In association with AMD’s EPYC processors have taken the capabilities of servers to a new level. The unprecedented core count, performance and features give servers based on this technology a huge range of applications and enormous flexibility. For example, the Gigabyte R282-Z96 is a dual-socket 2U rack mount server available in a wide variety of configurations to suit different workloads and use case scenarios. Central to the R282-Z96 is the support for the latest generation of AMD EPYC 7003 series processors, codenamed “Milan”. The 7003 series builds on the already extensive capabilities of AMD EPYC 7001 “Naples” and 7002 “Rome”. Each 7003 series CPU can integrate up to 64 cores, meaning the dual-socket R282-Z96 server supports up to 128 cores and 256 threads in total, designed to enable compute-intensive workloads including HPC. The new 7003 series CPUs now include a 32MB Level 3 cache, accessible to all cores equally, with the goal of reducing memory latency and improving performance for big datasets and large virtual machines.