Server CPUs have pushed high core counts for a long time, though they way they got high core counts has varied. Bergamo is AMD’s move to increase core counts beyond what scaling up an interconnect can do, by using density focused Zen 4c cores. It’s a strategy with parallels to Intel’s upcoming Sierra Forest and Ampere’s server CPUs. Ampere in particular has shown there’s a market for server chips that prioritize core count, especially with cloud providers that rent compute capacity by the core. ...