AMD reinvigorates the high-end PC market with new Ryzen Threadripper and Vega GPUs

AMD today has a busy day and announced many new products. Below the fold a recap of what is being announced as well as a press-release or two. 

• The launch of the Radeon RX Vega family of GPUs, with availability starting from Aug. 14^th, including three new products based on the “Vega” GPU architecture to redefine gaming and content creation:
  • Radeon RX Vega ⁶⁴ Liquid Cooled Edition, engineered with 64 compute units to be the most powerful Radeon ever built
  • Radeon RX Vega ⁶⁴ with air cooling 
  • Standalone Radeon RX Vega ⁵⁶, available starting at $399 USD SEP and the Radeon RX ⁶⁴  is available starting at $499 USD SEP
• The Radeon Pro WX 9100 workstation graphics card, delivering up to 12.3 TFLOPS of peak single precision compute for the most demanding media and entertainment, and design and manufacturing workloads.
• AMD’s Radeon Pro SSG, the world’s first GPU to break the terabyte memory barrier with 2TB of graphics memory – will enable smooth, native 8K video editing in real time.
• The Aug. 10 availability of the 16- and 12-core Ryzen Threadripper all currently available for pre-order
• The Aug. 31 availability of the previously unannounced 8-core Ryzen Threadripper

All unwatermarked materials are available in Box including the press releases, and a reminder that this information is under embargo until tonight at 7:30 p.m. PT. See below for a full recap of the news.

 Ultimate Boost for High-End Desktop Market with Aug. 10 Availability of 16- and 12-Core Ryzen Threadripper Processors

• The high-performance Ryzen CPU architecture delivers uncompromising performance in Ryzen Threadripper, delivering advanced feature sets, increased efficiency, and leadership performance on today’s most demanding PC workloads
  • The 16-core, 32-thread Ryzen Threadripper 1950X, with a base clock of 3.4 GHz and a boost clock of 4.0 GHz, is available for pre-order for a suggested price of $999.
  • The 12-core, 24-thread Ryzen Threadripper 1920X, with a base clock of 3.5 GHz and a boost clock of 4.0 GHz, is available for pre-order for a suggested price of $799.
  • The new 8-core, 16-thread Ryzen Threadripper 1900X, with a base clock of 3.8 GHz and a boost clock of 4.0 GHz, is available on August 31^st for a suggested price of $549.

• All AMD Ryzen Threadripper processors are supported by a full ecosystem of X399 platforms at launch, with motherboard designs already available from top motherboard manufacturers including ASRock, ASUS, Gigabyte, and MSI.

 
AMD Redefines the Enthusiast Gaming Experience with Radeon RX Vega and Radeon Packs

• The Radeon RX Vega represents the most sophisticated GPU architecture ever designed for enthusiast-class gaming, delivering up to 13.7 TFLOPS of peak performance to power even the most demanding games and VR applications.
• The standalone Radeon RX Vega ⁵⁶ is available starting at $399 USD SEP and the Radeon RX ^{64 is} available starting at $499 USD SEP.
• AMD also introduced Radeon Packs, designed to put must-have technologies at gamers’ fingertips, and making upgrades to drive 60+ frames-per-second 4K gaming affordable for all. Radeon Packs include a $200 discount on the 34” Samsung CF791 curved ultrawide FreeSync monitor, and a $100 discount on select Ryzen™ 7 1800X processor and 370X motherboard combos -- $300 in combined hardware savings. Each Radeon Pack also includes, in select regions, two highly anticipated games in Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus™ and Prey for free, an estimated $120 value

• • Radeon Red Pack features the Radeon RX Vega 56, an air-cooled card for a total SEP of $499.
  • Radeon Black Pack features the Radeon RX Vega 64, an air-cooled card for a total SEP of $599.
  • Radeon Aqua Pack features the Radeon RX Vega 64 Liquid Cooled Edition, the most powerful of the Radeon RX Vega graphics cards, for a total SEP of $699.
• Support for pioneering graphics technologies including Rapid Packed Math, the High Bandwidth Cache Controller and new Geometry and Pixel Engines will help push the performance envelope while gaming in low-level APIs like DirectX 12 and Vulkan, giving developers more flexibility in designing the most intricate and beautiful virtual worlds.
• Availability: Radeon Packs and Radeon RX Vega graphics cards are expected to be available starting August 14, 2017. For more information on where to buy, visit http://radeon.com/RXVega.

