Security News > 2021 > March > AMD Unveils New Security Features With Launch of EPYC 7003 Series Processors
Chipmaker AMD on Monday announced the launch of its new EPYC 7003 series server processors - codenamed Milan - and the company has shared some information about new and improved security features.
The new CPUs are based on the Zen 3 architecture and AMD says they bring significantly improved performance for enterprise, cloud and HPC workloads.
The EPYC 7003 series processors are available immediately - device manufacturers have started announcing new products that use them, and major cloud providers will use servers powered by these CPUs.
According to AMD, its 3rd Gen EPYC processors include several new or enhanced security features, including a dedicated security subsystem, hardware-validated secure boot, hardware root of trust, Secure Memory Encryption, Secure Encrypted Virtualization-Encrypted State, and Secure Nested Paging.
Other security features present in the new processors include memory protection keys for users, and Shadow Stack, a new feature that helps protect against ROP attacks.
AMD also noted during a briefing ahead of the launch of its new product that with the 3rd Gen EPYC processors they have been able to implement better mitigations against Spectre attacks.