According to foreign media reports, last week AMD held a communication event on ThreadRipper 2 (second-generation thread tearer, 12nm Zen+ architecture) processor in Maranello, Italy, but the content is kept secret. If nothing unexpected, this should be involved. The specific specifications, price and other information of the processor.
Probably got some information, the Canadian retailer suddenly released the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX processor booking page, marked as 32 core 64 threads, which is the flagship style, price Grid 2399 Canadian dollars (about 12518 yuan).
Of course, this is not the first time the channel sneaked. A month ago, the European website Cybersport also released 2,509 euros (about 11977 yuan) of 2990X, the price is quite consistent. Just considering the competition with Core i9 and AMD's pricing strategy, domestic May not exceed 10,000 yuan.
However, as for the reason why the 2990 is followed by the suffix of WX, it is not known.
Other information about this CPU is listed, 80MB cache, 250W thermal design power, frequency unknown (Cybersport gives 3.4GHz, accelerates 4.0GHz) .
According to AMD's latest statement at the earnings conference, the thread tearer second-generation processor was released this quarter, which is in the 8th and 9th months. Since the Core 9000 is behind, it is clear that the market is more sensible in August. It is August 13th.
According to TMHW, MSI, ASRock, Gigabyte, etc. have recently updated the BIOS for the X399 old motherboard, preparing for the second-generation tearer's launch, after all, the 4094-pin TR4 interface has not changed.
Integrating the current news, The second-generation thread tearer is expected to have 32C64T 2990X/WX, 24C48T 2970X, 16C32T 2950X and 12C24T 2920X at least four models.
