https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/06/06/amd_threadripper_2/ > AMD this week promised to ship 32-core Ryzen Threadripper 2 processors in the third quarter of 2018 – one day after Intel bragged about a forthcoming 28-core part. > On Monday, Intel, the dominant CPU maker in the worlds of desktop and server systems, touted an upcoming 28-core Core X-series aimed at workstations, gamers, and other high-end desktop gear. One was demonstrated at the Computex trade show in Taiwan, apparently overclocked to 5GHz with a rather large and impractical liquid cooling system. It is expected to cost a couple of grand when it goes on sale this year.