AMD unveils Ryzen Threadripper 7000 family: 96 core Zen 4 for workstations and HEDT
Being announced today by AMD for a November 21st launch, this morning AMD is taking the wraps off of their Ryzen 7000 Threadripper CPUs. These high-end chips are being split up into two product lines, with AMD assembling the workstation-focused Ryzen Threadripper 7000 Pro series, as well as the non-pro Ryzen Threadripper 7000 series for the more consumer-ish high-end desktop (HEDT) market. Both chip lines are based on AMD's tried and true Zen 4 architecture - derivatives of AMD's EPYC server processors - incorporating AMD's Zen 4 chiplets and a discrete I/O dies. As with previous generations of Threadripper parts, we're essentially looking at the desktop version of AMD's EPYC hardware.
With both product lines, AMD is targeting customer bases that need CPUs more powerful than a desktop Ryzen processor, but not as exotic (or expensive) as AMD's server wares. This means chips with lots and lots of CPU cores - up to 96 in the case of the Threadripper 7000 Pro series - as well as support for a good deal more I/O and memory. The amount varies with the specific chip lineup, but both leave Ryzen 7000 and its 16 cores and 24 PCIe lanes in the dust.
I'm hoping these will eventually find their way to eBay, so that around five years from now, I can replace my dual-Xeon workstation with a Threadripper machine.