EPYC Rome images

IOD Closer

First picture of what appears to be GIGABYTE's AORUS motherboard based on TRX40 chipset

Threadripper 3960X & 3970X

AMD is planning three Threadripper 3000 SKUs: 3960X, 3970X and 3990X. The first two will be unveiled on November 5th, but the embargo on sales and reviews will be lifted on November 19th.

Threadripper 3990X

On November 5th AMD will also announce Ryzen Threadripper 3990X processor. This model is currently planned for January 2020. In November AMD will only reveal the core count and the name of the CPU itself (it is clearly written in the document, in fact, it mentions "a teaser"). It is very likely that on November 5th the clock speeds will not be revealed.

TRX40 Chipset

On November 5th AMD will also unveil TRX40 chipset and motherboard makers will have a green light to showcase their TRX40 motherboards. However, they will also not be available for sale until November 19th.

Threadripper 3980X and TRX80 Chipset

The documents we have currently do not list 3980X SKU and there is no mention of TRX80 motherboards.

AMD EPYC inside (64 core model), Threadripper will be 100% same (they differ only in socket routing and 4 memory channels are disabled in the IO die).

Some naming leak

MSI Creator TRX40 motherboard name appeared today at MSI site for brief time.

It is different rumors in the industry, TRX40 chipset can be either remarket x570 or even remarked and specially modified x399 (differently configured x370).

AMD idea can be to cut the older processor owners from upgrade path, as all motherboard manufacturers requested to drop compatibility, as they want to sell you extra MB.

Note that most of the time it was not Intel behind socked change - but nice group of same Taiwanese greedy shits.

New Geekbenck 5 results leak for 32 core model

Threadripper 4- & 8-Channel Variant Leaks

AMD’s document notes that sTRX4 and sWRX8 are single-socket client platforms that use surface-mount LGA sockets supporting Family 17h models 30h to 3Fh, which seems to include some previous generation CPUs. The alleged document includes a note that sTRX4 should include 64 lanes of PCIe Gen4 with 16 lanes switchable for 16 lanes of SATA, while sWRX8 indicates 96-128 lanes of PCIe Gen4, allowing for 32 switchable lanes with SATA. As for overclocking support, sTRX4 is marked as “yes,” while sWRX8 is marked as “no.”

CPUs will have 280W TDP, so in reality will be closer to 350W for top models.

One more of leaks summary

• Release Date: Q4 2019
• Based on AMD's EPYC Server Processors (Rome)
• Codename: Castle Peak & Sharkstooth
• Uses 7 nanometer process tech for CPU chiplets paired with 12 nm IO die
• Up to 64 cores
• Up to Eight-channel DDR4 memory interface
• Up to 128 PCIe 4.0 lanes
• Castle Peak is 8-channel memory, Sharkstooth is 4-channel memory
• Backwards compatible with existing X399 Threadripper motherboards, but will result in narrower memory and PCIe 3.0 I/O
• Three new chipsets: TRX40, TRX80 and WRX80

More news on AMD x599 chipset(s)

Current rumors are that we will see 3 different versions of same chipset with names - TRX40, TRX80 and WRX80.

Asus plans to make ASUS PRIME TRX40-PRO and ASUS ROG STRIX TRX40-E GAMING at least, according to leaked info.

Main idea is to maximally segment and rise the prices on HEDT motherboards.

• TRX40 chipset motherboards are supposed to have only 4 memory slots and half of PCIe lines won't be used.
• TRX80 chipset motherboards will have all 8 memory slots but PCIe and M.2 will be still limited.
• WRX80 will be equivalent of x399 for features, but with PCIe 4.0 and more chipset lines.

Expect for new motherboards with WRX80 to be around $999 mark (triple of current x399 prices!).

Rumors in the industry chats that AMD already set absolute record of profitability (per each CPU and chipset) in the industry in last 15 years. And this is still with bad TSMC 7nm yields. In early 2020 margins are expected to double.

Epyc server boards

From benchmarks database