When we first encountered AMD SP7 rumors a couple of years ago, we imagined that this platform would increase the power consumption of AMD's future CPUs to levels beyond 1,000W (1 kW), so when we learnt that Auras was developing cold plates for SP7 processors at Computex this year, we were not surprised. One thing was missing, though: the actual power consumption number for these CPUs. Apparently, Zen 6-based codenamed Venice processors with up to 256 cores could have a peak power consumption of up to 1,400W (1.4 kW), according to a presentation found by HXL.
AMD's current range-topping EPYC 9965 with 192 Zen 5 cores has a TDP of 500W (but a peak power consumption of around 700W), but judging from an OCP APAC Summit presentation, at least one of the company's partners — Taiwan Microloops Corp. — is preparing for a rather dramatic increase in SP7 CPU peak power consumption compared to existing processors. TMC appears to be developing custom cooling hardware for SP7 CPUs: a dual-loop water cooling system capable of handling thermal loads of around 1,400W.
