The new monster impressed itself: 96-core processor is coming

It appears to confirm that AMD plans to bring back a key consumer feature to the EPYC Genoa-X, its most advanced server processor to date.

Ryzen 7 5800X3DLaunched in , 3D V-cache is introduced in 3 more consumer-focused processors in 2022, with the addition of 768MB of L3 3D cache to 4 3rd generation EPYC processors.

It allows more cache to be allocated to the CPU cores. This is particularly useful in certain applications: AMD, computational fluid dynamics (CFD), finite element analysis (FEA), electronic design automation (EDA) and structural analysis are the areas of use that will develop the most.

On the spec sheet 100-000000892-04, SP5 There is talk of a 96-core/192-thread processor that sits in its socket and can run in a dual-CPU configuration, likely to be called the EPYC 9684X.

Total amount of cache available (L1, L2 and L3) 1.25GBmore than ; That’s more than 10x what Intel’s top-of-the-line Xeon, the Platinum 8490H, can deliver, and a new world record. genoa family 3D like EPYC 9654 other non-members of the L3 cache to about 1/3 owner.

In modern computing The role of the cache cannot be underestimated: Of the many levers that processor designers can use to improve performance, cache is one of the most important. AMD’in the future Introducing L4 cache It’s not surprising that he thinks so. In general, more cores means lower speeds and the need for faster caches closer to them to keep those cores running. “Redirect Tag support in virtualized environments”I 2020 A patent dated AMD’s multi-gigabyte L4 cache It indicates a willingness to explore exotic solutions such as