AMD Donates $15 Million Worth EPYC CPUs and Radeon Instinct Accelerators to aid COVID-19 Research

[moproblems99]

No. AMD gives stuff away, which is a nice gesture but really not that significant for the actual situation that we're in right now. So, because you overestimate it, I gave some reference. You feel hurt or what?
You know - it's just in case someone thinks that: oh yeah, now we finally have the systems that will find the cure!

Unless you're 'you' is royal, I didn't overestimate or underestimate anything. It doesn't matter if they gave $15 worth of stuff. Thank them and move on.

Also, you have people here attacking Nvidia and Intel (totally off topic)

So, what? Are you paid to defend them? If not, what does it matter. Spread some cheer or move on. There are plenty of other threads you can donate you're negativity to. That goes for everyone else shitting on Intel or nVidia. There are plenty of other threads for that. This is about a company making a charitable donation. No negativity needed.

but somehow you're only reacting to me, because I ruined your AMD-love camp.

I know how to use the quote button. If I was reacting to you, I would have quoted you like I did now. You are reacting to yourself because you know it was a shit post

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And I know you're intelligent. You should be able to manage something better.

 

[Gmr_Chick]

This is a great story. Kudos to AMD. Every little bit helps.

 

[notb]

Well, they offer 'turn-key systems', a.k.a You must have managed to gloss over that.

They give away servers. That's what it means. This is not support nor sharing large infrastructure.

Basically, AMD could have just given $15M a cash to fighting COVID-19 - just like many other organizations did.
Instead, they give away their products that aren't normally used in this niche, so can't be instantly put to action (even if "turn-key").

Seriously, it's a nice gesture for sure. I'm not mocking AMD. I'm mocking you guys for thoughtless praising everything AMD does.

 

[Patriot]

They give away servers. That's what it means. This is not support nor sharing large infrastructure.

Basically, AMD could have just given $15M a cash to fighting COVID-19 - just like many other organizations did.
Instead, they give away their products that aren't normally used in this niche, so can't be instantly put to action (even if "turn-key").

Seriously, it's a nice gesture for sure. I'm not mocking AMD. I'm mocking you guys for thoughtless praising everything AMD does.

Unlike AI work, molecular research is not cuda centric it is cpu centric, namd, gromacs, amber support openCL just as happily as cuda.

 

[Vayra86]

So AMD manages to give stuff away and people shit on them and says nVidia does everything better? I see some people really reach for the Stars.

People are calling it what it is... Nvidia's donations are of similar nature. They do this because its good for brand image, and on top of that, it solidifies their ecosystem and usage of it.

Win win.

I don't think its a bad thing to point that out. The alternative is that this topic is two pages of 'thanks AMD'... who benefits from that? Circlejerks like that tend to give me the shivers. And yes, there is a serious difference in scale when it comes to Nvidia's support of industry and science, versus what AMD brings to the table. This also echoes in their gaming portfolio. GameWorks for example, is a similar thing to them scoring 2nd on that Folding ranking list. It includes multi million dollar investments and manpower. And note: not just now, when its nice to make a headline with your brand name in it, but continuously.

 

[Eskimonster]

Good move, just makes me wonder, if they get it all deducted by tax returns, or alike.

 

[moproblems99]

I don't think its a bad thing to point that out. The alternative is that this topic is two pages of 'thanks AMD'... who benefits from that? Circlejerks like that tend to give me the shivers. And yes, there is a serious difference in scale when it comes to Nvidia's support of industry and science, versus what AMD brings to the table. This also echoes in their gaming portfolio. GameWorks for example, is a similar thing to them scoring 2nd on that Folding ranking list. It includes multi million dollar investments and manpower. And note: not just now, when its nice to make a headline with your brand name in it, but continuously.

I get that. On the same token, how many people here benefit from anything related to Epyc? So, by that logic, why should we talk about Epyc here? Or Xeon servers. The point was this thread didn't need to turn into shit on Intel, shit on Nvidia, or shit on AMD, or a big ole who is better than who thread. It should have stayed positive and moved on. Every other thread on the site devolves into that anyway. Can we leave positive threads positive?

 

[Vayra86]

I get that. On the same token, how many people here benefit from anything related to Epyc? So, by that logic, why should we talk about Epyc here? Or Xeon servers. The point was this thread didn't need to turn into shit on Intel, shit on Nvidia, or shit on AMD, or a big ole who is better than who thread. It should have stayed positive and moved on. Every other thread on the site devolves into that anyway. Can we leave positive threads positive?

But that is the thing, it really didn't turn to shit did it? Things were put in perspective, with sources and all...

Some things exist in the eyes of the beholder, too... I'm not really following your argument about 'how many people here benefit from', either. There ARE numerous topics about these products and in those topics too, they are discussed for what they're really worth. That is what people do here, too, right?

Nobody, and I do mean, nobody, really disagreed with AMD's gesture. But some did point out the actual merits of it and how they compare to what others have done. And concluded that perhaps they could have better spent that money elsewhere, making the same headline to boot.

 

[mtcn77]

I'm mocking you guys

You had me looking desperately for the joke. Mind you, I just got a message redacted due to the corrosive puns I make. At least, I keep it quiet and facetitious and don't uphand people like you do with an attitude. I seriously lack your sort of humour. It is seriously reminiscing of drinking a black coffee which I don't like.

