By: Dummond D. Slow (mental.delete@this.protozoa.us), December 29, 2020 10:33 am
Room: Moderated Discussions
Adrian (a.delete@this.acm.org) on December 29, 2020 7:31 am wrote:
> Phil995511 (Phil995511.delete@this.gmail.com) on December 29, 2020 5:12 am wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Do you maybe know if a Ryzen 9 5000 series processor is
> > planned in 24 or 32 cores ?? The 5950x lacks a little
> > computing power, and the number of PCI-E lanes is insufficient to do, for example, SLI in PCI-E 4.0 @ x16.
> >
> > If this were the case, AMD would clearly show its dominance over machines intended
> > for the general public, which they already do in the segment dedicated to servers.
> >
> > Best regards.
>
>
> Planned ?
> According to rumors, yes.
>
> When ?
> Unknown, but unlikely before Q3 2021, because first there will be the official launch of Epyc 7xx3 (Milan),
> which has not been launched yet, even if many important customers already have it in their hands.
>
>
> Less likely possibilities are for the 59xx Threadripper to be skipped, if too close to the
> launch of Zen 4, or to be launched sooner, if they will feel the need to increase the pressure
> on Intel. AMD might wait first to see if Intel will introduce the workstation version (Xeon
> W) of Ice Lake Server, to set their Threadripper specifications competitively.
>
>
I don't think it's going to wait till Q3, Q2 is more likely IMHO and even Q1 (march?) is probably not totally out of question.
It should look like Threadripper 3000 (so 24 to 64 cores) but with Zen 3 cores. 4channel, 8channel only with the Pro version on WRX80 platform.
> Phil995511 (Phil995511.delete@this.gmail.com) on December 29, 2020 5:12 am wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Do you maybe know if a Ryzen 9 5000 series processor is
> > planned in 24 or 32 cores ?? The 5950x lacks a little
> > computing power, and the number of PCI-E lanes is insufficient to do, for example, SLI in PCI-E 4.0 @ x16.
> >
> > If this were the case, AMD would clearly show its dominance over machines intended
> > for the general public, which they already do in the segment dedicated to servers.
> >
> > Best regards.
>
>
> Planned ?
> According to rumors, yes.
>
> When ?
> Unknown, but unlikely before Q3 2021, because first there will be the official launch of Epyc 7xx3 (Milan),
> which has not been launched yet, even if many important customers already have it in their hands.
>
>
> Less likely possibilities are for the 59xx Threadripper to be skipped, if too close to the
> launch of Zen 4, or to be launched sooner, if they will feel the need to increase the pressure
> on Intel. AMD might wait first to see if Intel will introduce the workstation version (Xeon
> W) of Ice Lake Server, to set their Threadripper specifications competitively.
>
>
I don't think it's going to wait till Q3, Q2 is more likely IMHO and even Q1 (march?) is probably not totally out of question.
It should look like Threadripper 3000 (so 24 to 64 cores) but with Zen 3 cores. 4channel, 8channel only with the Pro version on WRX80 platform.