AMD EPYC launch (2017)
AMD launched its first EPYC server processors, offering up to 32 cores per socket, after years of Opteron decline in data centers. The Naples generation gave AMD its first credible rival to Intel's Xeon in a decade.
AMD reclaimed a modest share of the server CPU market within two years.
By the Genoa generation (2022), EPYC held a significant slice of cloud and enterprise servers, and major server makers including HPE adopted the line.
The Gen13 launch is the latest step in AMD's decade-long EPYC climb — now at 256 cores per chip — showing how far the company has come since its 2017 return.
