AMD is certainly having the year of comebacks. We already know the Ryzen 7 processors and what they can do, and the Ryzen 5 processors will be released shortly. We also know about the impressive 32-core Naples workstation and server processors which will be coming soon as well as the new Vega graphics cards. The space between the Ryzen 7 1800x and the Naples 32-core processors will be filled with impressive 12-core and 16-core variants and it is those we’re talking about here.
The 12 and 16-core Ryzen processors are designed to take on Intel’s High-End Desktop (HEDT) systems on the X99 platform. We’ve already seen some diagrams and motherboard layouts for these processors with a larger socket than the AM4. That is because these new processors feature pin-counts in excess of 4,000 pins and come in a new LGA package.
The reason for this is simple, the new 12-core and 16-core Ryzen processors will be multi-chip modules (MCMs) of two “Summit Ridge” dies. A report from a Türkish tech publication revealed this and the 12-core version will simply have one core disabled per CCX (3+3+3+3).
Since the processor is an MCM of two Summit Ridge dies, the memory bus width and PCIe lanes will be doubled. The chip will feature a quad-channel DDR4 memory interface and will have a total of 58 PCI-Express Gen. 3.0 lanes (only one of the two dies will put out the PCI-Express 3.0 x4 A-Link chipset bus).
Another piece of great news is that the increase in core count isn’t coming with a decrease in clock speeds. The 12-core variant will hence likely have its TDP rated at 140W and the 16-core variant at 180W. AMD is expected to unveil these chips at the Computex 2017 in Taipei, this June. The actual products are expected to launch shortly after.
Look at that. Can’t wait to see what performance metric against 6900k and 6950X will be. Should give them one hell of competitio
Is what i was waiting for, some interesting memory speed and enough PCIe lanes combined with a interesting CPU multicore power. Finally a trully hi-end solution from AMD after the deceiving gamers target CPU first Ryzen blow.
Naples will highly undercut Xeon. Just like the 1800X did to 6950X.a