Tuesday, November 3rd 2015
AMD "Zen" CPU Prototypes Tested, "Meet all Expectations"
AMD reportedly finished testing some of its first "Zen" micro-architecture CPU prototypes, and concluded that they "meet all expectations," with "no significant bottlenecks found" in its design. This should mean that AMD's "Zen" chips should be as competitive with Intel chips as it set them out to be. The company is planning to launch its first client CPUs based on the "Zen" micro-architecture in 2016, based on its swanky new AM4 socket, with DDR4 memory and integrated PCIe (a la APUs). Zen sees AMD revert to the large, monolithic core design, from its "Bulldozer" multi-core module design with a near doubling of number-crunching machinery per-core, compared to its preceding architecture.
Source:
OC3D.net
107 Comments on AMD "Zen" CPU Prototypes Tested, "Meet all Expectations"
One of my main concerns is TDP / efficiency. Will be interesting to see if they can be even somewhat competitive in this category.
However, I'm sure that AMD knows if Zen doesn't kill it in sales, they won't have much longer to stay in the game. Like was said before, if Zen is close or matches Intel's current offering in the future with a reasonable price target then I will build my first AMD-based CPU system. They need to do some SMART marketing once they get a feel for how good it is when it officially hits shelves.
Also the 128 vs 256 obviously.
How does this make Zen look anything better then the older design?
Or is there a lot more at play there that these graphics dont show, and if so, then whats the point of the graphs?
Original source of the info:
cdn.wccftech.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Whispers.jpg
AMD CPU engineering manager: "That's a wrap folks, start shipping 'em!"
AMD marketing: "To put a positive spin on the product we're going to focus on its fireproof capabilities in our brochures."
AMD board: "RAMP UP TO FULL PRODUCTION IMMEDIATELY!!!"
Looks like the start of the forum "drum beating" on what Zen is suppose to be. All this does is over-simulate expectations . While all fun to read, IT MEANS NOTHING, I will wait patiently for what if any information from AMD.
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