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Re:Apple M1 Ultra by gzer0 on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @04:17PM (#30607123)
It might also be reasonable to say that the threadripper is a workstation chip, not a chip for personal computers.

Edit: even AMD themselves call their threadripper lineup workstation chips, not personal.

https://www.amd.com/en/processors/workstation

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Re:Apple M1 Ultra by kllrnohj on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @05:10PM (#30607895)
Threadripper Pro is the workstation chip. Regular Threadripper (non-Pro) was not aimed at workstations, it was aimed at the "HEDT" market. Strictly speaking it's considered a consumer market (albeit for the enthusiasts of enthusiasts)
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Re:Apple M1 Ultra by 2OEH8eoCRo0 on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @05:16PM (#30607974)
I'd call them personal chips. When I think of non-personal chips I think IBM POWER or Ampere Altra.
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Re:Apple M1 Ultra by freemint on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @04:53AM (#30612730)
Why do you think of Altera as non-personal chips?
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Re:Apple M1 Ultra by 2OEH8eoCRo0 on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @08:25AM (#30614137)
Not Altera, Ampere Altra. This: https://amperecomputing.com/processors/ampere-altra/

If the purchase page says to "contact sales" and doesn't list a price then it is not for consumers.

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Re:Apple M1 Ultra by freemint on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @10:11AM (#30615253)
Click where to buy tab, then there is a list of distributors. Including ones which sell workstation versions with a configurator and pricing. https://store.avantek.co.uk/ampere-altra-64bit-arm-workstati...
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