The Ampere Altra Max Review: Pushing it to 128 Cores per Socket by Andrei Frumusanu from on 2021-10-07 12:00 (#5QEWD) Following last year's 80-core Altra, Ampere is now delivering the new Altra Max server processor with up to 128 cores, double that of the competition, and with a focus on Cloud and hyperscale deployments, we've had a look on the new chip.