[UltraMega]

Well, here's something new and unexpected. It seems AMD is prepping a Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX Processor with 64-cores/128 threads and wait for it ... 8-channel DDR4 memory support.

A photo of the product surfaced on the Chiphell forums, but shortly after that was removed. As a pro series the processor is needs to compete with Xeon W series processors in that SOHO environment. The big news is that the Asia website reported the 3995WX is an offering 8-channel DDR4 memory interface, up to 2 TB of it The Ryzen Threadripper PRO series might see the light of day as soon as next week, July 14, 2020.

Source: https://www.guru3d.com/news-story/s...-story/spotted-ryzen-threadripper-pro-3995wx-processor-with-8-channel-ddr4.html

It's over 9000!

 

[PriestOfSin]

Interesting... could this mean the rumored 8-channel motherboards are a thing? Or could an existing threadripper board support 8-channel ram? Either way, $4,000 processor I reckon.

 

[UltraMega]

I would assume a motherboard with 8 channel memory support will be needed.

 

[Paradigm Shifter]

Nice.

But at the price this will command (fully expecting $4500+) it really competes with Epyc. What would make me choose this over an Epyc system? Is it the same socket as other Threadrippers? How? How expensive are the boards? Could I use normal DDR4? How many RAM slots? If 8, max RAM is 256GB currently for non-ECC non-Registered. No way will you be able to have 2TB of RAM without ECC-LRDIMMs - and the 256GB versions at that - so anyone buying this with that intent is already spending far more on RAM than they are on the CPU.

I don't really see the point, it just seems like it would directly compete with Epyc.

 

[bmgjet]

I don't really see the point, it just seems like it would directly compete with Epyc.

Easier to overclock would be the advantage for HEDT guys.
Disadvantage, Total ram and ECC gimped which would keep the server guys on Epyc.

Going to be out of my price range, But nice to see they are still pushing despite there being no competition where this is aimed.

 

[Paradigm Shifter]

Easier to overclock would be the advantage for HEDT guys.
Disadvantage, Total ram and ECC gimped which would keep the server guys on Epyc.

Going to be out of my price range, But nice to see they are still pushing despite there being no competition where this is aimed.

The quote from the original source explicitly mentions support for 2TB of RAM. That means ECC-Reg/LRDIMMs, unless the motherboards for this chip have 64 DIMM slots.

Unless of course they pull a fast one, and "technically" it supports 2TB, but "in practice" it is limited by DIMM slots/ECC support, etc...

 

[ozlay]

Maybe it like a FX-7X cpu. A threadripper on an EPYC board.

I wouldn't mind a new quad-father board. Well in this case a hecatoicosiocta-father board.

 

[huzzug]

Maybe it like a FX-7X cpu. A threadripper on an EPYC board.

I wouldn't mind a new quad-father board. Well in this case a hecatoicosiocta-father board.

You just outraged all the feminists at once.

 

[Liranan]

You just outraged all the feminists at once.

Open the flood gates, woke tears are about to flow! I am ready to salivate at their desperate attempts at attention seeking.

 

[prznar1]

Interesting... could this mean the rumored 8-channel motherboards are a thing? Or could an existing threadripper board support 8-channel ram? Either way, $4,000 processor I reckon.

quad channel board wont work as 8 channel because it has 8 słots. There is more to that than just number of slots.

 

[Wishmaker]

[insert Van Wilder but Why. Jif ]

 

[113802]

Looks like these new Threadripper Pro chips will be going against Intel's Xeon-W.

https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-ryzen-threadripper-pro-3000-final-specifications-leaked

 

[EniGma1987]

I would love to grab one of those 12 or 16 cores with 8 channel memory and higher PCIE lanes. I have been wanting a CPU with more expansion lanes, but I dont need or want 24+ cores

 

[JackCY]

So they etched Threadripper on it instead of Epyc, big deal, the issue here is price, Epyc's are not cheap. Another issue is what motherboard that isn't server one for Epyc actually supports all the memory channels.

 

[Xinoxide]

Maybe is for DDR5, dual channel per stick.