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Giddy! At this rate I will be running a 64 Core processor on my desktop in 2 years!

Zekio 7y ago
Well depending on if the rumors about the 64 core Threadripper are true you could do that later this year or maybe early next year
- MuffinFlavored 7y ago
  and still have some I/O operation block your entire GUI/OS :D
  - mfatica 7y ago
    elaborate?
    - Rebelgecko 7y ago
      I think they're pointing out that many of the bottlenecks that make computers feel slow can't be fixed by throwing more cores at them—multithreading can be tricky
      - astrodust 7y ago
        You could have 128 cores, 4TB of memory, multiple top-end NVMe drives and Windows will still lock up when accessing an offline network share. Good job Microsoft.
        jtl999 7y ago
        I had that issue with OS X 10.11 and disconnecting my Thunderbolt NIC without umounting cleanly. Argh
        Zekio 7y ago
        you can solve that by ticking a checkmark in `Folder Options` that puts folders in separate processes
  - vbezhenar 7y ago
    More likely sleep with lock.
mtgx 7y ago
There's already a 64-core Threadripper rumored for the end of this year. Top-tier Ryzen 9 should reach "only" 32 cores on the 5nm process in 2 years.
- bitL 7y ago
  > "only" 32 cores But it might be 4-way SMP, so 128 threads...
  - uep 7y ago
    I've seen multiple 4-way SMP rumors in comments in the last few weeks. Was there something hinted at, or a "leak" implying this might happen? I did a brief search but didn't find anything.
    - bitL 7y ago
      Just rumors on /r/AMD, who knows?
- Ragib_Zaman 7y ago
  Is this conjecture or has AMD stated in a roadmap they plan to have 5nm in 2 years?
  - astrodust 7y ago
    They're going to use whatever TSMC uses, and TSMC is committed to 5nm. The process is already being tested. https://www.tomshardware.com/news/tsmc-5nm-euv-process-node,38995.html https://www.tomshardware.com/news/tsmc-5nm-euv-process-node,...
opencl 7y ago
You can buy a 64 core dual socket EPYC workstation today for ~$15000. I wonder how much cheaper it'll be 2 years from now.

Well depending on if the rumors about the 64 core Threadripper are true you could do that later this year or maybe early next year

MuffinFlavored 7y ago
and still have some I/O operation block your entire GUI/OS :D
- mfatica 7y ago
  elaborate?
  - Rebelgecko 7y ago
    I think they're pointing out that many of the bottlenecks that make computers feel slow can't be fixed by throwing more cores at them—multithreading can be tricky
    - astrodust 7y ago
      You could have 128 cores, 4TB of memory, multiple top-end NVMe drives and Windows will still lock up when accessing an offline network share. Good job Microsoft.
      - jtl999 7y ago
        I had that issue with OS X 10.11 and disconnecting my Thunderbolt NIC without umounting cleanly. Argh
      - Zekio 7y ago
        you can solve that by ticking a checkmark in `Folder Options` that puts folders in separate processes
- vbezhenar 7y ago
  More likely sleep with lock.

mtgx 7y ago

There's already a 64-core Threadripper rumored for the end of this year. Top-tier Ryzen 9 should reach "only" 32 cores on the 5nm process in 2 years.

bitL 7y ago
> "only" 32 cores But it might be 4-way SMP, so 128 threads...
- uep 7y ago
  I've seen multiple 4-way SMP rumors in comments in the last few weeks. Was there something hinted at, or a "leak" implying this might happen? I did a brief search but didn't find anything.
  - bitL 7y ago
    Just rumors on /r/AMD, who knows?
Ragib_Zaman 7y ago
Is this conjecture or has AMD stated in a roadmap they plan to have 5nm in 2 years?
- astrodust 7y ago
  They're going to use whatever TSMC uses, and TSMC is committed to 5nm. The process is already being tested. https://www.tomshardware.com/news/tsmc-5nm-euv-process-node,38995.html https://www.tomshardware.com/news/tsmc-5nm-euv-process-node,...

opencl 7y ago

You can buy a 64 core dual socket EPYC workstation today for ~$15000. I wonder how much cheaper it'll be 2 years from now.