Monday, December 5th 2016
AMD's ZEN-Supporting X370 Motherboards to be Shown at "New Horizon" Event
AMD's December 13th "New Horizon" event is supposedly (and expectedly) a pivotal moment for the company - a celebration of sorts for the impending launch of their ZEN-based microprocessors. The event, which will be presented mainly by Gametrailers TV-based journalist Geoff Keighley, is now turning up to be a Summit Ridge celebration of sorts as well.
According to recent reports, a small number of motherboard manufacturers should also be in attendance at the event, showing-off their AM4-compatible motherboards based on the top-of-the-line X370 chipset. The X370 is the most advanced version of the Zen-compatible chipsets and is expected to provide extensive overclocking features and up to two third-generation PCIe x16 lanes for multi-GPU systems. Below the X370, the B350 and A320 take over the role of the mid-range and entry-level chipsets respectively. The new chipsets are expected to bring native M.2 NVMe & SATA Express connectivity, PCIe gen 3, DDR4 memory compatibility and USB 3.1 Gen2 to the company's high-end desktop platform for the very first time.
The live event under the motto "New Horizon" takes place almost three weeks before CES 2017, at which AMD is expected to unveil its Summit Ridge family to the general public. As we have previously reported, and according to yet-unconfirmed information, the CPUs are to be marketed as SR7, SR5 and SR3, in approximation to rival Intel's marketing-giants Core i7, i5 and i3 series.
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WCCFTech
According to recent reports, a small number of motherboard manufacturers should also be in attendance at the event, showing-off their AM4-compatible motherboards based on the top-of-the-line X370 chipset. The X370 is the most advanced version of the Zen-compatible chipsets and is expected to provide extensive overclocking features and up to two third-generation PCIe x16 lanes for multi-GPU systems. Below the X370, the B350 and A320 take over the role of the mid-range and entry-level chipsets respectively. The new chipsets are expected to bring native M.2 NVMe & SATA Express connectivity, PCIe gen 3, DDR4 memory compatibility and USB 3.1 Gen2 to the company's high-end desktop platform for the very first time.
62 Comments on AMD's ZEN-Supporting X370 Motherboards to be Shown at "New Horizon" Event
Nothing wrong here really. Companies do this kind of stuff regularly to subtly show consumers what their product goes against.
I really hope Zen will go great for AMD and that we can see many successful years up ahead from their camp. Because in the end, all of us will benefit the most from it, either price wise or in larger performance jumps between series for the same price we now pay for tiny hops.
It's like that fake design philosophy from apple. "make everything simple to use, because 90% of your consumers are f$%^!(g idiots". Most consumers dont think at all about what they are buying, and AMD is trying to get them to blindly buy their chips instead.
But frankly, nobody will know until AMD releases all the details.
I'm pretty sure that the high-end chipsets for AMD will do simular as well.
also Ryzen SR7 has neat ring to it
"Most consumers dont think at all about what they are buying"
ok then