Intel is lining up its next-generation High-End Desktop (HEDT) processors, which it will still base on its 14 nm FinFET process. A new Threadripper 3000 Geekbench listing demonstrates how far Intel is behind AMD in the HEDT space though, with a 32 core SKU exceeding 65,000 points again in multicore work. The Zen 2-based series looks set to be compatible with Socket AM4 and the X570 chipset too.
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-falls-hopelessly-short-of-the-latest-32-core-AMD-Threadripper-3000-processor-to-hit-Geekbench.434973.0.html
This does not in any way confirm that Threadripper 3000-series CPUs will be socket AM4-compatible. Besides this being physically impossible (no way to fit four Zen2 dice+ an I/O die on an AM4 package), this would also strip it of both quad channel memory and extra PCIe lanes should it somehow happen. A far more likely explanation is that the entry-level chipset for the next generation of TR will be the same silicon as X570 but with a different name to avoid confusion (which hasnt yet been changed for pre-production boards). After all, AMD's modern chipsets are pretty much just generic PCIe devices as far as the PC knows and can as such be connected to pretty much any platform should an OEM want to.
Quote from: Valantar on September 19, 2019, 14:39:13
This does not in any way confirm that Threadripper 3000-series CPUs will be socket AM4-compatible. Besides this being physically impossible (no way to fit four Zen2 dice+ an I/O die on an AM4 package), this would also strip it of both quad channel memory and extra PCIe lanes should it somehow happen. A far more likely explanation is that the entry-level chipset for the next generation of TR will be the same silicon as X570 but with a different name to avoid confusion (which hasnt yet been changed for pre-production boards). After all, AMD's modern chipsets are pretty much just generic PCIe devices as far as the PC knows and can as such be connected to pretty much any platform should an OEM want to.
My bad, I meant TR4, not AM4.