At CES 2017, AMD revealed hardware what are designed to compete head-on against Intel and nVidia. As AMD have been struggling in performance hardware over the couple of years as Intel’s CPUs continue to beat anything AMD releases. Intel releasing only incremental improvements for each generation of their CPUs. We’re excited to see hardware that finally stands their ground and may cause Intel to further push the boundaries of their CPUs past the increments.
AMD unveiled AM4-socket motherboards from five manufacturers consisting of sixteen motherboards total. In addition, seventeen system designers developed Ryzen-based PCs showcasing an ecosystem supporting Ryzen. The new motherboards will be designed to support the new 300-series chipset. The X370 and X300 chipsets for the new Ryzen processors have their own unique characteristics. X370 having been designed for heavy performance and having the latest features. However, the X300 is designed for smaller PCs that will use the mini-ITX motherboards. Yet, both chipsets will include features such as dual-channel DDR4 memory, NVMe, M.2 SATA, USB 3.1 Gen 1 and Gen 2, and PCIe 3.0.
In the graphics department, AMD unveiled their new GPU architecture codenamed, Vega. The new architecture is designed for heavy computing that requires a lot of memory to process large amounts of data. With a high-bandwidth cache controller, it should be able to compute data whether it’s for gaming or data processing. The GPU contains HBM2 that doubles the bandwidth over the previous generation of HBM technology. As HBM2 allows more memory on a smaller scale, the space of the GPU can be utilized for more memory or other features. Vega has been designed to allow programmers increase visualization of games as the new GPU can quickly render than previous Radeon architectures. Lastly, the new GPU has an improved compute engine and pixel engine as well. Having computation through the different types of bits cycled quickly. Pixel engine technology uses a new type of rendering software that allows better performance with smart rendering of on-screen graphics.
Tune in for more information of the new CPUs and GPUs from AMD.
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