 

[R-T-B]

Well, they offer 'turn-key systems', a.k.a You must have managed to gloss over that.

Do they own them and actively contribute them to compute? That's kinda what would be needed.

I'm mocking you guys for thoughtless praising everything AMD does.

It is rather ironic the tone that happens around here sometimes, but I feel it can cut both ways depending on the parties involved.

I like certain brands but there is a certain crowd that runs around treating them like they are a sports team, and I'm sure they don't know who they are. All that considered, it's not worth feeding them.

 

[ARF]

Absolutely nothing to do with this thread whatsoever. Please keep your wifi conspiracy theories at least in the appropriate thread.

Ok, let's go straight. Is AMD sure that a virus worth researching actually exists and what exactly did they donate 15 million worth of products for?

 

[R-T-B]

Ok, let's go straight. Is AMD sure that a virus worth researching actually exists and what exactly did they donate 15 million worth of products for?

Since this seems to be being left up:

Yes. My cousin and her husband have the virus and lives nowhere near a cell tower, in the middle of nowhere-town Montana. Meanwhile I live in a networked wifi and even 5G hellhole and am fine.

Next question?

 

[ARF]

Since this seems to be being left up:

Yes. My cousin and her husband have the virus and lives nowhere near a cell tower, in the middle of nowhere-town Montana. Meanwhile I live in a networked wifi and even 5G hellhole and am fine.

Next question?

Yes, how did your relatives get the virus? Did they travel in China or had contacts with infected people?
Also, what virus do they have and how was it confirmed?
Are they well now?

 

[R-T-B]

Yes, how did your relatives get the virus? Did they travel in China or had contacts with infected people?

No travel to China, infection via third-party assumed, confirmed positive test (unsure of specifics).

Are they well now?

Improving. We were worried for a bit. Hospitals out there suck and Harborview would've been hard to reach.

This is still conspiracy territory, and as such, as nicely as I can put this, really not suited for here.

 

[ARF]

No travel to China, infection via third-party assumed, confirmed positive test (unsure of specifics).



Improving. We were worried for a bit. Hospitals out there suck and Harborview would've been hard to reach.

This is still conspiracy territory, and as such, as nicely as I can put this, really not suited for here.

AMD could have built and expanded its own supercomputing farm and doing this research on their premises.
I mean because they need to have this computing power, I believe, for simulating new architectures, etc...
We still don't have successors to Navi 1X that was launched a year ago.


More research with top priority should be directed to how the external electromagnetic field strength works on/with our own human body electric signals. You know that our brain sends and receives electric signals via the neurons.

 

[mtcn77]

More research with top priority should be directed to how the external electromagnetic field strength works on/with our own human body electric signals. You know that our brain sends and receives electric signals via the neurons.

Are you suggesting something? Your body does not run using electric signals. Motor plates conduct electricity, but electric stimulation works the opposite way in nerves. Polarising them makes them more efficient, not less.

 

[Athlonite]

And how many Work Units are they thinking of processing in a day when F@H can't even cope with its current load of users leaving many wanting to do work but can't because there's a lack of WU's full stop

 

[hat]

There is more to computing than just F@H... I'm sure they're not using EPYC CPUs for that.

 

[R-T-B]

You know that our brain sends and receives electric signals via the neurons.

My brother is presently undergoing electromagnetic stimulation of the neurons to treat his severe depression, so yes, I know.

It takes a lot more equipment than a simple cell tower to do that though. Think super magnets, the kind that can pick up things that aren't metal. He has to go to a local specialist several times a week, and it's weird and unpleasant (he says it makes him have tremors when they do it), but if he doesn't do it he completely shuts down emotionally.

I can say yes, our brains run on electricity TECHNICALLY, but at extremely short range high conduction. if you think microwave beams like that are enough to do anything you are ignoring already existing science saying they don't.

 

[Flanker]

Unless you're 'you' is royal, I didn't overestimate or underestimate anything. It doesn't matter if they gave $15 worth of stuff. Thank them and move on.



So, what? Are you paid to defend them? If not, what does it matter. Spread some cheer or move on. There are plenty of other threads you can donate you're negativity to. That goes for everyone else shitting on Intel or nVidia. There are plenty of other threads for that. This is about a company making a charitable donation. No negativity needed.



I know how to use the quote button. If I was reacting to you, I would have quoted you like I did now. You are reacting to yourself because you know it was a shit post

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And I know you're intelligent. You should be able to manage something better.

Unfortunately, people these days suspect that every gesture has ulterior motives, which may or may not be true. Either way it's kind of sad

 

[moproblems99]

Unfortunately, people these days suspect that every gesture has ulterior motives, which may or may not be true. Either way it's kind of sad

Well, it no doubt was pure marketing from AMD. The only way to get people to use your products is to get them into the hands of people. Whoever gets these, will now be invested in AMD's path and will recommend this ecosystem to others. There is no question was part of the decision making process.

 

[Patriot]

Well, it no doubt was pure marketing from AMD. The only way to get people to use your products is to get them into the hands of people. Whoever gets these, will now be invested in AMD's path and will recommend this ecosystem to others. There is no question was part of the decision making process.

Effective marketing and useful for mankind. As they will have picked someone that isn't already invested in the accelerated path it will be an institution in need of compute. So it's a win win.