Sunday, December 2nd 2018
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AMD 3rd Generation Ryzen Confirmed for Computex 2019
In a development that could explain why Intel is frantically stitching together 10 cores with the "Comet Lake" silicon, a slide leaked from a private event hosted by motherboard major GIGABYTE reveals that AMD's third generation Ryzen desktop platform could launch as early as Computex 2019 (June). The platform will include AMD's first client-segment processor based on its "Zen 2" microarchitecture, codenamed "Matisse," and its companion chipset, the AMD X570.
3rd generation Ryzen with X570 is expected to be the world's first mainstream desktop platform to feature PCI-Express gen 4.0. AMD could maintain the processor's backwards compatibility with older 300-series and 400-series chipset motherboards by shaping its PCI-Express implementation to use external re-drivers based on the motherboard. This could make 500-series motherboards slightly pricier than current AM4 motherboards. Backwards compatibility could mean that unless you really need PCIe gen 4.0, you should be able to save money by opting for older motherboards.
Sources:
VideoCardz, Komachi
3rd generation Ryzen with X570 is expected to be the world's first mainstream desktop platform to feature PCI-Express gen 4.0. AMD could maintain the processor's backwards compatibility with older 300-series and 400-series chipset motherboards by shaping its PCI-Express implementation to use external re-drivers based on the motherboard. This could make 500-series motherboards slightly pricier than current AM4 motherboards. Backwards compatibility could mean that unless you really need PCIe gen 4.0, you should be able to save money by opting for older motherboards.
26 Comments on AMD 3rd Generation Ryzen Confirmed for Computex 2019
Which is why I went TR platform even if I just got a 1900X as a place holder till I either went with the 16 core 2950X or waited till the 7nm stuff.
Gonna go straight from dual-core to 16c/32t now :rockout:
The reality is:
- some PCI-E 1.0 devices (NICs and SAS HBA in my experience) had troubles with 2.0 boards (only new revisions of silicon resolved it)
- early PCI-E 3.0 implementations had troubles due to boards design and firmware (Z77 boards with Ivy Bridge)
so we may have identical issues, but that is possibly true for minority of home users or workstation/server hardware
- even 2x6 CCX would starve with just 2 channels memory
My money is on second revision of x570 boards with polished firmware or even x670 with Zen2 refresh, just because other players will adapt 4.0 also.
AMD introducing new revisions of hardware too fast. First i wanted Ryzen polished and they announce refresh, so i wait for it and a week or two later after release leaks about double density CCXs, i wait for it. Now they have plans for refresh to Zen2 and assuming possible early PCI-E 4.0 issues, awaiting prolonged. 2 years more or less it doesn't matter already, even software and game developers see this trend (and also crypto craziness) and heavily optimize products to utilize current and 3-6 years old hardware.