{"id":9172,"date":"2017-05-18T19:43:45","date_gmt":"2017-05-18T23:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nccomputertech.com\/?p=9172"},"modified":"2017-05-18T19:43:45","modified_gmt":"2017-05-18T23:43:45","slug":"this-week-in-computer-hardware-415-amds-epyc-threadripper-headed-to-the-vega-frontier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nccomputertech.com\/techtalk\/2017\/05\/18\/this-week-in-computer-hardware-415-amds-epyc-threadripper-headed-to-the-vega-frontier\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week in Computer Hardware 415: AMD&#8217;s EPYC Threadripper Headed To the VEGA Frontier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7UYKeyCJ1sE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>We talk AMD&#8217;s Threadripper&#8230; it&#8217;s a 16 core 32 thread MONSTER coming this summer! 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