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Linus Torvalds moves towards AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X platform
Apparently it is high profile news, as any media outlet is reporting about it. There has been a disturbance in the Force as someone went AMD after being Intel-exclusive for 15 years. Linus Torvalds , the creator of the Linux kernel, updated his PC with an AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X
Yep, he performed an rm -rf "Intel". This is what he wrote about it in a post on the occasion of the release of Linux 5.7 rc7 :
“In fact, the biggest excitement this week for me was just that I upgraded my main machine, and for the first time in about 15 years, my desktop isn't Intel-based. No, I didn't switch to ARM yet, but I'm now rocking an AMD Threadripper 3970x. My 'allmodconfig' test builds are now three times faster than they used to be, which doesn't matter so much right now during the calming down period, but I will most definitely notice the upgrade during the next merge window. ”
Torvalds didn't release any more details about its new setup, but the 3970X is undoubtedly a big heart for its system. Featuring 32 cores and 64 threads with a base frequency of 3.7 GHz and a boost of up to 4.5GHz , manufactured under TSMC's 7nm FinFET process , this Threadripper undoubtedly has all the necessary power for any load you want to run.
We're sure that AMD is happy about news like this.
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#5792474 Posted on: 05/26/2020 09:23 AM
That is a 2200€ CPU and I thought that 3950X was a bit hard to justify as it's a bit over 800€. I wonder what kind of cooling he went with? Those 32 cores will produce quite a bit heat... I have not been following, do compilers actually support 32 cores?
That is a 2200€ CPU and I thought that 3950X was a bit hard to justify as it's a bit over 800€. I wonder what kind of cooling he went with? Those 32 cores will produce quite a bit heat... I have not been following, do compilers actually support 32 cores?
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#5792476 Posted on: 05/26/2020 09:27 AM
Good one of the computer gods has turned to AMD. Now we just have to wait when Apple realises this too and makes the change from Intel.
Good one of the computer gods has turned to AMD. Now we just have to wait when Apple realises this too and makes the change from Intel.
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#5792477 Posted on: 05/26/2020 09:31 AM
If not, they will soon support 64 threads.
As far as heat goes. Ryzen is great in this department, It clocks reasonably high while being power efficient. Problem is in last few hundreds MHz of achievable clock, where power draw sky-rockets.
That is a 2200€ CPU and I thought that 3950X was a bit hard to justify as it's a bit over 800€. I wonder what kind of cooling he went with? Those 32 cores will produce quite a bit heat... I have not been following, do compilers actually support 32 cores?
If not, they will soon support 64 threads.
As far as heat goes. Ryzen is great in this department, It clocks reasonably high while being power efficient. Problem is in last few hundreds MHz of achievable clock, where power draw sky-rockets.
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#5792478 Posted on: 05/26/2020 09:32 AM
I want the 3960X but i don't really need it, damn AMD for making such a great processors (can't wait for 4950X).
I want the 3960X but i don't really need it, damn AMD for making such a great processors (can't wait for 4950X).
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He gonna miss his smoke/coffee brakes during compile now...