I hope AMD hits hard the low end, too.
Most chips sold these days are server chips or mobile (cellphone or notebook). I hope these gains filter down to the mobile SKUs.
The AMD Threadripper 2 Teaser: Pre-Orders Start Today, Up to 32 Cores
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Re: The AMD Threadripper 2 Teaser: Pre-Orders Start Today, Up to 32 Cores
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I've seen that as well. I believe it boils down to a few AMD motherboard integrators that have rushed out products that are marginal - they work ok for simple use cases, but maxing them out reveals some edge cases they didn't work out. The solution, of course, is to name them. Can you share which motherboards you've seen people complaining about?
AMD's memory controller has worse compatibility compared to Intel's. AMD's 1st Gen Ryzen was known to have issues with Hynix dies. Remember: DDR4 goes straight to the CPU these days. I'm fairly certain that motherboard makers can make a simple wire connection between the DDR4 pins and the CPU itself without much issue. https://community.amd.com/thread/217871 The AMD Community knows to avoid Hynix and to buy Samsung.…
Hasn't the latest BIOS fix most of the issues?
AMD's memory controller is actually from Rambus.
The good thing is as more EPYC moves inside DC, there will be lots more memory testing done for AMD.
Re: The AMD Threadripper 2 Teaser: Pre-Orders Start Today, Up to 32 Cores
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Good god! Why on earth you need 32 core quad GPU workstation?
For the same reason Apple is selling an 18-core Mac Pro for $20,000 or whatever the price is now. Some people need that power. It's just that with AMD, you can get more of it and for a tiny fraction of the cost of Apple's Mac Pro.
Maxed out Mac Pro is $6K...
Re: The AMD Threadripper 2 Teaser: Pre-Orders Start Today, Up to 32 Cores
#124Earlier quoted context omitted.
What is strange about pre-ordering hardware that might initially be in short supply? Pre-orders don't make sense in the case of downloadable games, where there is no scarcity.
you get bonuses and you get to annoy gamers. that's 1 good reason to preorder, plus some bonuses that tend to be lame.
Are you implying you make poor financial decisions because you feel that it annoys other people?
Re: The AMD Threadripper 2 Teaser: Pre-Orders Start Today, Up to 32 Cores
#125An image says x series is for gamers. Are modern games that CPU intensive? Don't most major game engines depend almost entirely upon the GPU?
IME gamers are those who most likely are willing to shell out noticeably more money for something which they perceive may potentially improve their game performance. Statistically I’m pretty sure most of them aren’t too scientific about their assumptions. Hence the huge market for lots of HW which no normal person would buy, explicitly targeted at gamers. TLDR: reality doesn’t matter as long as the x CPUs are faster…
Gamers don't buy new CPUs hoping they might be faster, that's ridiculous.
They check benchmarks and see what kind of gains they can expect over what they currently have.
Re: The AMD Threadripper 2 Teaser: Pre-Orders Start Today, Up to 32 Cores
#126Earlier quoted context omitted.
The Platform Security Processor (and the code to make it work) is licensed from ARM, AMD did hire a 3rd party to audit the PSP after that thread on Reddit blew up. The results indicated the need for a rewrite, so in 5 to 6 years hopefully AMD will own the IP to their new PSP.
Really? Are the audit results or an announcement about them public?
The audit results aren't public, primarily due to them not being good: https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/6o2e6t/amd_is_not_open...