AMD's Threadripper? a new CPU

[robcat2075]

First, let me say that they should change it to ThreadRipper, because i keep reading it as "thread dripper"

 

AMD has announced a new CPU in their Ryzen line...

 

AMD Ryzen Threadripper: Everything we know so far about this monster CPU

 

The specs we know

• Core count: 16
• Thread count: 32
• PCI-E lanes: 64
• Memory: Quad-channel
• Platform: X399
• Can't be "delided" easily as it uses a solder thermal interface material
• X399 motherboards aren't compatible with AMD's Epyc chips
• Release date: Summer of 2017

Yup, that’s it. If you’ve read anything else on Threadripper or “Ryzen 9,” it’s nothing but rumor and speculation at this point.

 

it's just plain big...

 

 

 

 

[Roger]

Yeah I'm waiting to see what the prices for these and the Epyc cpus will be. But yeah that is one bigass chip.

[Fuchur]

...will be very expensive... I think 1k is not unlikely.

And that is just too much for me just for a CPU...

 

See you

*Fuchur*

[Roger]

Well Intel's top end xeons start at $1000 and go up to around $3000, so if AMD releases their 32 core cpu for anything less than $1500 they will crush the datacenter market and steal their lunch. I will be sorely tempted to buy one but will probably have to wait until they hit the used market, I imagine a new system based around a 32 core system would be at least $2500. And I just can't spend that kind of money on something that is a "want". But damn...if money were no object.

[pixelplucker]

They charge by the weight?

[Roger]

They charge by the weight?

 

Ha! I don't claim to understand Intel's pricing methods beyond "put the screws to the customer until he screams", that seems to be how they price their products.