Wednesday, April 8th 2020
AMD 4th Gen Ryzen Desktop Processors to Launch Around September 2020
AMD's 4th generation Ryzen desktop processors are expected to launch around September 2020, sources in the motherboard industry tell DigiTimes. Codenamed "Vermeer," successor to "Matisse," these processors will be socket AM4 multi-chip modules of up to two CPU complex dies based on the "Zen 3" microarchitecture, combined with an I/O controller die. The "Zen 3" chiplets are expected to be fabricated on a newer 7 nm-class process by TSMC, either N7P or N7+. The biggest design change with "Zen 3" is the doing away of CCX arrangement of CPU cores, with each chiplet holding a common block of cores sharing a last-level cache. This, along with clock speed headroom gains from the new node are expected to yield generational price-performance increases.
The "Zen 2" based 8-core "Renoir" die is also expected to make its socket AM4 debut within 2020, succeeding the "Picasso" based quad-core Ryzen 3000-series APUs. This is a particularly important product for AMD, as it is expected to compete with Intel's 10th generation Core i5 6-core/12-thread processors in terms of pricing, while offering more cores (8-core/16-thread) and a faster iGPU. The 4th gen Ryzen socket AM4 processor lineup will launch alongside AMD's 600-series motherboard chipset, with forwards- and backwards-compatibility (i.e., "Vermeer" and "Renoir" working with older chipsets, and older AM4 processors working on 600-series chipset motherboards). AMD was originally expected to unveil these processors at the 2020 Computex trade-show in June, but Computex itself is rescheduled to late-September.
Sources:
DigiTimes (premium content), Tom's Hardware
The "Zen 2" based 8-core "Renoir" die is also expected to make its socket AM4 debut within 2020, succeeding the "Picasso" based quad-core Ryzen 3000-series APUs. This is a particularly important product for AMD, as it is expected to compete with Intel's 10th generation Core i5 6-core/12-thread processors in terms of pricing, while offering more cores (8-core/16-thread) and a faster iGPU. The 4th gen Ryzen socket AM4 processor lineup will launch alongside AMD's 600-series motherboard chipset, with forwards- and backwards-compatibility (i.e., "Vermeer" and "Renoir" working with older chipsets, and older AM4 processors working on 600-series chipset motherboards). AMD was originally expected to unveil these processors at the 2020 Computex trade-show in June, but Computex itself is rescheduled to late-September.
56 Comments on AMD 4th Gen Ryzen Desktop Processors to Launch Around September 2020
The problem is the motherboard and its drivers.
I don't think September is realistic. There were no leaks, no benches no nothing, so prototypes are not even in full swing yet. I expect them to arrive holiday or maybe november 2020.
And then notebook chips in summer of 2021.
COVID-19 is going to cripple America like nothing before it.
My worry though is the silence. AMD is usually seeding these interesting benchmarks a lot for ~4-5 months ahead of launch, and I haven't noticed anything in particular this time around.
Very premature.
Basically, Dr. Lisa Su said 2020 is the year for 2020 at the Financial Analysis Day end of year. Depending on how you read that, it's the last Quarter of the year. That's October, November, December for actual availability. Launch as stated by most tech sites September.....
It is not late. Only one year after the previous generation.
I hate repeating myself. Lol
AMD Zen 3 release date
AMD’s CEO, Dr. Lisa Su, has confirmed that AMD Zen 3 processors will be released in 2020. AMD has also recently reiterated (via AnandTech) that Zen 3 CPUs will be released “later this year.” Our best guess for a Zen 3 release date is between July and September 2020.
AMD Zen 3 specs
AMD is using a completely new architecture for its upcoming Zen 3 processors, and these will be produced using an improved 7nm fabrication process from TSMC.