DanteErodov
Forerunner
I don't think this extra V-Cache is going to end up in lower tier CPUs like 5600x or 5800x for that matter, although I wonder what it will do to the cost if it did end up in these chips? These chips are already expensive & the extra cache is an increase in the 7nm silicon which is already very limited.
It will make sense to have these in the 5900x/5950x equivalent processors though where the extra cache would/could be helpful for feeding data across the multiple cores & the price increase would also not be that significant.
I really don't think this is going to be a 7nm+ kind of a refresh that people are expecting it to be, rather more like a couple of more chips with the extra cache just to maintain an edge over Intel's best 10nm chips that will be launching at the year rend. AMD must have realized that there is no imminent thread from Intel even with the 10mn launch & they can easily ride out this year on the same Zen 3 chips & postpone Zen 4 to 2022.
It will make sense to have these in the 5900x/5950x equivalent processors though where the extra cache would/could be helpful for feeding data across the multiple cores & the price increase would also not be that significant.
I really don't think this is going to be a 7nm+ kind of a refresh that people are expecting it to be, rather more like a couple of more chips with the extra cache just to maintain an edge over Intel's best 10nm chips that will be launching at the year rend. AMD must have realized that there is no imminent thread from Intel even with the 10mn launch & they can easily ride out this year on the same Zen 3 chips & postpone Zen 4 to 2022.