Well, it looks like the rumors were true:

AMD unveils chiplet design approach: 7nm zen 2 cores meets 14 nm I/O die
https://www.anandtech.com/show/13560/amd-unveils-chiplet-design-approach-7nm-zen-2-cores-meets-14-nm-io-die

And this is a 64 core / 128 threads EPYC CPU:

https://www.anandtech.com/show/13561/amd-previews-epyc-rome-processor-up-to-64-zen-2-cores

"To infinity, and beyond!"

Some people saying there was indication of 8 cores per CCX now, but apparently nothing official?

https://images.anandtech.com/doci/13561/amd_rome-678_678x452.png
Now that's what I call a real CPU.
I wonder what they're going to do for the lower end products.

Not yet.

I mean, we can see from that pic that each chiplet has 16 cores and that each chiplet in Rome has 2 CPUs with 8 cores each, but we still don't know if each CPU still consists of 2 CCX with 4 cores each or just one CCX with the 8 cores.

I expected AMD could do something like this to counter the difficulties of the 7 nm process in 2019 to potentially get an advantage over Nvidia and Intel. A low-power process, coupled with the CCX design (so smaller dies instead of monolithic designs for reasonable yields) were successful with the first Zen already, so they are going to try it again on both CPUs and GPUs. That's my take, at least.

Edit - eh, on the other hand, power consumption of the upcoming 7 nm Radeon Instinct seems disgusting. Unless there are huge IPC gains to make up for it anyone expecting next-generation consoles to be >10 TF beasts are going to be sorely disappointed, unless MS and Sony go for huge dies at low frequencies.

It's 8 Cores per chiplet. No confirmation on CCX.

There are 8 chiplets in that image surrounding the 14nm I/O chip.
8x8 = 64.
So it's 8, not 16. :P

I would think CCX is now at 8... Makes sense and allows for scaling on the mainstream platforms.

Don't get your hopes up on the GPU front.

In any case, this design can work wonders for AMD, reusing the same chiplets for all its Zen2 products and only modifying the central I/O chip to suit the need of the rest of the products. Because desktop Ryzen won't need an 8-channel memory controller and other security extras.

The news:

SALES & DEALS

The Humble Store swings a big Warhammer bundle
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-humble-store-swings-a-warhammer-bundle-and-sale/
If Warhammer is your thing, you're probably going to want to check out what's going on at the Humble Store, which kicked off a Humble Warhammer Bundle today that has Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War Game of the Year Edition, Talisman: Digital Edition, and the Talisman expansions Blood Moon, Harbinger, and Sacred Pool, for a minimum price of $1. That's not a terrible start—I don't know how popular Talisman is, but hey, it's a buck.
>> Yesterday it was a sale on the Humble Store, today it's a new Humble Bundle that will end in 13 days.

At GOG there's a midweek sale named According to plan featuring lots of strategy games up to 90% off: https://www.gog.com/promo/20181107_midweek_strategy

At Steam, we have a new daily and 4 Midweek Madness deals:

• The daily deal is an Aspyr publisher sale, with up to 92% discounts: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/aspyr/
• The first Midweek Madness deal is ARK: Survival Evolved, that goes free to try until Sunday and is 60% off if you want to keep it: https://store.steampowered.com/app/346110/ARK_Survival_Evolved/
• There's an Armistice Sale featuring non-violent games, and a portion of the developer (not Steam) profits will go to War Child UK & Children in Conflict charitable causes. The discounts range from 20 to 75%: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/armistice-sale/
• To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Poland independence, there's a sale with from 15 to 90% discounts: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/polishsale/
• And lastly, the Escapists franchise is on sale, with the discounts going from 25 to 75% off: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/escapistsfranchise/

And at Fanatical, we have two new deals:

• The new Star Deal is Overcooked, 80% off for the next 24 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/overcooked
• There's a new bundle, the Best of Indie Legends Bundle 3, with 7 games 96% off: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/best-of-indie-legends-bundle-3

