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AMD has had a stellar 2018 and it looks like the planning for 2019 is going to reach the stars, with a new rumor that AMD is planning a huge AMD Tech Day during CES 2019 where it will unveil its next-gen HEDT platform: X499.

We heard rumblings about this a few months ago, with X499 arriving to battle Intel's new HEDT platform, X599 - which will support Skylake-X that will drive up to 28C/56T. AMD is already ahead of Intel there with their Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX and its huge 32C/64T, but the shift to X499 will see something that will leapfrog Intel... the move to 7nm.

AMD will be shipping 7nm processors and a new Radeon Instinct graphics card on 7nm later this year, so we should expect the company to be confident with 7nm in early-2019. We might see an announcement of things 'coming soon' in terms of X499 and the new 7nm EPYC processors, while we might see a tease of things to come from a third-gen Threadripper 3000 series.

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Today Intel launches their new Y and U-series mobile 8th generation processors, with more cores than previous generation Y and U-series processors. These new processors chime in at 15W and 5W TDPs, which is why they are targeted towards ultra-portable devices such as ultra-thin notebooks. In the U-series, we find three SKUs, the i7-8565U and i5-8265U both with four cores and eight threads, as well as a i3-8145U with two cores and four threads. Cache sizes go up by 2MB starting at 4MB for the i3 SKU up to 8MB for the i7. The crazy thing here is that the i7 turbos to 4.6GHz while the i5 and i3 go up to 3.9GHz. The Y-series SKUs include the i7-8500Y, the i5-8200Y, and the m3-8100Y and they are all two core four thread processors. The i7 turbos to 4.2GHz while the i5 goes up to 3.9GHz and the m3 goes to 3.4GHz. The U-series processors support 2133MHz LPDDR3 and 2400MHz DDR, while the Y-series clock in at 1866MHz LPDDR3.

There are new additions to the architecture, most notably very fast integrated WIFI support, USB 3.1 gen 2, and support for Optane memory. The new WIFI and USB 3.1 gen 2 (10Gbps) are the same as the desktop counterparts, with the WIFI going up to 1.73Gbps on the 160MHz band. The new Whiskey Lake-U CPUs are connected to the PCH through the OPI (on package DMI), and they are on the same package. There is also an updated quad-core digital signal processor which acts as the audio processor, so voice recognition and such are supported and improved. We are excited to see what vendors will do with these new processors, and with the higher core counts things should get interesting!

AMD hasn't stopped bleeding top shelf staff for over a year now with the departures of Raja Koduri, Chris Hook and Jim Keller... but now Jim Anderson is joining the good bye train.

Anderson was the Senior VP of the Computing and Graphics Group, where he leaves AMD to joins Lattice Semiconductor. Saeid Moshkelani will be the replacement Senior VP and GM of AMD's Client Compute Group, which under its roof handles the APU and CPU portfolio for Team Red.

The issue here is that AMD just launched its Ryzen 2000 and Ryzen Threadripper 2000 series CPUs, with Anderson in lead position during those launches. Right after the launches, he leaves... which doesn't really look good for AMD, at least from the outside. Saeid Moshkelani on the other hand was instrumental in securing the semi-custom APU wins for AMD with both the Xbox and PlayStation consoles using AMD technology.

AMD has officially launched its next-gen Ryzen Threadripper 2900 series processors, with overclockers showing off some hands-on OC results that will blow most people away. The new flagship Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX has been overclocked to a whopping 6GHz on all-cores with LN2 cooling taking the #1 spot on HWBOT for the 2990WX world record overclock.

Ivan Cupa, an Indonesian overclocker hit the magical 5955.4MHz on all 32C/64T that Threadripper 2990WX packs, with Cupa using the MSI MEG X399 Creation motherboard, the Corsair AX1500i PSU, and some G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 RAM. LN2 cooling was used to get the CPU cool enough to pump 6GHz into it, with the Ryzen Master OC Utility reporting CPU voltages of 1.45V (but this could be a mis-reading).

Another overclocker hit 5.367GHz on all 32 cores, with Sampson scoring 8532 points in Cinebench R15 which is a mind blowing result, and the new world record. Other records have been broken, with wPrime 32m hitting 1sec 950ms by Littleboy, and the wPrime 1024m now sitting with a record 18sec 420ms.

