Indeed, as noted in the conclusion there is very little middle ground as performance with this particular NUMA structure is bimodal depending on memory access p

Indeed, as noted in the conclusion there is very little middle ground as performance with this particular NUMA structure is bimodal depending on memory access patterns and power consumption of all the supporting hardware. I suppose it makes the most sense to frame this as an iteration of the original Threadripper with all the design compromises that entails to provide backward compatibility with existing motherboards. I'm definitely more excited for the next generation HEDT chips that hopefully have a more balanced layout like Epyc. AMD have certainly come out of the Bulldozer era swinging, and we all benefit from their aggressive pricing.