New Ryzen Running Stable On Linux, Threadripper Builds Kernel In 36 Seconds (phoronix.com)

An anonymous reader writes: After AMD confirmed the a "performance marginality problem" affecting some Ryzen Linux users, RMAs are being issued and replacement Ryzen processors arriving for affected opensource fans. Phoronix has been able to confirm that the new Ryzen CPUs are running stable without the segmentation fault problem that would occur under very heavy workloads. They have also been able to test now the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X. The Threadripper 1950X on Linux is unaffected by any issues unless you count the lack of a thermal reporting driver. With the 32 threads under Linux they have been able to build the Linux kernel in just about a half minute.

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Re:Apple needs this not the $700 more intel cpu!

[guruevi]

Who modded this insightful - nobody serious uses AMD. Sorry, but it's a gamers platform, Intel for better or worse has captured the high-end market and there are too many minor things that are somewhat-equal-but-not-entirely-compatible (eg. encryption, virtualization, hyperthreading) that make it useless to do anything with.

This is AMD's first iteration of an Intel-buster in decades and it's been marred with problems. If they can keep track and capture some of the market with the Opteron line once again and keep on par with the bus speed to other processors, memory and peripherals they may in the next few years start being a contender again.