Tachyum Prodigy is a CPU that of course it will not leave anyone indifferent. If you thought it was an exaggeration that the high-performance server processor had a configurable TDP of 280 watts, you must have sat down while reading the power supply that the new Tachyum requires.

In general, a 1000-watt power supply is more than enough to power a high-end computer, in fact, in my review of the GeForce RTX 3090 Ti, I didn’t need to exceed this number to move this graphics card, and the rest of the computer with all the warranty. This chart has 420W TGPhigh number, although understandable given the performance it achieves.

It typically has a high-performance TDP server CPU below 300 watts, however Tachyum Prodigy is an exception to the general rule and the point is that this 64-bit monster with 128 cores at a frequency of more than 5.7 GHz has a TDP of 950 watts.

When we look at the Tachyum Prodigy scheme, we find silicon, which groups 128 cores arranged in a row and which is lined with memory controllers and PCIe Gen5 complexes. Overall he has 64 PCIe Gen5 lanes and supports DDR5 memory configurations on 16 channels with a frequency of more than 7,200 MHz, which leaves us with so much bandwidth that it can reach 2 TB / s.

The Tachyum Prodigy T16128-AIX, the leading processor in this new generation of high-performance Tachyum CPUs, can run seamlessly in two- and four-socket configurations, using a fully customized architecture that is able to work without problems in x86, ARM and RISC-V environmentsand also with FP64, FP32, TF32, BF16, INT8 and FP8 operations. According to Tachyum, the Prodigy T16128-AIX CPU rack is capable of offering up to 6 times higher performance on INT8 than the one with NVIDIA H100 graphics accelerators.

Tachyum Prodigy will arrive in more modest versions

There is no doubt that the Tachyum Prodigy T16128-AIX is a real beast, both in terms of performance and consumption, but it will not be the only version to hit the market later this year. Tachyum has confirmed that it will launch another version with lower consumption, namely there will be other models with a smaller number of cores.

Tachyum Prodigy T832-LP will be the cheapest and most energy efficient option. It will have 32 cores at 3.2 GHz, support eight-channel DDR5 memory configurations at 4,800 MHz and will offer 32 PCIe Gen5 tracks, all with a TDP of 180 watts. It will have a version higher than 5.7 GHz with memory support at 6,400 MHz, whose TDP will be 300 watts. I know that TDP is not directly equivalent to the actual CPU consumption and it is usually higher, but Serves as a reference to have an initial value.

A very interesting generation of processors, although heading to the professional sector, because they confirm it There is much more to life than classic X86 designsand are an example of the ability to create high-performance and highly competitive solutions, despite the limitations currently imposed by the classic standards and licenses required to access certain IPs (intellectual property).