SOFTWARE

Irdeto’s latest report: Major sports title illegally downloaded 355K times in its first two weeks
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/irdetos-latest-report-major-sports-title-illegally-downloaded-355k-times-in-its-first-two-weeks/
Irdeto has shared some new data from its recent research regarding PC gaming piracy. As the press release reads, Irdeto tracked the downloads of a major sports title on P2P networks after the title, which did not include anti-tamper protection, was cracked on the same day of its release.
During the first two weeks, Irdeto detected 355,664 torrent downloads of the illegal copy of the title. Given the retail price of the game, this puts the total potential loss of revenue from P2P downloads at $21,336,283. The research also found that the first day of release is crucial for the protection of a AAA title, as 12% of the illegal P2P downloads occurred within the first day of the cracked copy appearing on the P2P networks (and a substantial number of these in the first hour).
The research, however, did not include the number of gamers that bought the game after testing/playing the pirated copy. As such, the real potential damage for publishers is not as enormous as the report claims. Moreover, a pirated copy does not equal to a lost sale as there are some gamers that are simply tempted to download the game in order to test it (similarly to what demos were back in the days. And since these days there aren’t any demos, some gamers are using pirated versions as mere demos and nothing more. Of course it’s illegal but then again these gamers were never part of the game’s target group and would had never bought the game).
>> I like how the author of the article shows the missing points of the report.

MODS/EMULATORS

First 2019 version of the ALOT Mod brings brand new HD Textures to Mass Effect 1, 2 and 3
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/first-2019-version-of-the-alot-mod-brings-brand-new-hd-textures-to-mass-effect-1-2-and-3/
As we’ve already reported, brand new versions for the five best Mass Effect 3 mods will be released later today. And prior to their highly anticipated release, modder ‘CreeperLava’ released some new high-quality textures for all the first three Mass Effect games.
In case you aren’t aware of, A Lot Of Textures (ALOT) is a visual upgrade of the Mass Effect trilogy. ALOT features thousands of high resolution textures across all 3 games, providing high resolution textures for squad mates, environments, weapons, armours, enemies, allies and more. ALOT also restores a large number of unused, high resolution textures from the vanilla game, that were hidden away in the game files.
The latest version of ALOT for the first Mass Effect game adds hologram textures by Darziak and Mellin’s reaper textures. For Mass Effect 2, ALOT adds MaryseDynasty’s Quarian textures, MaryseDynasty’s Aria textures, hologram textures by Darziak and Volus texture. As for Mass Effect 3, ALOT fixes the lighting on the remote detonator object and adds new London Graffiti texture by Mellin, MaryseDynasty’s Quarian textures, MaryseDynasty’s Aria textures, hologram textures by Darziak and Volus texture.
>> The three versions of the mod are available from Nexus Mods: Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2 and Mass Effect 3.

This Starship Troopers mod turns the movie's big action scene into a Horde mode shootout
https://www.pcgamer.com/this-starship-troopers-mod-turns-the-movies-big-action-scene-into-a-horde-mode-shootout/
Even though Squad is a great shooter, it is missing one important thing: giant, terrifying sci-fi aliens. Inspired by the terrible-but-secretly-brilliant '90s B-movie Starship Troopers, the Troopers mod started enlisting future citizens when it launched a couple of weeks ago. It's still in development, but it's already off a promising start: Squad's unit-based communications and logistics make a perfect backdrop for fighting endless waves of bugs. It looks and feels remarkably like a big action scene in the middle of the film.

GAMING NEWS

Jurassic World Evolution update 1.5 detailed, will bring a Day/Night cycle and more
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/jurassic-world-evolution-update-1-5-detailed-will-bring-day-night-cycle-and-more/
Frontier has detailed the upcoming update 1.5 for Jurassic World Evolution. According to the team, this patch will add a Day/Night cycle, will big some improvements to the Dinosaur Behaviour and will add Higher Capacity Feeders.
>> Wait. It didn't have a day/night cycle? That's surprising (and lame).

New Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain patch released, breaks mod support
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/new-metal-gear-solid-5-the-phantom-pain-patch-released-breaks-mod-support/
Konami has released a new patch for Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. This patch is 114MB in size and according to its release notes it fixes an issue when using an Energy Wall while equipped with certain pieces of developed gear, as well as other issues.

