Amd shares the technical details of technology powering innovative confidential computing leadership cloud offerings

Santa clara, calif., aug. 30, 2023 (globe newswire) -- today, amd (nasdaq: amd) announced it has published the source code for amd secure encrypted virtualization (sev) technology, the backbone of amd epyc™ processor-based confidential computing virtual machines (vms) available from cloud service providers including amazon web services (aws), google cloud, microsoft azure and oracle compute infrastructure (oci).this release from amd will drive greater transparency for the security industry and provide customers the opportunity to thoroughly review the technology behind confidential computing vms powered by amd epyc processors."as a leader in confidential computing, we are committed to a relentless pursuit of innovation and creating modern security features that complement our ecosystem partners' most advanced cloud offerings," said mark papermaster, executive vice president and chief technology officer, amd. “by sharing the underpinnings of our sev technology, we are delivering transparency for confidential computing and demonstrating our dedication to open source. involving the open-source community will further strengthen this critical technology for our partners and customers who expect nothing less than the utmost protection for their most valuable asset - their data.”“at google cloud, we are mission-focused on helping customers protect their data throughout its entire lifecycle,” said jeff reed, vp, cloud security, google cloud. “as the first cloud service provider to support amd's encryption in use capability, this release represents another significant milestone in our long-standing collaboration to enable transparent, robust, confidentiality of data in process at google cloud.”“we applaud amd's decision to make portions of their security firmware available for public inspection. this is totally in line with azure confidential computing's philosophy of embracing open source and open sourcing our own code where practical.” mark russinovich, azure cto and technical fellow, microsoft.
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