With the launch of AMD’s Ryzen you thought that could be an finish to the hearsay mill and the hype practice, proper? Oh, so very fallacious. Fresh, salty rumours have been doing the rounds over the past 24 hours that AMD are set to launch their very own tremendous high-end PC platform.
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Just as Intel have their very own server-based high-end desktop platform (HEDT) utilizing the X99 platform (and upcoming X299) motherboards and LGA 2011 socket, the rumours from Chiphell and Canard PC Hardware are suggesting AMD are set to comply with swimsuit. The reviews declare there’s a 16-core/32-thread Ryzen chip that’s set to drop, together with an entire new AMD platform, in round 4 to 6 months time.
Chiphell although is suggesting will probably be introduced round Computex in May/June. Intel are anticipated to launch their very own new HEDT platform for the Skylake-X and Kaby Lake-X chips round August, which might put the 2 head-to-head.
Interestingly the rumours have additionally pegged the brand new platform as being referred to as the X399. The upcoming new Intel platform makes use of the identical 200-series naming scheme for its boards, however as they’re solely going to be referred to as X299 which means AMD’s new setup can be precisely 100 higher. Sounds like somebody’s trolling Intel…
Il y a bien des Ryzen 16C/32T axés HEDT prévus sur X399 dans four/6 mois. Clocks ~2.four/2.8G. 2 dies MCM. four chan DDR4. Socket LGA SP3r2. ~150W.
— Canard PC Hardware (@CPCHardware) March 18, 2017
From what Canard PC Hardware have mentioned it would help quad-channel DDR4 and that the brand new 16-core chip will truly be twin Eight-core CPU dies jammed into the identical package deal. They’re additionally suggesting AMD will go for a land grid array (LGA) relatively than their extra acquainted pin grid array (PGA) design for this mammoth processors.
And it does sound massive – the Chiphell discussion board put up says it’s twice the scale of Intel’s present Broadwell-E processors.
What would you pay for a 16-core/32-thread CPU? According to the rumours it would solely be twice the value of a Ryzen 7 1800X at $1,000. Six extra cores than Intel’s Core i7 6950X however for lots much less money and with presumably a lot better multi-threaded chops.
To be sincere all of it sounds relatively insane, particularly contemplating that is the primary that it’s being talked about in any respect. I’d be impressed if AMD had been capable of hold such a platform totally secret for this lengthy, however stranger issues have occurred. It appears notably odd provided that AMD have made so many noise about unifying their desktop CPU platforms across the AM4 socket. They’ve additionally talked about that when you purchase an AM4 board you’ll be future-proofing your self towards the following few iterations of AMD CPU or APU design in each Ryzen briefing I’ve been at.
And but just some months later we’re seemingly going to be informed that truly if you need the following massive Ryzen factor you’ll have to spend money on an entire new PC platform once more. I’m actually battling credulity right here however we’re certainly residing in unusual occasions.
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