[Manuel Calavera]

Using the SP3 server socket as a foundation allows AMD to introduce significantly 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.