Samsung AMD cooperative upgrade chip test infrastructure equipped with EPYC 9006 SP7 processor

On November 11, Fast Technology announced that Samsung Electronics is working with AMD to upgrade the next-generation semiconductor manufacturing test infrastructure. It plans to introduce AMD's latest EPYC Embedded 9006 series SP7 processors into its own test system and integrate them with Samsung DDR5 memory, PCIe 6.0 SSD and CXL memory modules to improve data processing power and calculation efficiency during chip testing.

The collaboration is not about Samsung supplying memory to AMD, but applying AMD processors to Samsung's own semiconductor test equipment.

Specifically, the collaboration involves Samsung DDR5 RDIMM and MRDIMM memory, a PM1763 SSD supporting PCIe 6.0, and a CXL memory module CMM-D MD310 with AMD EPYC Embedded 9006 series SP7 processors. As the amount of data transferred to next-generation DRAM and storage devices continues to increase, traditional test equipment faces higher computing and bandwidth requirements.

The AMD EPYC Embedded 9006 Series features a Zen 6 architecture with up to 256 cores, 512 threads, support for 16 lanes of DDR5 memory, up to 96 PCIe 6.0 lanes, and CXL 3.1 connectivity.

Up to 1.8x faster throughput, up to 2.7x memory bandwidth and up to 1.5x I/O bandwidth compared to the previous generation EPYC Embedded 9005 series.

For Samsung, chip testing is an indispensable part of the semiconductor manufacturing process. As DRAM and SSD performance continues to improve, so does the amount of data that needs to be processed by the test equipment. If the computing power and data transfer speed of the test system cannot keep up, it may affect the test efficiency and product validation cycle.

AMD said that the EPYC Embedded 9006 series is mainly for semiconductor automation test equipment, enterprise-class storage controllers and high-end network firewalls.

Among them, the 128-core version is scheduled to start shipping on November 15, and the remaining models are expected to be available before the end of this year. The range also provides up to 7 years of product lifecycle support to meet the need for long-term stable operation of industrial equipment and critical infrastructure.

Source: MyDrivers (Fast Technology). Content is presented with source attribution. Read the original report.