AMD's upcoming enthusiast 16 core Ryzen "Threadripper" CPUs and thenext generation high-end "Whitehaven" platform will reportedly launch on a monstrous 4094 pin socket shared with AMD's 32 core Naples parts. The brand new enthusiast Threadripper Ryzen lineup and Whitehaven platform will debut at Computex at thebeginning of next month.

AMD Debuting Monstrous16 Core Threadripper CPUs & SP3r2 Socket For Brand New Enthusiast "Whitehaven" Platform

Threadripper CPUs will reportedly be compatible with a modified version of AMD's SP3 server socket designed for its upcoming Naples server parts. The Threadripper SP3r2 socket shares the same physical specifications and pin count of SP3 with some differences in maximum thermal design power and some minor technicalities in PCB implementation. The primary difference between the two being that SP3 sockets will also be available in dual socket server boards, while the SP3r2 socket will only be available on single socket boards.

Using the SP3 server socket as a foundation allows AMD to introducesignificantly larger chips than Intel's Skylake X parts as well as what the current mainstream AM4 socket allows. In theory, because the SP3r2 and SP3 sockets are physically the same, AMD has the ability to introduce CPUs with up to 32 cores for its high-end desktop Whitehaven platform although we're not aware of any such plans.