AMD unveiled its new Zen 4 and EPYC processors at its Accelerated Data Center event, which the firm claims are strong enough to enable data centres capable of hosting metaverses like the one Meta is developing. Cloud computing will be powered by the Zen 4c chipset from the firm. The Genoa and Bergamo CPUs, which are expected to be released in 2022 and 2023, respectively, will have up to 96 and 128 cores per chip. A headset is required to enter the metaverse, which will be expanded with the help of these chips. AMD plans to take on Intel and Nvidia with the new cloud and data centre chipsets that it has high hopes for. For a long time, AMD has lagged behind Intel in the x86 processor industry. However, under the leadership of CEO Lisa Su, AMD has turned things around and now holds a significant proportion of the market. This contract with Meta has finally broken Intel’s stranglehold on the data centre chipset market, making AMD one of the world’s largest makers of x86 chipsets. AMD’s shares rose by as much as 13% following the news. While Intel’s future-generation chipsets may have been delayed because the industry was unable to buy enough chipsets, AMD’s new CPU portfolio comes at the right moment. The growth of Meta’s metaverse will be greatly aided by AMD’s future data centre CPUs, which will allow computers to do numerous basic jobs in parallel. About Facebook – Meta Facebook announced on Thursday that it has changed its corporate name to Meta, from Facebook. When the Facebook Connect conference for augmented and virtual reality was announced, the name change was also revealed. The new name symbolises the company’s expanding goals, which go beyond social media and into other areas. This new title, which is derived from the sci-fi word “metaverse,” is being used by Facebook to define its vision for working and playing in a virtual environment.
