ASUS Rep Reveals AMD TR5 Platform For Ryzen Threadripper 7000 “Storm Peak” CPUs Launching In 2H 2023

ASUS's General Manager, Tony Yu, has revealed in a recent video published over at Bilibili that AMD will be launching its TR5 platform for the next-gen Ryzen Threadripper 7000 "Storm Peak" CPUs in the second half of 2023.

Previously, it was reported that AMD's Ryzen Threadripper 7000 HEDT CPUs will hit retail shelves by September of this year. Now, ASUS itself has revealed that this might indeed be the case since the company's rep, Tony Yu, has pointed out a 2H 2023 launch for the next-gen Threadripper chips that are codenamed Storm Peak.

The video is quite interesting since it compares Intel's recently released Xeon W9-3495X Flagship Sapphire Rapids CPU against the AMD Threadripper Pro 5995WX chip. Both chips trade blows vs each other but Intel's Xeon CPU consumes way more power. Although the platform has its own advantages, Tony states that those might be a thing of the past later this year when Threadripper 7000 HEDT CPUs come out on the TR5 platform and offer more cores, more I/O & just better CPU performance/efficiency.

Intel's future Xeon lineup, Emerald Rapids with Raptor Cove cores, is also mentioned though we can't say for sure if we will get those chips in Workstation flavors or not since the latest roadmap didn't show those. However, if the competition is there from AMD (which highly seems to be the case) then Intel can fire back with some Raptor Cove-enhanced Xeon Workstation parts later next year. The Emerald Rapids-SP lineup is scheduled for a Q4 2023 launch.

AMD's Ryzen Threadripper 7000 HEDT CPUs will come in both Workstation and HEDT flavors. The Workstation family will enter the top segment with 8-channel DDR5 memory support, up to 128 PCIe Gen 5 lanes, and 8 PCIe Gen 3 lanes but will lack OC capabilities for both CPU & memory. The HEDT segment is where users will get OC support for both CPU and memory but the platform will feature support for 4-channel DDR5 memory and offer up to 64 PCIe Gen 5.0 lanes. Following is how the lineups will stack up in the HEDT segment:

For the workstation segment, we have:

It remains to be seen whether AMD will deliver the full 96-core Zen 4 parts on the HEDT family but if they do, that will mark a major blow to Intel's Xeon W-2400 which will only feature up to 24 cores.

The AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7000 Desktop CPUs will feature up to 96 cores and 192 threads based on the Zen 4 core architecture and fabricated on TSMC's 5nm node. The CPUs will be replacing the existing 'Chagall' lineup and will be designed purely for high-end and extreme workstation users. Since the core count is the same as the EPYC Genoa parts, they are likely to utilize the same die but with specific parts disabled for standard consumers.

This is where the new platform comes into play. For EPYC, AMD is going to switch to its new SP5 socket. A new socket will also be designed around the Threadripper platform and may be known as the TR5 or SP5r2. The existing TR4 socket lasted two generations with Zen 2 & Zen 3 Threadripper options. AMD is likely to retain a similar cadence for the upcoming socket which will support new technologies such as DDR5 and PCIe 5.0. The CPU itself will be very massive as seen in the SP5 chip package shot below:

There's no mention of a Zen 4C variant on the roadmap or a V-Cache variant but AMD might unveil them at a later date. Based on the information that has leaked out, it looks like Intel will have a small amount of time before AMD send them back to the drawing board but hopefully, this will bring a healthy amount of competition within the HEDT segment which was mostly abandoned by both companies for years.

We may likely hear more about these next-gen HEDT CPUs in the coming months. Computex is by the mid of 2023 so it is likely we get a teaser of the next-gen HEDT chips by then.

News Source: HXL (@9550pro)