Re:AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X and 1950X CPUs Announced
by johnbellone on Thursday July 13, 2017 @12:09PM
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Its been awhile since I've built a computer with my own two hands, but either that man's hands are really small or hot damn AMD Ryzen CPU are huge.
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Re:AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X and 1950X CPUs Announced
by losvedir on Thursday July 13, 2017 @12:41PM
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For what it's worth, I interpreted that image to be a still from the announcement video, which from the article:
> Today’s announcements, accompanied by a video from the CEO of AMD Dr. Lisa Su
So, given that she's an Asian woman, it might be a smaller hand than you were thinking. Nevertheless, it does seem to be a very large component (hence the joke image at the bottom of the article).
Re:AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X and 1950X CPUs Announced
by floatboth on Thursday July 13, 2017 @05:13PM
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Of course it's her, no one else publicly showed a Threadripper yet :)
It is large — 4094 pin socket!
Re:AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X and 1950X CPUs Announced
by ChuckMcM on Thursday July 13, 2017 @12:18PM
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This announcement is essentially two Zen CPUs mounted on the same microchip module (MCM) so yes, the package is "huge" relative to previous CPUs.
Re:AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X and 1950X CPUs Announced
by NateyJay on Thursday July 13, 2017 @01:12PM
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MCM is multi chip module
Re:AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X and 1950X CPUs Announced
by blattimwind on Thursday July 13, 2017 @12:14PM
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This is a HEDT processor that comes in the package of their server processors (up to four dice and eight memory channels, over 4000 pins total). These are large, because there's a lot in them ;)
The desktop series has a more usual size.