Why do you think $1500 for a 16 core part is giving it away? There was a time not long ago where $1500 for an intel xeon was a solidly high-end part. This part

Why do you think $1500 for a 16 core part is giving it away? There was a time not long ago where $1500 for an intel xeon was a solidly high-end part. This part is really nice, but it looks pretty low end when compared with dual socket machines with 128 cores. Its likely AMD is making a healthy profit on it and has an estimate about how much of the market they are going to gain by significantly undercutting intel vs the profits per part. AKA if knocking 10-20% off their proffit increases their market by 30-40% its a no-brainer.