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Looks like a great chip! (Sounds like a bad movie).
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AMD announce EPYC
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that's not a socket, that's a motherboard
thing is so huge
It's 4 Ryzen R7's in one package!
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Forgetting the EPIC link, at least they don't appear to have tried to tie their name into that of the competitors server processors. I wouldn't have been surprised if they had called it YEON 
...Y is > X in the alphabet so therefore better
...Y is > X in the alphabet so therefore better
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launches 20th June
Indeed, very quick to market from announcement. 
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I'll admit, it seems that I'm in a minority who actual really like the name. And no, I'm not a child 
(but don't ask my kids for their opinions on that..)
(but don't ask my kids for their opinions on that..)
Caporegime
I'll admit, it seems that I'm in a minority who actual really like the name. And no, I'm not a child
I like it too
Soldato
Honestly think it's better than Threadripper but they can do what they want with names as I don't really mind as long as it performs.
Caporegime
What? Threadripper is awesome! :O
Soldato
Just not for me in honesty. Each to own though
Me trying to go to my boss, hey we need some new rendering machines and we want to use the new AMD Threadripper CPU's because they are going to be brilliant for our needs. Boss goes "are you kidding? It sounds like a toy or games system, are you 12?"
Our boss has no idea on the technical but if it sounds childish in his view it is. Just how it's perceived in the non-tech world that is all.
With EPYC I can just use that as an acro and thus doesn't come across as childish regardless.
Caporegime
Just not for me in honesty. Each to own though
Me trying to go to my boss, hey we need some new rendering machines and we want to use the new AMD Threadripper CPU's because they are going to be brilliant for our needs. Boss goes "are you kidding? It sounds like a toy or games system, are you 12?"
Our boss has no idea on the technical but if it sounds childish in his view it is. Just how it's perceived in the non-tech world that is all.
With EPYC I can just use that as an acro and thus doesn't come across as childish regardless.
You should have called it the Ryzen 9 series, which is probably what will be printed on the box.
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I know but I am just really talking about perception. In this instance I just showed the technical data and said look at the number next to the core/thread count and he happy bunny as what understands is more cores/threads equals faster production in simple terms.
I know that most of use won't be getting these, but here are some leaked details regarding eypc. Base clocks from 2.0 GHz to 2.4 GHz. Highest clocked 32 core part is 2.2 GHz base.
https://videocardz.com/70266/amd-epyc-7000-series-specs-and-performance-leaked
Edit: The cheapest Eypc is around the $700 mark for 16c. Threadripper's price is going to be interesting.
https://videocardz.com/70266/amd-epyc-7000-series-specs-and-performance-leaked
Edit: The cheapest Eypc is around the $700 mark for 16c. Threadripper's price is going to be interesting.
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Just not for me in honesty. Each to own though
Me trying to go to my boss, hey we need some new rendering machines and we want to use the new AMD Threadripper CPU's because they are going to be brilliant for our needs. Boss goes "are you kidding? It sounds like a toy or games system, are you 12?"
Our boss has no idea on the technical but if it sounds childish in his view it is. Just how it's perceived in the non-tech world that is all.
With EPYC I can just use that as an acro and thus doesn't come across as childish regardless.
Then your boss is an idiot and will lose his job to someone who has better business acumen.
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My one will said, interesting option get it done. No one's paying attention to what the code name is.
Just PR.
Just PR.
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There are some Threadripper benchmarks on Geekbench - assuming they're legit, the results don't bode well. In multi-threaded performance, the 16 core 1950X is only about 20% faster than the 6 core Xeon in my current system;
(https://browser.primatelabs.com/v4/cpu/compare/3108993?baseline=2517429)
Perhaps this is a result of Geekbench failing to properly utilise so many cores? The single core result is pretty encouraging, given that it's pretty much the same as the Xeon at 3.6GHz with a 200MHz clock speed deficit.
Geekbench is notoriously bad on AMD CPUS, then again it says the new Apple A10 processor is better than Kaby Lake 2-4 Cores as well.
It'll probably need another update to correctly benchmark the new architectures and cores.