AMD Is Reportedly Launching a 64-Core Threadripper in Q4 2019

[Tsing]

Dr. Lisa Su had hinted that AMD’s new Threadripper chips would be very special due to the rising core counts of standard Ryzen processors. The latest rumors certainly line up with that.

Wccftech’s sources say AMD is prepping a 64-core/128-thread Threadripper for release in Q4 2019. That’s double the core count of its current flagship, the 32-core 2990WX.

The platform is called X599, but the name could be changed to avoid confusion with Intel’s competing parts. While it isn’t known whether the part is 14nm or 7nm, the socket will supposedly remain the same.

My source was pretty clear on the timeline and said AMD plans to introduce this before the year is over because they have something else planned for CES next year. You should start seeing motherboard leaks related to the X599 (or whatever it ends up being called) during Q4 2019 and the CPUs should be on the shelves at the very latest by January 2020; although this is a worst case scenario and the plan right now is to ship by mid-Q4 2019.

 

[Dogsofjune]

Good grief... I love my Threadrippers but I have no use for that many cores. The 2920x suits all my needs.

Interesting times ahead.

 

[Grebuloner]

Good grief... I love my Threadrippers but I have no use for that many cores. The 2920x suits all my needs.

Interesting times ahead.

I am very interested to see where this leads, though I can't imagine the clock speeds are going to be too great to keep things in a 250w envelope with 4x the core of the 3950X, (but it sure would be nice ).

It would be prudent of AMD to move up to at least 6 channel memory, 64 cores is a lot for quad. Since it's basically the same socket as Epyc, it shouldn't be too hard to enable?

 

[Brian_B]

Wccftech’s sources say:
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whatever they want if it thinks it will get clicks

 

[Riccochet]

The thing to remember is that Threadripper was never intended to be a "mainstream" CPU. It's not designed for a gamer or office user. It's meant for people doing heavy compute workloads, graphic design, CAD, 3D modeling, virtualization. People that will make use of all those cores. My wife does BIM and could easily make use of 64 cores. The designers and architects she works with could use those cores. Medical practices that work with DICOM and imaging can make use of those cores. Virtualization labs can make use of those cores.

The guy that uses O365, Chrome and plays PUBG, not so much.

 

[Dogsofjune]

True the Threadripper is not for the casual user or gamer, but it is a cheaper path than Epyc.