A bit of backstory first:
X399 was discontinued after just 1.5 generations (Zen1 Threadripper 1000 and Zen1+ Threadripper 2000).
There was an outrage in the PC community once it came to light that Zen2 Threadripper 3000 will NOT be compatible with existing X399 motherboard.
AMD tried to justify by saying that X399 wouldn't have allowed Threadripper 3000 to unleash its full potential due to the chipset being connected with PCIe3.0 and VRM (TR 1000 had a TDP of 180W and 2000 up to 250W, whereas TR 3000 has 280W) stuff (which is true) and that launching a new platform would result in a long-term stable platform
You can read some of the things here on reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/dsy4kw (Post from the official AMD Account)
Money quote:
According to multiple sources, there are rumors that Threadripper 5000, aka (ex) Chagall, is cancelled and that AMD will ONLY Release Threadripper PRO 5000.
Threadripper PRO is not compatible with the standard Threadripper sTRX4 Platform.
If that is true (which I'm afraid seems quite likely given AMD's decisions in the last 1.5 years), AMD would not only have done the same thing again, aka (needlessly) producing a ton of extremely expensive (Threadripper boards ARE expensive) e-waste, but rather make an even bigger fool of all the loyal customers who believed in their (probably intentionally a bit vague) promise and cancel the sTRX4 generation even earlier, after exactly one generation.
It is sad to see how AMD develops, but this seems to line up nicely with their recent decisions (Vendor Locking EPYC and the last-minute decision to make Threadripper PRO non-overclockable)
What do you think about this?
X399 was discontinued after just 1.5 generations (Zen1 Threadripper 1000 and Zen1+ Threadripper 2000).
There was an outrage in the PC community once it came to light that Zen2 Threadripper 3000 will NOT be compatible with existing X399 motherboard.
AMD tried to justify by saying that X399 wouldn't have allowed Threadripper 3000 to unleash its full potential due to the chipset being connected with PCIe3.0 and VRM (TR 1000 had a TDP of 180W and 2000 up to 250W, whereas TR 3000 has 280W) stuff (which is true) and that launching a new platform would result in a long-term stable platform
You can read some of the things here on reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/dsy4kw (Post from the official AMD Account)
Money quote:
Now:The socket change also sets us up nicely for future development and scalability of the Threadripper platform, both on a near- and long-term basis.
According to multiple sources, there are rumors that Threadripper 5000, aka (ex) Chagall, is cancelled and that AMD will ONLY Release Threadripper PRO 5000.
Threadripper PRO is not compatible with the standard Threadripper sTRX4 Platform.
If that is true (which I'm afraid seems quite likely given AMD's decisions in the last 1.5 years), AMD would not only have done the same thing again, aka (needlessly) producing a ton of extremely expensive (Threadripper boards ARE expensive) e-waste, but rather make an even bigger fool of all the loyal customers who believed in their (probably intentionally a bit vague) promise and cancel the sTRX4 generation even earlier, after exactly one generation.
It is sad to see how AMD develops, but this seems to line up nicely with their recent decisions (Vendor Locking EPYC and the last-minute decision to make Threadripper PRO non-overclockable)
What do you think about this?