Back in Computex 2018, AMD surprised tech enthusiasts by
teasing a 32-core Ryzen Threadripper processor slated for Q3 2018 launch. With a new 12nm Zen+ architecture and a twofold increase in core count at the top end, AMD promised a huge jump from the previous generation of Threadripper processors.
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Today, AMD announced
the official names, specifications, and the release dates for the next-generation Ryzen Threadripper processors. The 32-core version is called the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX, with the 24, 16, and 12-core products named the 2970WX, 2950X, and 2920X respectively. AMD added that the new WX suffix over the X indicates that the chips are designed for "meeting creators’ demands for the ultimate desktop computing power for the most intense workloads."