs by way of at the very least 2026, and as a part of that extension plan, has already launched an additional 6 SKUs. With these adjustments, Milan is successfully being repositioned as a price range server platform for AMD, providing AMD’s previous tech at a reduction to cost-weary prospects.
First launched in early 2021, AMD’s EPYC 7003 “Milan” platform is predicated on the corporate’s Zen 3 structure, providing chips with as much as 64 CPU cores, 8 channels of DDR4 reminiscence, and PCIe 4.0 connectivity. The platform has since been outdated by AMD’s quite a few Zen 4-based EPYC 9004/8004 server platforms – Genoa, Bergamo, and Siena – however for continuity and help causes, the Milan platform continues to be being supplied to prospects. And now, it appears, it is going to be for even longer than AMD was first anticipating.
As of as we speak, AMD is extending the supply of the Milan platform to 2026. All of the whereas, the corporate is repositioning the platform as their latest price range providing, pitching it at prospects who’re on the trailing-edge of server know-how and want a confirmed platform to improve to, however for no matter cause aren’t able to improve to the 4th technology EPYC platforms. In follow, AMD is making an attempt to entice Intel Xeon Scalable prospects who want to exchange their getting older servers, however aren’t prepared or keen to maneuver on to 4th gen Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids).
Competitively, Milan doesn’t supply a lot of be aware on the subject of efficiency or options in comparison with AMD and Intel’s up to date platforms. However for purchasers already invested in it and who want the power to restore or deliver on-line extra matching methods over the following couple of years, it should stay in service.
In the meantime, the corporate can be re-launching 6 new Milan SKUs to underscore its place as a price range platform. All of those chips had been first launched by AMD again in September with out a lot fanfare, however now that AMD is extending Milan’s availability to 2026, they’re utilizing the second to highlight their existence.
| AMD EPYC 7003 Milan New SKUs | ||||||||||
| AnandTech | Core/ Thread |
Base Freq |
1T Freq |
L3 Cache |
PCIe | Reminiscence | TDP (W) |
cTDP (W) |
Value (1KU) |
|
| 7663P | 56 | 112 | 2000 | 3500 | 256MB | 128 x 4.0 | 8 x DDR4-3200 | 240 | 225-280 | $3,139 |
| 7643P | 48 | 96 | 2300 | 3600 | 256MB | 225 | 225-240 | $2,722 | ||
| 7303 | 16 | 32 | 2400 | 3400 | 64MB | 130 | 120-150 | $604 | ||
| 7303P | 16 | 32 | 2400 | 3400 | 64MB | 130 | 120-150 | $594 | ||
| 7203 | 8 | 16 | 2800 | 3400 | 64MB | 120 | 120-150 | $348 | ||
| 7203P | 8 | 16 | 2800 | 3400 | 64MB | 120 | 120-150 | $338 | ||
The 6 new chips are a little bit of an eclectic combine. The highest two SKUs – the 56-core 7663P and 48-core 7643P – are 1P-only variations of current Milan chips at a cheaper price. In the meantime the 7303 and 7203 components are new, with AMD providing ultra-budget server chips with simply 16 and eight cores respectively. The 7203/7203P are true entry-level chips by server requirements, with simply 8 CPU cores, 64MB of L3 cache, and peak clockspeed effectively beneath AMD’s solely different 8 core Milan (72F3). Nevertheless, all of those chips include the total I/O and reminiscence channels supported by the Milan/SP3 platform, permitting AMD to place them as options to the extra restricted EPYC 8004 Siena platform.
