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Jul 23, 2026

AMD Announces 6th Generation EPYC 9006 Series Server CPUs with Up to 256 Cores for AI and Enterprise Workloads

AMD unveiled its EPYC 9006 Series server processors at Advancing AI 2026, featuring up to 256 cores and 512 threads across SP7 and SP8 platforms. Major server manufacturers including ASUS, MSI, and Ace Computers announced systems based on the new chips, targeting agentic AI, cloud computing, HPC, and enterprise workloads.

Jul 23, 2026·8 sources
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  • ▪The AMD EPYC 9006 SP7 family offers configurations with up to 256 cores and 512 threads, while separate high-frequency configurations reach up to 5 GHz; the platform supports up to 128 lanes of PCIe Gen6 connectivity
  • ▪AMD said agentic AI is transforming AI from systems that answer questions into systems that act, plan, call tools, write and execute code, and reason over enterprise data
  • ▪Ace Computers will begin shipping Powerworks servers featuring AMD EPYC 9006 SP7 systems in November 2026 at SC26 in Chicago

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