‘AMD will introduce new Threadripper CPUs and TR5 platform in the second half of 2023’

Tony Yu, general manager of ASUS in China, confirms that AMD will release new Threadripper processors later this year. The CPUs would use a new TR5 platform. AMD has not officially confirmed this yet.

Tony Yu of ASUS reports in a Chinese-language video about Intel Sapphire Rapids-WS CPUs that AMD’s next Threadripper platform will be released this year, also reports VideoCardz. Yu refers in the video to a TR5 platform, which should be released in the second half of this year. TR5 would then be the successor to the existing TR4 socket, which was used for previous Threadripper CPUs.

Rumors have been going around for some time about the arrival of an AMD Threadripper 7000 series. These processors should be based on the Zen 4 architecture and may have a maximum of 96 cores, just like the new EPYC Genoa server processors. According to a recent rumor AMD is launching desktop and workstation variants of the new processors. The hedt platform would be aimed at consumers and prosumers, with four DDR5 memory channels and 64 PCIe 5.0 lanes. The workstation platform for professionals should have eight memory channels and 128 PCIe lanes.

That rumor is striking: AMD previously said it would stop making hedt chips for consumers and focus entirely on workstation processors with Threadripper Pro. Intel recently introduced similar Xeon-W chips in different variants. These are based on the Alder Lake architecture and come with a maximum of 56 cores.

An AMD Threadripper 3990X