Being the world's first 7nm datacenter CPU, the 2nd generation EPYC will provide 2X performance per socket and 4X floating performance per socket, both compared to the previous generation.

Su was also keen to note that it will be socket compatible with existing EPYC infrastructure, making upgrading really easy.

According to a performance demo at the keynote, single AMD 2nd generation EPYC CPU managed to outperform two Intel Xeon 8180 CPUs.

AMD was proud to note that the 2nd generation EPYC will be shipping in the middle of 2019.