AMD just launched their new Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX processor in the last 24 hours and whaddya know - a new rumor about Intel's purported X599 platform is being teased.

The rumor is coming from HD Tecnologia, who is reporting that Intel is working on a new ultra premium enthusiast platform in the form of X599. Intel would be releasing the new X599 and its new super-threaded CPU to compete directly against AMD and its new Threadripper 2000 series, since the flagship 2990WX rocks 32C/64T of power compared to Intel and its max 28C/56T which isn't even here yet.

Intel's purported X599 platform would have hexa channel DDR4 support, the same LGA 3647 socket and up to 12 x DIMMs for a bunch of RAM. We've already seen a tease of what to expect during Computex 2018 when Intel teased a 28C/56T Skylake-X processor which was running at 5GHz on all cores. It ran hot and required an insane cooler, but it was enough to compete against AMD's not-yet-released Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX. However, AMD is now to market with Threadripper 2990WX and Intel is nowhere to be seen in the high-end CPU race anymore.

We already know so much about Intel's upcoming Core i9-9900K except for the correct CPU clock speeds, and according to the latest rumors we could be in for a treat.

The Core i9-9900K will mark Intel's first step into the consumer 8C/16T processor world, something AMD has absolutely dominated for over a year now with the first-gen Ryzen 7 1800X followed by the new Ryzen 7 2700X. The new 9th-gen CPU will be an 8C/16T chip on the 14nm node by Intel (since their 10nm is delayed into 2020) with a newly-teased single-core CPU clock of 5GHz.

Intel's upcoming Core i9-9900K will have an all-core boost of 4.6GHz meaning we'll see a full 16-threaded CPU with all 16 of its threads at 4.6GHz, a huge leap over the 4GHz ceiling on the Ryzen 7 2700X. Even the 4-core boost is 4.8GHz while the 6-core boost sits at 4.7GHz alongside the 8-cores at 4.7GHz. This would be an incredible feat, with Intel making sure the 9900K is the best 8C/16T processor on the market.

AMD has officially launched the new second-gen Ryzen Threadripper CPUs which include the flagship Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX but AMD is already teasing consumers and their competitor in Intel with massive price drops to first-gen Threadripper CPUs.

The Ryzen Threadripper 1920X is a 12C/24T processor that debuted for $799, and was temporarily priced at just $249 on Amazon which quickly hit the Amazon Best Sellers list before it sold out. It's back up to $427 at the time of writing but anyone who secured it for $249 would be laughing all the way to 24-thread processor town, and back again.

AMD's new Ryzen Threadripper 2920X is the second-gen successor to the 1920X and it's priced at $649... so $249 is quite the discount, representing some truly insane CPU price wars that will happen over the holidays between AMD and Intel.

It's official: AMD is kicking ass and taking names once again with the release of their second-gen Ryzen Threadripper CPUs with the flagship Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX coming in as a 32C/64T beast that has taken the Cinebench performance crown from Intel.

Until now, Intel's fastest Core i9-7980XE (18C/36T) at 4.2GHz scored 4136 in the multi-core test of Cinebench R15, while their prototype 28C/56T processor teased at Computex 2018 not even able to beat the Threadripper 2990WX when overclocked. The prototype 28C/56T chip when under a massive cooling system was pushed to 5GHz and scored 7344, but when the 2990WX is overclocked to 5.1GHz on LN2 it pushes a huge 7618.

AMD's new Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX is the flagship second-gen Threadripper CPU with 32C/64T of CPU performance, 250W TDP, 16MB of L2 cache, and 64MB of L3 cache. AMD is tapping quad-channel DDR4 on the second-gen Threadripper, with base CPU clocks of 3GHz and boost of 4GHz with Precision Boost Overdrive taking things up to 4.2GHz in single-core optimized workloads.

AMD is about to unleash its refreshed and uncompromising Ryzen Threadripper 2000 series CPUs, with the new packaging for the CPUs arriving with a leak by VideoCardz.

Most people thought the new Ryzen Threadripper 2000 series would use re-use the packaging from the Threadripper 1000 series CPUs, but it was wrong. The new packaging is mean, and it looks freaking awesome. We can expect the Threadripper 2000 series CPUs to be hidden behind a see-through window, as you can see in the above shot.

