Ampere Computing last year talked up AmpereOne M for 12-channel DDR5 memory and up to 192 cores up from the 8-channel DDR5 memory found with the initial AmpereOne processors. They said at the time AmpereOne M would be shipping in Q4-2024. Now half way into 2025, it looks like they quietly announced the AmpereOne M processors.
This morning they posted to X their AmpereOne M product brief and this seems to be the extent of their announcement. I haven’t found any press release, they didn’t organize any briefings in advance on AmpereOne M, or any other fanfare around this seemingly very nonchalant launch. This comes weeks after the announcement of SoftBank acquiring Ampere Computing.
The product brief for AmpereOne M confirms the AmpereOne A192-32M flagship model at 192 cores, 3.2GHz frequency, and 348 Watt usage power. The 12 channel DDR5 memory with AmpereOne M is limited to DDR5-5600 and support for just one DIMM per channel.
AmpereOne M besides the four additional memory channels is otherwise similar to the AmpereOne processors that began surfacing last year with Arm v8.6+ ISA, 96 PCIe Gen5 lanes, and manufactured on a TSMC 5nm process.
Meanwhile the AMD EPYC 9965 Turin processor shipping since last year offers 192 cores but with SMT for 384 threads per socket, 2.25GHz base clock, 3.35GHz all-core boost speed, and 3.7GHz max boost clock. The EPYC 9965 has a 500 Watt TDP but has been shipping since last year and also has 12 channel DDR5-6000/6400 memory. With the AMD EPYC 9965 you also get 128 lanes of PCIe Gen5, AVX-512, and other advantages while being able to rely on the mature x86_64 software ecosystem. The AmpereOne M product brief is out today but it doesn’t mention any pricing or any firm details on AmpereOne M availability.
AmpereOne servers still are in seemingly tight supply and unfortunately I haven’t been able to run anymore tests since that brief experience last year. Ampere Computing meanwhile also continues promoting their years-old Ampere Altra platforms. With all those factors and lengthy delays it’s really hard to get excited about AmpereOne M at this stage given the AMD EPYC 9005 line-up as well as the Intel Xeon 6 Granite Rapids / Sierra Forest offerings being well established now compared to when AmpereOne was first talked about years ago by Ampere Computing.
