Linus Torvalds moves towards AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X platform
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Linus Torvalds , the creator of the Linux kernel, updated his PC with an AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X Yep, he performed an rm -rf "Intel". This is what he wrote about it in a post on the occasion of the release of Linux 5.7 rc7 : “In fact, the biggest excitement this week for me was just that I upgraded my main machine, and for the first time in about 15 years, my desktop isnt Intel-based. My allmodconfig test builds are now three times faster than they used to be, which doesnt matter so much right now during the calming down period, but I will most definitely notice the upgrade during the next merge window. ” Torvalds didnt release any more details about its new setup, but the 3970X is undoubtedly a big heart for its system. Featuring 32 cores and 64 threads with a base frequency of 3.7 GHz and a boost of up to 4.5GHz , manufactured under TSMCs 7nm FinFET process , this Threadripper undoubtedly has all the necessary power for any load you want to run.
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