The CPU is surrounded by a polygon-themed mountain that is covered in fire, it's that hardcore. The front of the package opens up to reveal the CPU, with a small shelf where AMD has placed all of the tools, stickers, and manual. On the back, AMD says the new Ryzen Threadripper is "Unlocked. Unrestrained. Uncompromising".

We're getting closer and closer to the release of Intel's new 9th generation Core processors which should be led by the flagship Core i9-9900K, a new CPU which will be the first 8C/16T consumer processor released by Intel.

A new release window of October 2018 is now floating around, after the previous reports of an August 1 reveal and release have come and gone without an announcement from Chipzilla. HKEPC is now reporting from the latest purported roadmap from Intel that the company will be launching the 9th-gen Core processors in October, with the full Coffee Lake-S refresh including the 8/6-core variants.

We should expect:

We just reported that AMD will be naming their upcoming multi-threaded beast the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX, offering 32C/64T for what we're hoping is less than $2000, but what clock speeds can we expect out of the box?

According to the latest leaks from WCCFTech (so prepare your salt) the second-gen Threadripper 2990WX will offer all 32C/64T of CPU power at 4GHz on air cooling with AMD's new XFR2 and the new Wraith Ripper CPU cooler that was co-designed with Cooler Master. AMD's new XFR2 (Extended Frequency Range) technology will help dynamically overclock the CPU based on a bunch of variables, something that will help drive the 64-threaded chip to 4GHz on air cooling.

Not only that, but AMD is tapping the new 12nm Zen+ process with the new Wraith Ripper CPU cooler can handle up to 250W of thermal load. This is an impressive feat given it's just an air cooler and not a fancier AIO liquid cooler. Expect more details on the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX when it lands, with a full review on it coming soon from our CPU God, Steven Bassiri.

AMD stock is performing well, Ryzen 2000 series CPUs are very popular, Intel is scurring from the mess of 10nm and re-releasing and continuously tweaking its 14nm++++++++ processors (I might have held my finger down on the + key a little long there, but not really)... all while AMD is making inroads into CPU sales against Chipzilla in 2018.

According to the latest data Mindfactory, AMD sold more CPUs than Intel in July 2018 - the first time since November 2017. As you can see things kicked off with the Ryzen 7 2700X and Ryzen 5 2600X in April, and then continued with the same sale strength through to July. Intel still sells boat loads of Core i7-8700K processors, but it's not enough to stop the Ryzen train.

The mid-range Ryzen 5 1600 sells incredibly well for AMD as well, the same goes for Intel's mid-range Core i5-8400. Both great mid-range options for tens of millions of gamers who are playing titles like Fortnite, PUBG, Overwatch, CS:GO, and plenty of other games at 1080p/1440p.

AMD is not far away from releasing its new 32C/64T flagship Ryzen Threadripper CPU, with sources of TweakTown (and other sites are now cottoning on) that the flagship chip will be called the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX.

We have seen WX branding on other AMD products before, with the company using the WX branding on workstation level graphics cards like the Radeon Pro WX series of graphics cards. Well, the new Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX will arrive as a beast: 32C/64T at up to 4GHz using the new Wraith cooler. This is an incredible feat, considering Intel can't touch AMD on core count right now and while they might beat AMD in sheer frequency, that's not everything to professionals who need CPU cores over frequency.

What we are to expect from AMD with the second-gen Ryzen Threadripper CPUs is the following:

Intel is oh-so-close to the release of its new 9th-gen CPUs with the flagship Core i9-9900K to arrive as a huge new, and a first for the company 8C/16T consumer CPU at up to 5GHz... but just how fast will this beast be?

According to a new leaked benchmark in 3DMark, we can indeed expect an 8C/16T processor at 5GHz, with 16MB of L3 cache, 95W TDP, and built-in Intel UHD 620 graphics. As for the raw horsepower, we should expect 3DMark Time Spy scores of 10719 for the CPU, and 9862 overall.

All of this was run on an ASUS ROG Strix Z370-F motherboard, 16GB of G.SKILL DDR4-2666 RAM, a 500GB Samsung 960 EVO SSD, and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti graphics card. If we compare the score against AMD's new Ryzen 7 2700X (8C/16T as well) the 9900K beats its score of 9387, and even shatters Intel's current-gen Core i7-8700K (6C/12T) with 8935.

Intel is massively behind in the node fight against AMD with its 10nm node receiving yet another release window for the mainstream market with the company saying 10nm will arrive to mainstream parts in the holiday season of 2019.

