@dustinb3403 said in AMD Sixteen Core Ryzen Threadripper CPU for $1K:

That would be one expensive windows license bill right there. lol

For server, yeah. But this is for desktops, where MS is not looking at cores.

@NDC said in Did AMD Just Stage a Comeback to the Server Market?:

Is there actual info available for server parts yet? All that I've seen so far is data on the Ryzen 7 line which they seem to be positioning as high end desktop components. Not that it will stop people from running servers with them or anything.

Not yet. That is supposed to come later this year.

@scottalanmiller said in AMD, trying to mount a comeback.:

@hobbit666 said in AMD, trying to mount a comeback.:

wow 32cores that's going to be expensive for licensing when everyone starts doing it based on cores not cpu's 🙂 Like Microsoft SQL and Datacentre

Only a few places do that, most are not based around cores. Most enterprise OSes don't need licensing at all. Remember that even 32 cores is tiny for big iron where they are way past these numbers long ago.

Oh, I'm reliving memories from 1997-2002 here, and the licensing associated with IDEAS, CATIA, and Pro-E. Most of those didn't have per-core licensing, but I remember one did. Just thinking about all the licensing servers in use at that place can cause me to have convulsions.

32 cores per CPU!