According to a rumor posted on WCCFtech, AMD might release a new generation of EPYC CPUs for servers. With EPYC "Rome", AMD will add a 64 cores with 128 threads CPU on a single packaged processor. This increase in core count is possible due to the process node shrink, from 14nm down to GlobalFoundries' 7nm.



AMD will produce two different dies for this product line. The first die will pack 12 cores per die (x4 for 48 cores per package) and the other will have 16 cores per die (x4 for 64 cores per package). This is rather interesting, because if AMD is going to produce two different product lines, that means that they expect to sell enough volume to warrant multiple chip designs. Another solution might be produce just one flagship series and cutting off the core that require too much voltage for a given clock rate.

If this will work out, AMD might have the opportunity to acquire market share from Intel with their Xeon series.





Source: WCCFtech