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Date:   Sat, 20 Jul 2019 11:18:35 +0200
From:   Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
To:     Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming <ceo@teo-en-ming-corp.com>
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Subject: Re: Is Linux Kernel 5.2.1 able to support Intel Core i9-9980XE
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On Thu 2019-07-18 16:49:46, Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming wrote:
> Good morning from Singapore,
> 
> Is Linux Kernel 5.2.1 able to support Intel Core i9-9980XE Extreme Edition or AMD Ryzen 9 3950X?
> 
> Intel Core i9-9980XE Extreme Edition has 18 cores and 36 threads while AMD Ryzen 9 3950X has 16 cores and 32 threads.
> 
> Intel Core i9-9980XE Extreme Edition technical specifications:
> 
> https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/189126/intel-core-i9-9980xe-extreme-edition-processor-24-75m-cache-up-to-4-50-ghz.html
> 
> AMD Ryzen 9 3950X technical specifications:
> 
> https://www.amd.com/en/products/cpu/amd-ryzen-9-3950x
> 
> What I am trying to ask is, is Linux Kernel 5.2.1 able to support and make full use of so many CPU cores and so many threads?
> 

If your userland has enough paralelism, yes, you can use all the cores.

Build using make -j 36 will use them just fine.

									Pavel