AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7000 reportedly launching in September 2023

AMD Threadripper 7000 PRO

AMD Threadripper series codenamed “Storm Peak” are expected to make a debut in September 2023, claims credible hardware leaker. 

According to Chi11eddog, whose track record is excellent so far, AMD plans for high-end desktop systems include “Storm Peak” platform as a Q3 2023 product. AMD is reportedly planning two product series based on the platform: HEDT and workstations.

While the tweet has no information on proposed CPU configurations, we do learn quite a bit on the platform itself. The HEDT series will support quad-channel memory and 64 PCIe Gen5 and 8 PCIe Gen3 lanes. Those products are said to support overclocking.

Meanwhile, the 8-channel memory will be exclusive to workstation Threadripper platform (so likely Threadripper PRO). The series will see doubled PCIe Gen5 lane support up to 128, but it will not support overclocking for either the CPU or memory.

Earlier rumors have suggested that Zen4 desktop Threadripper platform could support up to 96 cores, so just as many as EPYC 9004 “Genoa” chips for servers. This would be, in fact, a very similar decision to Intel’s plans for the upcoming Sapphire Rapids Xeon 3400 and 2400 series.

It is worth noting that AMD has two sockets for its Zen4 EPYC products: SP5 and SP6. The former has already seen a formal introduction with EPYC Genoa 9004 series, while the latter is said to arrive later. The SP5 platform supports 160 PCIe Gen5 lanes and 12-channel DDR5 memory, while SP6 is believed to support 96 PCIe Gen5 and 6-channel memory.

Source: Chi11eddog