its interesting that neither company has anything new for the "Back to School" / "Back to Zoom" season in the mobile space.
with all the remote learning, demand for laptops must be yuuuuuj.
You are skipping Zen3D. I am surprised AMD is delivering Zen4 next year at all.
Zen3D shouldn't interrupt AMD's cadence since it is technically still Zen3.
It looks like Zen 3D is replacing Zen 3+.
You are skipping Zen3D. I am surprised AMD is delivering Zen4 next year at all.
If you were to use their usual release schedule, then if we're to treat Zen 3D as a whole new product refresh that gets it's own series, it would mean that we wouldn't expect Zen 4 CPUs until the middle of 2023 or even later.
Yeah but where would that have fit in the roadmap? Were they really going to bump Raphael down the road in favor of "Zen3+"?
I think the main purpose would have been to get AM5 out there.
If Zen 3D launched at CES as the Ryzen 6000 series, launching Zen 4 as the Ryzen 7000 series later that year would create a comically short product cycle.
That's why I don't think it acts as any kind of new generation of product. Instead we get a few special Ryzen 5000 parts which also serves as a nice marketing bump for the rest of the series.
We get Ryzen 6000 in the form of Zen 4 sometime in the second half of 2022. Perhaps a bit behind AMD's usual cadence, but not unusual given the pandemic.
I don't agree, for the simple reason those will be for two different markets. One is extending the life of the existing AM4 market, one AMD previously stated will only be officially supported through 2020. The other will be creating a new platform, and as such start from zero again. Both markets can easily exist alongside each other for some time.If Zen 3D launched at CES as the Ryzen 6000 series, launching Zen 4 as the Ryzen 7000 series later that year would create a comically short product cycle.
. . . yeah, but Zen3d is AM4? Ehhh I dunno. AMD has me all confused.
I don't agree, for the simple reason those will be for two different markets. One is extending the life of the existing AM4 market, one AMD previously stated will only be officially supported through 2020. The other will be creating a new platform, and as such start from zero again. Both markets can easily exist alongside each other for some time.
I had the 486DX2-66 in my 2nd PC. Imagine my dismay when Computer Shopper told me that it was just double clocked so slower than a 486DX-50. Still, that didn't stop me dreaming about the triple clocked 486DX4-100. Here's what I had at various points of my life and my dream CPU next to it:
They should name these Ryzens 5900DX and 5950DX just for nostalgia reasons.
(you may be too young to understand this)
No, I'd be more amused if they break out the 3Dnow! name for the marketing.
They decided on Zen 3D instead. It's really not that confusing.
They should name these Ryzens 5900DX and 5950DX just for nostalgia reasons.
(you may be too young to understand this)
DX2 for 2 stacksThey should name these Ryzens 5900DX and 5950DX just for nostalgia reasons.
(you may be too young to understand this)
DX2 for 2 stacks
DX4 for 4 stacks.
make it happen AMD!
I'm laughing hard while typing this: FX 5xxxX 3D. I purposely mangled 3dfx to avoid a lawsuit heheNo, I'd be more amused if they break out the 3Dnow! name for the marketing.
But if there's anything Ryzen, Threadripper and Epyc have shown is that naming doesn't matter that much.