I don't think it's been settled (happy to be proven wrong), but the conjecture is that the 5800x will be a single-chiplet 8 core and the 5900x will be a dual chiplet (6+6) 12 core.
I have no idea if that's going to be true. Or, from an architectural perspective, if that means performance is being left on the table. (Would 6+6 be slower than a single-die 8? Infinity and all that...?)
Finally, from a manufacturing and profit perspective, why put the "best" dies (with 8 good cores) on a lower-level chip? I'd think the higher error chiplets with 4 cores would be better suited on a 4+4 setup.
Shrug. I'm nowhere near as knowledgeable on these things than a lot of you folks, just curious about what I'm reading...2 days before release.
Either way, yeah, I'll be buying at least one of these chips. Woot.
I have no idea if that's going to be true. Or, from an architectural perspective, if that means performance is being left on the table. (Would 6+6 be slower than a single-die 8? Infinity and all that...?)
Finally, from a manufacturing and profit perspective, why put the "best" dies (with 8 good cores) on a lower-level chip? I'd think the higher error chiplets with 4 cores would be better suited on a 4+4 setup.
Shrug. I'm nowhere near as knowledgeable on these things than a lot of you folks, just curious about what I'm reading...2 days before release.
Either way, yeah, I'll be buying at least one of these chips. Woot.