AMD Announces new Threadripper details: 64 PCIe lanes and Quad channel DDR4 on all chips,

[randomhkkid]

Sources: http://www.anandtech.com/show/11476/computex-2017-amd-press-event-live-blog-starts-10pm-et

http://www.anandtech.com/show/11482/amd-cpu-updates-threadripper-64-pcie-lanes-epyc-june-20th

More details confirmed for Threadripper:

• Confirmed to be half an EPYC processor
• 16 core 32 thread top end made up of 2 dies
• All products featuring 64 lanes PCIe, 60 from CPU 4 from chipset
• All products featuring DDR4 Quad channel memory
• All products featuring 16MB L3 Cache
• X399 Chipset (Sick burn right here)
• Release Summer 2017
• Still no confirmation of other SKUs

 

EPYC news:

• 32 core 64 thread, 128 PCIe lane CPU coming June 20th 

Die shot:

Spoiler

 

#covfefe

[Coaxialgamer]

Wait... How can threadripper be a cut down EPYC die when they both use an MCM ?

[randomhkkid]

Just now, Coaxialgamer said:

Wait... How can threadripper be a cut down EPYC die when they both use an MCM ?

Looks like threadripper is 2 dies and EPYC is 4.

[TacoSenpai]

Wow sounds awesome. I'll look forward to hearing more about it hopefully it stays competitive with Intel's new stuff once the benchmarks come out.

[Coaxialgamer]

Just now, randomhkkid said:

Looks like threadripper is 2 dies and EPYC is 4.

I know that . but nothing is "cut down" in that .

[randomhkkid]

1 minute ago, Coaxialgamer said:

I know that . but nothing is "cut down" in that .

Wording changed

[ivan134]

#covfefe

[Sauron]

Have you seen the size of that freaking socket though

[captain cactus]

64 PCIe lanes on all CPUs.

 

Man this is good stuff. Go rip some Intel threads AMD.

[Castdeath97]

X399....LOL.

[Castdeath97]

Also what the actual fire truck Asus! That's the worse advertisement I have seen in my life!

 

Just take a look at the 28:30 timestamp, really Asus...

[randomhkkid]

1 minute ago, Castdeath97 said:

Also what the actual fire truck Asus! That's the worse advertisement I have seen in my life!

 

Just take a look at the 28:30 timestamp, really Asus...

Lol they even cut off their own rep.

[cj09beira]

12 minutes ago, randomhkkid said:

Lol they even cut off their own rep.

after the last fiasco they better fire their market rep

[samcool55]

Cool but, is it soldered?

I mean if it is the potential thermal advantage is quite big.

[TacoSenpai]

2 minutes ago, samcool55 said:

Cool but, is it soldered?

I mean if it is the potential thermal advantage is quite big.

Speaking of that I'm really interested on how these chips from both Intel and AMD are going to be cooled.  I assume they will offer stock solutions and big cooler companies will have to respond but if the socket size is anything to go off of then the coolers are likely to follow suit...

 

btw deja vu. 

[cj09beira]

2 minutes ago, samcool55 said:

Cool but, is it soldered?

I mean if it is the potential thermal advantage is quite big.

it should be, but also keep in mind that because amd will be using at least two dies it means that the heat is spread in a much bigger area, so it should be easier to cool

[samcool55]

3 minutes ago, LordTaco42 said:

Speaking of that I'm really interested on how these chips from both Intel and AMD are going to be cooled.  I assume they will offer stock solutions and big cooler companies will have to respond but if the socket size is anything to go off of then the coolers are likely to follow suit...

 

btw deja vu. 

Noctua is already working on coolers for threadripper (forgot the socket name) and iirc intel offers a 120mm liquid cooler for the 2066(?) socket.

https://www.overclock3d.net/news/cases_cooling/noctua_showcase_epyc_threadripper_ready_tr4_sp3_ready_cpu_coolers/1

[Energycore]

31 minutes ago, Coaxialgamer said:

Wait... How can threadripper be a cut down EPYC die when they both use an MCM ?

It's not a cut down die, if what I gathered is correct EPYC is 2 of these massive dies on a single PCB, that's one reason why the socket is so massive

For AMD, a die that big would be insanely costly. But 2 half size dies are actually a lot (less than half) cheaper to produce due to the way silicon wafers turn up defective, so it makes sense that they're pushing toward multi-die configurations.

[cj09beira]

1 minute ago, Energycore said:

It's not a cut down die, if what I gathered is correct EPYC is 2 of these massive dies on a single PCB, that's one reason why the socket is so massive

For AMD, a die that big would be insanely costly. But 2 half size dies are actually a lot (less than half) cheaper to produce due to the way silicon wafers turn up defective, so it makes sense that they're pushing toward multi-die configurations.

its actually 4 dies (the same die found in ryzen 7 )

2 dies in threadripper

[Energycore]

Just now, cj09beira said:

its actually 4 dies (the same die found in ryzen 7 )

2 dies in threadripper

Holy mother of baby jesus.

[The Benjamins]

4 minutes ago, samcool55 said:

Noctua is already working on coolers for threadripper (forgot the socket name) and iirc intel offers a 120mm liquid cooler for the 2066(?) socket.

https://www.overclock3d.net/news/cases_cooling/noctua_showcase_epyc_threadripper_ready_tr4_sp3_ready_cpu_coolers/1

ThreadRippers socket is TR4 (ThreadRipper + AM4) hope that helps you remember. and I hope people just refer to Threadripper as TR.

[TacoSenpai]

4 minutes ago, samcool55 said:

Noctua is already working on coolers for threadripper (forgot the socket name) and iirc intel offers a 120mm liquid cooler for the 2066(?) socket.

https://www.overclock3d.net/news/cases_cooling/noctua_showcase_epyc_threadripper_ready_tr4_sp3_ready_cpu_coolers/1

Damn Noctua on it fast.  I wonder if their previous cooler options will be compatible from the looks of the article they will be on Intel's platforms but not on AMD's.

[cj09beira]

2 minutes ago, Energycore said:

Holy mother of baby jesus.

https://hardwaresfera.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/amd-epyc-delidded.png

[MysticalRainXIV]

Man what to do with all those PCIe lanes is now the question, since ridiculous SLI configs are out.

[cj09beira]

Just now, MysticalRainXIV said:

Man what to do with all those PCIe lanes is now the question, since ridiculous SLI configs are out.

Crossfire and multiple nvme pcie ssds