Warcraft 3 – Original versus Remake video comparison
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/warcraft-3-original-versus-remake-video-comparison/
At Blizzcon 2018, Blizzard announced that it’s working on a remake for Warcraft 3, called Warcraft III Reforged. And today, we present you two videos that compare the visuals of the cinematic intro and the in-game graphics between the original and the remake versions.

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey November update will raise cap level to 70, adds new storyline quest & more
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/assassins-creed-odyssey-november-update-will-raise-cap-level-to-70-adds-new-storyline-quest-more/
Ubisoft has revealed the free content that will be coming to Assassin’s Creed Odyssey in November. According to the team, the November update will raise the game’s cap level from 50 to 70; a tweak that will definitely please a lot of players as they could easily hit the maximum cap level when doing lots of side missions.

Second PC patch for Warriors Orochi 4 available for download, full release notes revealed
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/second-pc-patch-for-warriors-orochi-4-available-for-download-full-release-notes-revealed/
KOEI Tecmo has released the second PC update for Warriors Orochi 4. This new patch adds a feature that allows players to sort the officer list by force and allows players to change their team and weapons during online co-op.

The news, the sequel:

Fortnite's monsters are sticking around in the new update
https://www.pcgamer.com/fortnites-monsters-are-sticking-around-in-the-new-update/
Fortnite’s 6.22 patch dropped today, throwing some meaty additions into the mix, not least of which are a brand new heavy assault rifle and Team Terror, a Limited Time Mode.

Ark: Extinction goes live today, Ark: Survival Evolved is free to play for the week
https://www.pcgamer.com/ark-extinction-goes-live-today-ark-survival-evolved-is-free-to-play-for-the-week/
The big Ark: Survival Evolved expansion Extinction is set to go live today, adding a brand new map and massive mega-dinosaurs to the game, and finally concluding the story that began, and will end, on the ruined world we call Earth.

All contact missions in GTA Online pay double this week, nightclubs are 30% off
https://www.pcgamer.com/all-contact-missions-in-gta-online-pay-double-this-week-and-nightclubs-are-30-off/
Contact missions offer players double XP and GTA$ in GTA Online this week—and they're not the only activities paying out generously. Terrorbyte-activated client jobs and Rockstar stunt races are also handing out double experience and in-game cash all week.

The Fallout 76 beta now locks the FOV and caps framerate at 63 fps
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-fallout-76-beta-now-locks-the-fov-and-caps-framerate-at-63-fps/
Last week we were able to run some initial benchmarks of Fallout 76 to see how it fares on various GPUs. Today, with the second to last beta and a 30GB update in hand, we hopped back in to find Bethesda's short-term fix to speed hacking. As we feared, rather than fixing the engine to properly handle higher framerates and refresh rates, a framerate lock is now in place, and adjusting FOV (field of view) is likewise disabled.

Here are Hitman 2's release times
https://www.pcgamer.com/hitman-2-release-times/
Hitman 2 is due out next week, which is quite alarming for someone who has just finished Marrakesh in the last game. Slow and steady, that’s me. It’s due out on November 13, though you’ll get to start assassinating folk on November 9 if you have the Gold Edition. IO Interactive has also revealed specific release times.

Overkill's The Walking Dead is out now and makes a bad first impression
https://www.pcgamer.com/overkills-the-walking-dead-is-out-now-and-makes-a-bad-first-impression/
After a few delays, Overkill’s The Walking Dead has finally shambled onto Steam, accompanied by the cinematic launch trailer above. We’re still putting it through its paces for our review, but it doesn’t make the best first impression. I took it for a quick spin today, and things did not go very well.

After nearly 5 years, DayZ finally moves into beta
https://www.pcgamer.com/after-nearly-5-years-dayz-finally-moves-into-beta/
The first beta build of DayZ has hit the experimental branch with new base building, "player restraining" and vehicle updates. "I'm excited about this first step to a more polished gameplay experience with more endgame goals to achieve" writes lead producer Eugen Harton in a DayZ blog post.

I/O doesn't scale downwards in nodes very well either... Because allot of die area is for things like routing... So it makes sense to have that on an older, cheaper process and bringing the cores to the latest and greatest process.