Intel removed 28-core CPUs from Computex booths

Posted on Thursday, June 07 2018 @ 14:45 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck

Here's an interesting tweet from AnandTech, the site heard at Computex that after AMD's 32-core Threadripper announcement, Intel swiftly removed its 28-core CPUs from both the ASUS and Gigabyte systems at the event. Both companies were given just 20 minutes to hand over the parts.

So Intel swiftly came in this morning and removed the 28 core CPUs from both ASUS and GIGABYTE's systems. It sounded like they gave the companies 20 minutes to hand over the parts
— Ian Cutress (@IanCutress) June 6, 2018

No official details about the reason behind this move, but it appears Intel was taken by surprise by AMD's 32-core processor. HardOCP speculates one of the reasons may be the huge power draw of the 28-core Intel chip. The cooling system used for the 28-core demo was definitely pretty extreme, considering AMD used nothing more than a beefy HSF for its 32-core chip. The Intel demonstration required a 1600W Corsair AX1600i PSU and the Hailea HC-1000B chiller.

INTC 28 core extreme cooling

AnandTech also writes that Intel's demonstration was heavily cherry picked as just one of the prototypes on display was actually capable of hitting a 5GHz frequency.

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