Rumor: Next gen AMD Epyc processors will get 64 CPU cores
And that would be up-to 64 CPU cores per processor. AMD Epyc processors are intended for the enterprise and server market of course and seem to become a huge success story thanks to its terrific price and performance ratios against the competition.
French computer magazine Canard PC posted this tidbit on their Twitter account, the next-gen generation Epyc server processors would see 64 cores and get 256 MB of L3 cache. I would love to see a screenshot of the task manager and 128 Threads (SMT) ;-)
They have been right on more than one occasion, so this seems and deems plausible. The upcoming processors would support up to eight DDR4 RAM banks at a speed of 3200 MT/s and get 128 PCIe Gen 4.0 lanes. With 64-cores that proc would haul the proverbial azz alright. The current Flagship Epyc 7601 processor has "32 cores and 64 MB of L3 cache.
It is currently not known when the new Epyc processors would be released. The final PCIe 4.0 spec was released last week, it might take a year or two before we'll see market penetration for that. We can only assume the new Epyc procs would be released within that very same timeline.
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I know Intel has that new Xeon Phi, but that architecture is a little too limited and niche to be a direct competitor to something like this.
Unless Intel managed to copy AMD with the multi-die configuration (in which case they were a little too quick to laugh at the whole "glued together" thing), I don't see how Intel could ever compete with this within a year of its release. There is no way they could ever make a single-die 64-core CPU without making any sacrifices and have even a semblance of a decent value. Their 18-core consumer parts are already absurdly expensive.
Intel may for now be the overall better choice for mainstream desktop PCs, but they are in serious trouble when it comes to servers. With Ryzens's better performance-per-watt and AMD's more powerful GPUs, Intel will also need to figure something out regarding laptops, too. But, I believe Intel can out-do AMD in laptops in a timely manner (whether or not they will is a different story).
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This is azz backwards right now and that is why AMD shares are tanking. Still eight months later AMD stock is down from 14.90 at RyZen launch to 10.80 today at a lower volume.
They are down because server contracts are not coming up as expected.
And because they guided revenue decrease of 15 percent sequentially.
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I don't like nor care about cores race. All these strange things are gonna help greedy companies like Ubisoft to give us 6-way DRM solutions just for their money. I hate this kind of trash programmers destroying our systems. They should use their degree as toilet paper at best.
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You do realize this is for servers right? One of these CPUs are probably going to cost more than your entire PC. In large mainframes, products like this are a necessity. I bet a single rack equipped with fully-occupied dual-socket 64-core Epycs could replace an entire row of racks made just 3 years ago. This is a really big deal.
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Good lord of Cores wow!