We’re mixing collectively a few leaks in the present day, each as a result of they inform one another, and since that is simply how we roll. A curious end result discovered within the Einstein@House database appears to be for an unreleased Threadripper CPU. A separate AMD roadmap leak from a convention in Indonesia does not have quite a lot of new data, however could give us some perception on when that CPU will really be accessible.
First up, the database leak. Einstein@House is a distributed computing undertaking that searches for neutron stars. Like most distributed computing initiatives, it is open for anybody to contribute their CPU cycles to the huge computational workload, however Einstein@House maintains a database of contributors that features the specs of their {hardware}. We have seen leaks from BOINC databases earlier than.
What we have not seen within the database till now’s a 64-core Ryzen CPU utilizing AMD’s Zen 4 structure. The entry for the machine in query is screenshotted above, and you may clearly see that it is an AMD Engineering Pattern Mannequin 24 from Household 25—meaning it is virtually assuredly a Zen 4 half. Even when that data wasn’t accessible, the Einstein@House itemizing consists of the CPU’s L2 cache. Having a strong megabyte of L2 pins this AMD CPU squarely as a Zen 4 half.
The presence of 128 threads (64 cores with SMT) signifies this must be both an EPYC or Threadripper CPU. We suspect it is one of many upcoming Threadripper “Storm Peak” chips, primarily based on each the mannequin quantity and the relatively-modest 32GB of reminiscence put in. EPYC Genoa and Storm Peak ought to prime out at 96 cores, however this could possibly be a mannequin decrease within the stack or it merely has a decreased variety of energetic cores because of being an early pattern.
As for the query of when the next-generation Threadripper elements might be accessible, properly, this leaked roadmap from Indonesia would possibly give us a clue. The photograph is from the AMD Indonesia Grand Launch Occasion for the Ryzen 7000 collection, which came about on September twenty eighth. In that sense, it is not likely a “leak” per se, however to our information, it hasn’t been proven wherever else.
The roadmap is for AMD’s desktop merchandise, and it appears to point that we’ll have to attend till the latter a part of subsequent 12 months earlier than we see next-generation Threadrippers. It additionally confirms the existence of “APU” merchandise coming to Socket AM5. Neither of those reveals are notably stunning, but it surely’s good to have official phrase.
Do not count on Storm Peak to point out up in non-PRO kind. Regardless of claiming in any other case earlier than the discharge of the Ryzen Threadripper 5000 PRO collection, AMD appears to have killed off the non-PRO Threadripper line altogether. We totally count on that Storm Peak will arrive, every time it arrives, because the Threadripper 7000 PRO collection.
