AMD begins next-gen Threadripper testing Shipping manifest reveals the config of a new HEDT CPU.  Spotted at NBD (a shipping manifest aggregation and query system) is AMD's yet-to-be-announced Threadripper platform. According to the leaks, this new platform is codenamed Shimada Peak and is likely to be marketed as Threadripper 9000. The first SKU spotted in a manifest is a 96-core part, which might be the full configuration for the next-gen Threadripper. As a reminder, the Zen5 Genoa package comes in two variants: either with the classic larger cores (Zen4) or the dense smaller cores (Zen4c). While EPYC can go up...

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