Intel Core i9-9990XE : Up to 5.0 GHz, Auction Only
AnandTech has seen documents and supporting information from multiple sources that show that Intel is planning to release a new high-end desktop processor, the Core i9-9990XE. These documents show that the processors will not be sold at retail; rather they will only be sold to system integrators, and then only through a closed online auction.
This new processor will be the highest numbered processor in Intel's high-end desktop line. The current top processor is the i9-9980XE, an 18 core part with a base frequency of 3.5 GHz and a turbo frequency of 4.0 GHz. The i9-9990XE, on the other hand, is not simply the 9980XE with an increase in frequency.
The Core i9-9990XE will be a 14 core processor, but with a base frequency of 4.0 GHz and a turbo frequency of 5.0 GHz. This makes it a super-binned 9940X.
AMD Radeon VII: less than 5000 available, no custom cards
The new Radeon VII otherwise known as Radeon 7 is a revamped Vega graphics card, where at the end of the day it's just a Radeon Instinct MI50 accelerator that was released in November last year. We have the same Vega 20 GPU on the fresh new 7nm node, the same 16GB of HBM2 memory, and similar GPU clocks to the new Radeon VII graphics card.
Since the announcement I reached out to some industry contacts who said there will be "less than 5000" made. The same source said AMD is losing money on each card sold as they are, as I said before, just Radeon Instinct MI50 cards that are being re-purposed into 'new' Radeon VII cards.
The improved cooler will keep it cooler than the Radeon Instinct MI50, while the same 300W TDP applies. Even the Radeon Instinct MI50 performance falls between the GeForce RTX 2070 and RTX 2080, while the new Radeon VII has performance that equals and will sometimes (higher resolutions like 4K and beyond) beat the RTX 2080.
Previously: AMD Announces Radeon VII GPU, Teases Third-Generation Ryzen CPU
(Score: 3, Touché) by coolgopher on Tuesday January 15 2019, @08:58AM (3 children)
Great, it'll be even faster to exploit the speculative execution flaws they still haven't addressed!
(Score: 2) by FatPhil on Tuesday January 15 2019, @09:52AM (1 child)
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people; the smallest discuss themselves
(Score: 4, Insightful) by coolgopher on Tuesday January 15 2019, @12:52PM
Yeah that's kinda my point. They're doing everything they can to get people to forget about the glaring holes they haven't prioritized fixing. The more I see them trying, the more it makes me inclined to point out those severe security issues.
Not that AMD's response to their own problems was all that great, but it was a damn sight better than Intel's!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 15 2019, @11:23AM
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