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AMD Ryzen 9 'Threadripper' announced with up to 16 cores

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Well then, AMD are truly back in the game now aren't they! They have announced the AMD Ryzen 9 'Threadripper' which will come with up to 16 cores.

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There's been a bunch of leaks surrounding Threadripper and I don't know how true they are, but the line-up could be something like this (source):
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Those are some incredibly impressive specifications. Everyone I've spoken to with a current Ryzen chip is incredibly happy with it, so it certainly seems like AMD is fully back on form. They have a good chip design, with a decent roadmap and now some even more powerful chips coming out.

There's also this roadmap floating around:
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It's going to be an interesting few years, since Intel finally have some proper competition once again, we will see things from both sides continue to move at a quicker pace now. The CPU wars are back and we should all win, since Intel's domination seems to firmly be over.

My i7 is starting to feel a little old now, might be upgrade time sometime next year. Zen 2 could be an ideal upgrade for me, but ideally I will be looking for a new monitor and GPU first. My current monitor doesn't turn on half the time now which is becoming a real nuisance to work with.

What do you think to the idea of Threadripper? Catchy name. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Andrei B. May 17, 2017
Wow, 7nm.. Impressive.
Ten years ago we thought that 23nm was the physical limit.
Samsai May 17, 2017
"Threadripper" sounds super badass, I gotta say.
Ehvis May 17, 2017
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Quoting: Samsai"Threadripper" sounds super badass, I gotta say.

But ripped threads will not be able to do their work properly!
Trump May 17, 2017
Can't lie, I'm starting to like this new AMD. And the name thread ripper is just freaking sweet.
lucinos May 17, 2017
Quoting: Andrei B.Wow, 7nm.. Impressive.
Ten years ago we thought that 23nm was the physical limit.

I don't remember that. I for many years now remember the physical limit be considered around 5 nm (and it is getting there now as it seems). Moore's Law also considered to be halted in 2010s. 7nm is really impressive but not too unrealistic. Intel had stopped at 14nm for a some time now and either intel wanted Amd to catch up or already is getting proportionally way more difficult. Of course now I believe we Moore's Law is near the end and will not be continued in 2020s as already have happened for many years now with frequencies. In any case 1nm is very near the atomic scale.
Eike May 17, 2017
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Anybody ran Deus Ex: Mankind Devided on an AMD Octacore?
My i3570k and GTX 780 are struggling hard on this one...
Eike May 17, 2017
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Quoting: lucinosI don't remember that. I for many years now remember the physical limit be considered around 5 nm (and it is getting there now as it seems).

Some more years ago (beginning of the century?), the wave length of the lithography was supposed to be the lower limit of the structure size...

Quoting: lucinosIn any case 1nm is very near the atomic scale.

Yeah, we're running into limits (and already did).
10 GHz was predicted as well back then...


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razing32 May 17, 2017
Must resist urge to blow money on new gaming rig .....
Guest May 17, 2017
Quoting: razing32Must resist urge to blow money on new gaming rig .....


m0nt3 May 17, 2017
Quoting: EikeAnybody ran Deus Ex: Mankind Devided on an AMD Octacore?
My i3570k and GTX 780 are struggling hard on this one...

On mediumish settings I have not seen below 49. However I am not very far in, just got to the apartment.
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