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The silicon is the same, sure. However the socket, motherboard, and related are sadly unique. Doubly confusing is there are single socket specific Epyc chips
by sliken 5y ago
The silicon is the same, sure. However the socket, motherboard, and related are sadly unique. Doubly confusing is there are single socket specific Epyc chips as well. Chips like the 7313p (zen3/milan for a single socket) fit the future TR product segment perfectly, but it's shipping today and fits Epyc boards instead of the rare/expensive TR pro motherboards.
Seems silly, does AMD really need two different/incompatible sockets for a 16-64 core CPU with 8 channels of DDR4-3200?
It just divides the market, decreases volume per product, and makes everything more expensive. The TR (and TR pro) motherboards and CPUs are low volume speciality items, priced a a premium, and seem to have no advantages over the epyc flavor.