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Guru3D.com » News » AMD ZEN 8-core Summit Ridge To launch January 17th 2017

AMD ZEN 8-core Summit Ridge To launch January 17th 2017

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 11/20/2016 10:53 AM | source: | 100 comment(s)
AMD ZEN 8-core Summit Ridge To launch January 17th 2017

You should mark that date in your agenda, 17-1-2017 as there now is a very strong indication that the 8-core ZEN processors from AMD is to be launched or available on that date. An AMD China partner called Maxsun shared some detail on the launch., which found its way onto the web.

Before we begin, as always rumors are just that ... rumors and we certainly can't verify this information. However, the indication and partner seems valid. That would mean availability of AMD Zen on January the 17th, which matches up with a CES 2017 announcement (5th of January through the 8th)

Yesterday we already mentioned an indication for Summit Ridge processors (the 8-core ZEN part) pricing, MAXSUN here as well confirms that pricing scheme. The companies SR7 processors (high-end SKUs) in the Zen line-up would sit in the 1500-2000 Yuan segment, and that is $200-$300. 

MAXSUN also kind of confirmed the clock frequency range for AMD's next processors as they are quoting 3.15-3.30 GHz base clocks with 3.5 GHz boost clocks (similar to Intel's most high-end 8 and 10-core SKUs). On top of that they claim the processors can be clocked to 4.2 GHz fairly easily with conventional cooling and up to 5 GHz with LN2. In the posted screenshots they mention that the top-end SKU can compete with the Intel 6850K

Let me end where I began, as always rumors are just that ... rumors. But this one does seem valid. Let's hope that the hype is real.

The initial “Zen” CPU core will come to market first in an 8-core, 16-thread system-on-chip for desktops (=Summit Ridge). The "Summit Ridge" Zen family will feature a unified AM4 socket with its GPU-equipped "Bristol Ridge" APU counterparts, and feature DDR4 support and a an expected 95W TDP.  We expect each Zen core will have four integer units, two address generation units and four floating point units, and the decoder can decode four instructions per clock cycle. L1 data cache size is 32 KiB and L2 cache size 512 KiB per core. 2 CCUs = 2x8MB (L3) + 8x512KB (L2) = 20MB

  

In a recent presenation AMD shows Summit Ridge to be faster compared to an octacore-Broadwell-E at the same clock frequency.



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RooiKreef
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#5360279 Posted on: 11/18/2016 01:53 PM
I'm absolutely sure AMD will bring the performance this time around, I just hope they price it correct. If they price it the same as Intel with their 8C16T CPU's then I personally don't think they will make the comeback we are all waiting for. However I'm not saying they have to price it wayyyy below Intel, all I say is they should price it just below Intel and they will win over a lot of people. I actually can't wait for them to bring this to the table. It has been a long, long time since we had good competition.

AlmondMan
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#5360282 Posted on: 11/18/2016 02:05 PM
I will certainly be interested in a 2-300$ 8 core CPU with similar per thread performance to a 6th gen Intel Core. Might finally upgrade this near 4.5 year old i5.

ivymike10mt
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#5360283 Posted on: 11/18/2016 02:09 PM
I wait so mny years with upgrade my Sandy..
I don't expecting 2500k survive in my PC almost 6 years. 980SLI 3 years :roll:

I marked solid Upgrage in my shedule at Feb 2017.
When reviews comes out, and all hype go down.
performance vs price vs OC - thats my delta :P

Kaarme
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#5360291 Posted on: 11/18/2016 02:33 PM
I'd be really pleased if these Zen chips rendered my Skylake i5 utterly obsolete. It was disgusting to pay Intel a high price for a CPU that was hardly any different from the one I paid a similarly high price for years ago. Anything that can hurt Intel is splendid in my book. Over the past years the only pleasant thing has been Intel's road of endless suffering in the mobile SoC market.

Loophole35
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#5360294 Posted on: 11/18/2016 02:40 PM
Yep anything that would smack Intel down a notch or two would be great. They have been just cruising along taking everyone money with small improvements. This could be a game changer, but as always I have my salt ready with AMD.

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