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> Too bad AMD has largely ignored the workstation market. The last threadripper release was mid 2020 and is a Zen 2 product.

Intel has also been ignoring the workstation market (although perhaps not by choice).

Despite the current-model Threadripper being nearly two-years old and last generation technology, it is still far and away the performance leader in that segment in terms of perf/watt, perf/dollar, and oftentimes outright performance.

Still using DRM-less FX and Opteron machines today. Hot but no surprises ;)

Can't you use regular desktop chips in workstations?

That would be a significant downgrade. Threadripper CPUs top out at 64 cores / 128 threads.

Due to thermal constraints, a 64-core Threadripper 3990X has a lower peak load than 4 separate 16-core Ryzen 9 3950X units combined.