The current 14nm manufacturing process from Intel has received multiple revisions and tweaks and has been working perfectly for the company, with Intel unable to get 10nm off the ground like they promised in 2015. Intel originally promised 10nm mass production for 2015, revising it a few times over the years and now again until 2H 2019 at the earliest.

But don't fret - Intel has 10nm on the market in the form of a single Core i3 model that is a low-end chip. There's no integrated GPU with rumors that Intel had to slice off the graphics on the processor just to get it made on 10nm. Lenovo is the only customer of this 10nm processor, with the Core i3-8121U shipping in small quantities to the company.

AMD was very coy when it announced the second-gen Ryzen Threadripper CPUs at Computex 2018, and while we saw a European listing for the Threadripper 2990X we now have a new Canadian listing that teases a price of $2399 CAD which converts to around $1850.

CanadaComputers is behind the sneaky listing with the company confirming the codename of the CPU and that it is indeed the 32C/64T beast from AMD. AMD's upcoming Ryzen Threadripper 2990X is a 32C/64T chip with a 250W TDP, 80MB of cache and plenty of CPU horsepower for any task you'll throw at it.

The codename on the Ryzen Threadripper 2990X is YD299XAZAFWOF and CanadaComputers' listing teases it will ship with the same awesome packaging as the first-gen Threadripper CPUs.

The latest rumor for Intel is that the company is preparing to launch its new 9th generation CPUs with a new Coffee Lake refresh that would be led by the flagship Core i9-9900K.

Intel is expected to launch the new Coffee Lake refresh on August 1 with the actual launch taking place in the weeks and months after, with multiple new Coffee Lake refresh CPUs filling out the 9th-gen family. The Coffee Lake refresh will see Intel fighting hard against AMD with its Ryzen 7 2700X, which is an 8C/16T design. Intel has no consumer 8C/16T processor on the market, so this would be a first for the company with the purported Core i9-9900K.

According to the new rumors, we should expect:

AMD is set to unleash its 32C/64T processor into the HEDT market with the Ryzen Threadripper 2990X, but since it's not on the market right now what do we do? Look at some simulated CPU tests that tease what AMD has in store.

Legendary overclocker der8auer has used AMD's current EPYC 7601 processor overclocked to 3.4GHz, which is the purported base CPU clock of AMD's flagship Ryzen Threadripper 2990X, alongside 4 x DIMMs to simulate AMD's upcoming monster CPU.

The simulated test used a normal EPYC server system but with some modifications that include an upgrade PSU, with der8auer using a Seasonic platinum PSU and upgraded water chiller cooler.

AMD will be launching their new Ryzen Threadripper 2 processors on August 13 according to the latest information provided by WCCFTech, with the Ryzen Threadripper 2990X and 2950X chips to be launched alongside the new X399 chipset.

The second that AMD launches the new Ryzen Threadripper 2990X, it will have totally left Intel in its dust. Intel's flagship CPU has reached just 28C/56T, which will be dwarfed by AMD on August 13 with the Threadripper 2990X. We're to expect a base CPU clock of 3.4GHz and boost of 4GHz, while overclocking should get us to around 4.2GHz for single-threaded workloads.

Inside, the Ryzen Threadripper 2990X includes 16MB of L2 cache, 64MB of L3 cache for a total of 80MB of cache which is incredible. AMD is expected to keep the TDP of the 32C/64T behemoth at 250W, with a bunch of fancy coolers teased during Computex 2018. But what about price?

Update: Intel reached out to me overnight and said: "There is no change to the branding of the Intel Core Extreme Edition processor and Intel Core X-series processor family"". Looks like Intel won't be moving away or retiring from the Extreme Edition brand.

Intel has held the highest post with enthusiast CPUs in the HEDT market with its Extreme Edition brand of processors, a range of chips that had no compromises and represented the best of Intel in the enthusiast market.

According to Francois Piednoel, ex-Principal Engineer, Performance Architect / System Architect at Intel, the company is about to retire its Extreme Edition brand of processors. Piednoel posted on his personal Twitter account saying: "The #ExtremeEdition Brand is about to get killed. What a big mistake", and I totally agree with that last bit... what a huge mistake Intel would be making if they are indeed killing off the Extreme Edition brand.