AMD Ryzen, the new generation of processors has been talking about since its official presentation on December 13, but many doubted the words of the company and as they say until they see not to believe. In this case, some hardware magazine, published a hidden easter egg in its recent edition to give the consumers a peculiar detail of the new CPUs of AMD.
According to Tech Radar, there was talk about AMD Ryzen and Intel processors, showing a picture of an Intel CPU accompanied by a binary code on top, which at first glance might look like an ornament, but After passing it to a binary to hexadecimal converter, there is a phrase "ZenOC @ Air = 5G".
The above statement clearly indicates that AMD Zen processors - now called AMD Ryzen- can achieve up to 5 GHz in overclocking with air, which is good news given that it would maintain not so high temperatures with good performance through OC.
People still need to know more about the AMD Ryzen. However, the processor present at CES 2017 will surely reveal more news about Intel and AMD that we will bring them in a timely manner.
THE ZEN TECHNOLOGY
When people talk about Zen technology, this is a new generation of processors. According to Mobile Picker, It was not only for desktop PCs and notebooks but also for machines such as consoles, servers and may soon reach other areas, such as tablets and VR glasses. It is a revolution for AMD, which follows the line marked with its range of chips for graphics cards, the RX 480 and company.
One of the factors that most surprise us is the spectacular reduction in energy consumption. The requirements are moderate for the performance offered by AMD Ryzen in its GPUs, in terms of graphics cards and more general data processing. Something we had not seen in this manufacturer for years. This change for the better continues with Zen technology, as we speak of a reduction of radical consumption.
The product that AMD Ryzen showed for its public presentation was a processor with eight physical and 16 virtual cores. It operated at a base speed of 3.4GHz, although with the possibility to lower or rise as needed applications. No less than 20MB of cache memory was integrated into the chip. To this are joined several technologies that are responsible for the general, totally positive surprise that we have received.
According to data provided by AMD, the market for PCs to play will grow 35% between 2015 and 2020. This implies that Virtual Reality is going to be a brutal revulsion to buy new hardware. That's where AMD Ryzen also makes sense, beyond its possibilities to guarantee eSports games at a price adjusted and exceptional performance.
The First AMD Ryzen With 8 Real and 16 Virtual Kernels
Along with the AMD Ryzen processors, AMD has also introduced a new platform incompatible with previous processors. This is called AM4 and is linked to a total renovation compared to what has been offered so far. Speak of DDR4 memory, which people have only seen with portable platforms like the one that moves the portable console Smach Z.
Apart from RAM, AMD Ryzen with AMD AM4 will include PCIe Gen 3 circuitry to take full advantage of graphics cards and everything connected to this data bus. USB 3.1 Gen 2, NVMe or SATA Express are also in the bag, so we can connect monitors or storage units of the highest range and take advantage of their capabilities. That is to say, we see a platform with a view to being extended and updated, as the use of the new standards extends and lower their prices, if the pocket is an inconvenience of exit.
Prices and Performance
The price of AMD Ryzen is still unclear yet. However, as the chipset designed to compete the newest i7 Intel Processor which cost around $1000, it can be expected that the processor will likely have the similar price. Furthermore, since the chipset performance looks amazing theoretically, it will be useful for upcoming gadgets, PCs, and Game consoles in 2017.
