It's not actually that tiny and it's pretty spread out. The HEDT chips are physically very large. You can see how the dies themselves are laid out here: https:

It's not actually that tiny and it's pretty spread out. The HEDT chips are physically very large. You can see how the dies themselves are laid out here: https://images.anandtech.com/doci/15151/amd_rome-678_678x452_575px_678x452.png https://images.anandtech.com/doci/15151/amd_rome-678_678x452... And you can see how physically huge the package is here compared to desktop CPUs you may be more familiar with: https://images.app.goo.gl/T5kpz8WyjGHV8Vqm8 https://images.app.goo.gl/T5kpz8WyjGHV8Vqm8