AMD has unveiled its fourth generation Epyc CPUs, designed for data center workloads, which will increasingly include virtualized RAN and core as operators start to deploy these new architectures at scale. When AMD acquired FPGA maker Xilinx, the potential of the vRAN market, as a way to increase the processor firm’s telecoms business, was much discussed. The new Epyc comes with a 96-core design, and the debut of DDR5 and 12-channel memory configurations, meaning there is a lot of horsepower to hand. While much of the AMD announcement focused on high performance computing (HPC), other partners are proclaiming the benefits of the new designs for video and network workloads. AMD has been on a tear in recent years, clawing market…