The result is that right now, enthusiasts have no fever U to play.
Puget Systems workstation monthly sales statistics show,After mid-2020,AMDThread Tearers have been far ahead in the proportion of high-end processors, reaching up to 35% at one point, but they have basically disappeared in the last month, and they are all out of stock.
At the same time, the Intel Core X series accounted for less than 5% due to the generation of products, and it is completely invisible now.
Taking a closer look at the weekly sales statistics since March, AMD thread tearers were basically out of stock from mid-April, and completely disappeared after entering May.
From November 2021 to now, among the complete machines sold by Puget Systems, AMD Thread Tearer and Thread Tearer PRO are 18.4% and 14.4% respectively, and a total of 32.8% is still very impressive, even exceeding AMD Ryzen’s 28.9 %, and is very close to Intel Core’s 33.8%, and Intel Xeon W only accounted for 4.3%.
Suffice it to say, the thread-ripper family is still very popular.
Also, thread rippers are extremely hard to come by in the retail market.
Whether Newegg US or domesticJD.comWaiting for the platform, the ThreadTearer 3000 series is basically out of stock, and even AMD’s official flagship store has been removed from the shelves. Only a few third-party stores are selling it, and the previous generation ThreadTearer 2000 series has already been delisted.
So why does this happen?
First, the lack of competition.
Intel has made no achievements in the enthusiast-level market for more than three years, and the future is not very clear. AMD naturally has no motivation to continue.
Second, technical and application limitations.
The thread tearer has already achieved 64 cores, and adding more cores is not meaningful, and it is extremely difficult to increase the frequency.
Third, cost considerations.
Whether Thread Tearer or Core X is actually transplanted from the data center platform, the same silicon wafer is made of reduced specifications, and the manufacturing cost is actually the same, but the price of making it into a data center-level Dragon and Xeon A direct increase of one or two orders of magnitude, the profit margins during the period vary greatly.
The same is true for the Zen3 Ripper family, which only has a PRO version and no consumer version.
Fourth, mainstream platforms are advancing by leaps and bounds.
The Ryzen 9 5950X already provides 16 cores and 32 threads, and the Core i9-12900K/KS also has 16 cores and 24 threads. Coupled with sufficient support for memory and PCIe, it can already meet the needs of most enthusiasts and content creators. Not enough, there are also advanced workstations to choose from.
Will there be a new enthusiast-grade U in the future? It may largely depend on whether Intel can do it.
