09-08-2017, 04:25 AM
https://www.techpowerup.com/236838/on-th...evelopment
Quote:I think "Threadripper" is an apt name for a product that delivered almost double the amount of cores as the competition's highest core-count CPUs for the HEDT market. Don't expect AMD's Threadripper to sit and wait for Intel's answers, however. While AMD is enjoying the performance crown with its 16-core, 32-thread behemoths as of now, Intel's 18-core response will certainly snatch the HEDT performance crown back from AMD. At least, it will, if AMD doesn't expand on Threadripper's core-counts. AMD's John Taylor himself says he doesn't expect Threadripper's lineup to be finished with the current 8, 12 and 16-core CPUs it currently features; and looking at Threadripper's development history and EPYC roots, it's easy to see it wouldn't take AMD that long - or that much - to increase core counts above what they currently stand at. MCM designs may have their shortcomings, but AMD has shown - and will continue to show - how these are, more likely than not, the industry's future.