Ryzen
During AMD's Computex 2024 kick-off keynote, AMD's CEO, Dr. Lisa Su, officially unveiled and announced the company's next generation of Ryzen processors. Today marks the first unveiling of AMD's highly anticipated Zen 5 microarchitecture via the Ryzen 9000 series, which is set to bring several advancements over Zen 4 and the Ryzen 7000 series for desktop PCs, which will launch sometime in July 2024. AMD has unveiled four new chip SKUs using its Zen 5 microarchitecture. The AMD Ryzen 9 9950X processor will be the new consumer flagship part, featuring 16 CPU cores and a speedy 5.7 GHz maximum boost frequency. The other SKUs include, 6, 8, and 12 core parts, giving users a varied combination of core and thread counts. All four of these...
The AMD Ryzen 5 1600X vs Core i5 Review: Twelve Threads vs Four at $250
Since the announcement of AMD’s mid-range offerings, it was clear that Ryzen 5 is going to have some major advantages over its direct price competition. For $250, the top...
255 by Ian Cutress on 4/11/2017AMD Announces Ryzen 5 Lineup: Hex-Core from $219, Available April 11th
As part of our initial Ryzen 7 review, AMD also teased the presence of two more elements to the Ryzen lineup, specifically Ryzen 5 and Ryzen 3, both aiming...
229 by Ian Cutress on 3/15/2017AMD Prepares 32-Core Naples CPUs for 1P and 2P Servers: Coming in Q2
For users keeping track of AMD’s rollout of its new Zen microarchitecture, stage one was the launch of Ryzen, its new desktop-oriented product line last week. Stage three is...
91 by Ian Cutress on 3/7/2017How To Get Ryzen Working on Windows 7 x64
Officially, AMD does not support Ryzen CPUs on Windows 7. Given that Microsoft has essentially ended support for the OS, this is the type of response we expect from...
104 by Ian Cutress on 3/7/2017The AMD Zen and Ryzen 7 Review: A Deep Dive on 1800X, 1700X and 1700
For over two years the collective AMD vs Intel personal computer battle has been sitting on the edge of its seat. Back in 2014, when AMD first announced it...
574 by Ian Cutress on 3/2/2017Making AMD Tick: A Very Zen Interview with Dr. Lisa Su, CEO
AMD held a Tech Day a week before the launch of Zen to go over the details of of the new Ryzen product with the technology press. As part...
59 by Ian Cutress on 3/2/2017AMD Launches Ryzen: 52% More IPC, Eight Cores for Under $330, Pre-order Today, On Sale March 2nd
The biggest x86 launch for AMD in five years is today: Ryzen is here. As always before a major launch, AMD gives a ‘Tech Day’ for relevant press and...
386 by Ian Cutress on 2/22/2017AMD Set to Launch Ryzen Before March 3rd, Meeting Q1 Target
Thanks to some sleuthing from various readers, AMD has accidentally let the cat out of the bag with regards to the official Ryzen launch date. While they haven’t specifically...
72 by Ian Cutress on 1/11/2017AMD Announces X370 Motherboards for AM4: Laying the Groundwork for Ryzen
At the CES 2017 show today, AMD is lifting the lid on some of the upcoming AM4 motherboard designs coming to end users for Ryzen/Summit Ridge and Bristol Ridge...
48 by Ian Cutress on 1/4/2017AMD Gives More Zen Details: Ryzen, 3.4 GHz+, NVMe, Neural Net Prediction, & 25 MHz Boost Steps
In the eternal battle to drive more details out of AMD ahead of the full launch of its new Zen microarchitecture based CPUs, today AMD is lifting the lid...
170 by Ian Cutress on 12/13/2016