Friday, May 19th 2017

Threadripper a Brand, not Codename: AMD, More Details

At its follow-up conference call for its Analysts Day presentation, AMD clarified that Threadripper is a brand, and not a codename to its upcoming line of HEDT processors. This effectively implies that the chips will be called either Threadripper (followed by a model number), or Ryzen Threadripper, but not "Ryzen 9." Responding to questions by TechPowerUp, AMD also mentioned that it will put out more details about Threadripper in its May 29th pre-Computex event in Taipei.

AMD also confirmed that Threadripper is very much a client platform product and not enterprise; although its target audience is "a bit of both" power-users looking for a huge amount of CPU power, and high-end gamers. The Epyc line of processors are firmly in the enterprise domain. Finally, AMD confirmed that motherboard manufacturers will show off Threadripper motherboards at Computex 2017. AMD hopes to launch Threadripper within Summer 2017 (that's before September end). Wake me up when September ends.
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55 Comments on Threadripper a Brand, not Codename: AMD, More Details

#51
sergionography
cdawallI would buy a chip named legspreader just to have it.
I would buy a bunch if it worked as advertised lol
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#52
Threadshredder
ZoneDymoThreadshredder perhaps :p
Has some assonance in it ;)
Nah, that name will never work. ;)
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#53
AsRock
TPU addict
DimiWho did they hire to come up with these names? A 14 year old?
I think threadripper is a perfect name, more so for what they intend it for.
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#54
Gasaraki
TomgangYeah X58 is still a great platform and i am amazed by how well it still plays even the latest games af high or even ultra settings still.

But i cut not let this slide: Intel i7 920 @ Stock speeds baby. Are you really running this puppy stock, it screams at you and begs to be overclock and i can darn recommend it aswell. You can really feel a difference from stock to like 4 GHz in daily use aswell as in games. Before i got me an I7 980X i also had an I7 920 so i know what i am talking about and its not like i dies from oc if done propperly. mine ran 4 years at 4 GHz before i sold it and still going strong.

If you have and upgrade need then why not try an find a 6 core X58 cpu Xeon or I7? They overclock even better than an I7 920. With my I7 980X at 4.25 Ghz oc i run BF4 64 player online maxed out and still getting around 68 to 90 FPS and other cpu intensive games also feels more snappy/runs better. Dont know if its the ekstra cores, maybe more L3 cashe and or higher overclock, but the fact is 6 core on X58 is very nice to have :D
I am replying on a X58 with a Xeon x5675 overclocked to 4.4GHz, M.2 SSD boot drive, 12GB ram. Waiting for the next HEDT from either Intel or AMD.
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