While AMD is gearing up to formally introduce its next-generation EPYC 'Turin' processors based on the Zen 5 microarchitecture, some of these CPUs are already available for sale in China, reports a member of the Chiphell forum. There is a catch about these processors, though: they are samples, and for now, they cannot work on existing SP5 motherboards.
A friend of the blogger has reportedly acquired AMD's 96-core EPYC 9655 'Turin' processor with a 400W TDP for 'a lot of money'. In contrast, the forum member has located a 128-core EPYC 9755 processor with a 500W TDP on sale by 'a source,' though he does not mention the price. Yet, the picture of AMD's EPYC 9655 speaks for itself and implies that these CPUs can be obtained in China even by people who are not supposed to have them now.
