AMD Threadripper $999

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JRPGfan said:

intel finally getting some competition in server market.

 

Not bad for a "glued together cpu".

 https://www.techpowerup.com/235092/intel-says-amd-epyc-processors-glued-together-in-official-slide-deck

"So essentially, AMD has 8 more cores, 16 more threads, delivers 16% more performance than Intel's e5-2699 system and 32% more performance than Intel's "non glued-together" Xeon 8176. AMD's chip does all that while consuming 23% less power than the Xeon e5-2699, and 28% less than the Xeon 8176. Not too shabby. I'll take my CPUs with this kind of glue any day."

AMDs Glue >>>>>>>> Intel's TIM

Intel could get even more competition this year in the server market. There's not just Epyc, but also IBMs POWER9 which is supposed to release this fall.

And on the homefront, Intel is getting threatened by the upcoming Ryzen 3 4c/4t Processors in August (probably at 100-150$), which cold be deadly for their i3 and lower-clocked i5 CPUs. Then later this year, we will see the first Raven Ridge CPUs in mobile, hence why they will get called Ryzen Mobile. Even with just one CCX these should take a nice bite on Intels marketshare in the mobile market. Finally end of this year/early next year, the Ryzen refresh with a speedbump from the 14nm LPP+ process which sped up already the RX5xx over the RX4xx series.

All in all, a nasty year for Intel