GlobeNewswire·Nov 9, 2026, 8:00 AM ET

AMD EPYC Expands Its Leadership at the Foundation of AI

5th Gen AMD EPYC processors serve as the host infrastructure for Google Cloud TPU 8tx, the first cloud TPU system with hardware-enforced confidential computing.
The collaboration combines AMD EPYC performance, AMD Infinity Guard security, & x86 software compatibility with Google Cloud TPU AI acceleration to support inference, fine-tuning, & reinforcement learning.
AMD EPYC processors manage workload orchestration, data preparation, & high-throughput communication with TPU accelerators while protecting data in use via AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV).
Security features verify accelerator identity & configuration before granting access to protected memory, keeping model weights & intermediate data encrypted during transit & execution.
AMD EPYC processors are the host CPU of choice for over 10 leading hyperscalers & frontier AI labs, spanning systems with GPUs & custom AI accelerator ASICs.
The TPU 8tx deployment extends AMD SEV technology support across the broader Google Cloud confidential computing portfolio, including Confidential VMs, Confidential GKE, & Confidential Dataflow.
AMD & Google Cloud have a long history of collaboration on security firmware reviews & multiple EPYC generations to support various virtual machine types & accelerated workloads.

Company: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Keywords: Nasdaq:AMD, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., AMD EPYC CPUs, Google Cloud, AI, Confidentia