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Its been awhile since I've built a computer with my own two hands, but either that man's hands are really small or hot damn AMD Ryzen CPU are huge.
by johnbellone 9y ago
Its been awhile since I've built a computer with my own two hands, but either that man's hands are really small or hot damn AMD Ryzen CPU are huge.
- blattimwind 9y agoThis is a HEDT processor that comes in the package of their server processors (up to four dice and eight memory channels, over 4000 pins total). These are large, because there's a lot in them ;) The desktop series has a more usual size.
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- ChuckMcM 9y agoThis announcement is essentially two Zen CPUs mounted on the same microchip module (MCM) so yes, the package is "huge" relative to previous CPUs.
- NateyJay 9y agoMCM is multi chip module
- losvedir 9y agoFor what it's worth, I interpreted that image to be a still from the announcement video, which from the article: > Today’s announcements, accompanied by a video from the CEO of AMD Dr. Lisa Su So, given that she's an Asian woman, it might be a smaller hand than you were thinking. Nevertheless, it does seem to be a very large component (hence the joke image at the bottom of the article).
- floatboth 9y agoOf course it's her, no one else publicly showed a Threadripper yet :) It is large — 4094 pin socket!
- floatboth 9y agoThreadripper and Epyc are huge. The desktop Ryzen is small :)