Radeon Pro WX 9100 and Radeon Pro SSG Defy Convention to Forge the Future of Professional Content Creation

• The Radeon Pro WX 9100 and Radeon Pro SSG professional graphics cards introduce advanced technology never before seen in the professional space that reduce or eliminate traditional content creation barriers, empowering artists, designers and engineers to better realize their visions.
• The Radeon Pro WX 9100 workstation graphics card, designed to excel in the most demanding media and entertainment, and design and manufacturing workloads, features:
  • 12.3 TFLOPS of peak single precision compute performance
  • Next-Gen Compute Units with Rapid Packed Math and an Enhanced Geometry Pipeline to improve processing efficiencies
  • 16GB of High-Bandwidth Cache based on the newest, ultra-fast HBM2 Error Correcting Code (ECC) Memory
  • 51 percent more memory bandwidth, 2.6X performance/Watt, 2.3X the compute performance of AMD’s previous generation graphics cards, and the latest display technologies including support for 8K at 60Hz, 4K at 120Hz, and DisplayPort 1.4 HDR-ready with support for up to six displays using AMD Eyefinity technology
• The Radeon Pro SSG offers the same performance and features of the Radeon Pro WX 9100, and it is the world’s first GPU to break the terabyte memory barrier with 2TB of graphics memory – enabling smooth, native 8K video editing in real-time.
• Pricing and availability:  Both graphics cards’ planned availability is September 13. For more information visit https://pro.radeon.com/wx/9100 and https://pro.radeon.com/ssg.

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The reenergizing of the high-end desktop (HEDT) market is much closer today with the announcement by AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) of Ryzen™ Threadripper™ global pre-order availability, with an Aug. 10th on-shelf date for the 16-core Ryzen Threadripper 1950X and 12-core 1920X processor models. Building on the 2017 introduction of 9 award-winning Ryzen™ desktop processors, AMD is delivering on the promise of more cores and threads with Ryzen™ Threadripper™, a “Zen”-based CPU with up to 60 percent more cores than any previous HEDT processor1 , including leadership I/O bandwidth. Designed to bring innovation and competition back to the full spectrum of PC markets, the highperformance Ryzen CPU architecture delivers uncompromising performance in Ryzen Threadripper, delivering advanced feature sets, increased efficiency, and leadership2 performance on today’s most demanding PC workloads. “Our goal with Ryzen has always been to bring innovation and excitement to our customers. With Ryzen™ 7, 5, and 3 processors, AMD changed the game and ensured users across every segment of the market received the best technology, prices and overall experience,” said Jim Anderson, senior vice president and general manager, Computing and Graphics Group, AMD. “To complete the Ryzen™ family, we kept the best for last. Ryzen™ Threadripper™ positions AMD at the forefront of this exciting market for high-performance PCs, resulting in a platform that offers the highest echelons of consumers– from data scientists to video creators to gamers – complete and uncompromising performance.”

In addition to the previously demonstrated 16-core and 12-core options, AMD also announced an 8-core Ryzen Threadripper 1900X with a base clock of 3.8 GHz, a boost clock of 4.0 GHz, and the full feature set of the X399 SocketTR4 platform with 64 PCIe® lanes. All AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ processors are supported by a full ecosystem of X399 platforms at launch, with motherboard designs already available from top motherboard manufacturers including ASRock, ASUS, Gigabyte, and MSI. The new X399 platform chipsets offer dedicated PCIe lanes for USB, graphics, data and other I/O, providing a powerful, scalable, and reliable computing experience and bringing the benefit of future-ready technologies.

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AMD today formally launchedthe Radeon™RX Vegafamily of GPUs, engineered to bethe cornerstone ofthe world’s most advanced and exciting PC gaming platforms. Designed with forward-looking technologiesthat punch well above their weight, Radeon RX Vegagraphics cardsmarkAMD’s return to the enthusiast-classgaming segment and a continuation of the company’s calculated strategy to democratize leading technologies, giving more gamers access than ever before. There are three variants of Radeon RX Vega: Radeon RX Vega64Liquid Cooled Edition, engineered with 64 compute units1to be the most powerful Radeon ever built2; the Radeon RX Vega64with air cooling, and the Radeon RX Vega56, available starting at just $399USD SEP.

For a limited time in select regions, AMD and its industry partners are offering Radeon RX Vega purchasersanunprecedented assemblyof gamer “must-haves” in new Radeon™ Packs, including deep discounts on select Ryzen™multi-threaded CPUsandmotherboardscombosas well as select Samsung displays with Radeon™ FreeSync displays, and twoextraordinaryAAA gametitles–all the ingredientsnecessaryfor the best possible PC gaming experiencein one of the biggest industry collaborations ever seen.“The enthusiastgaming experience is defined by high resolutions and a tear-free, buttery smooth 60 frames per second, something that onlyapproximately 600,000gamersare capable of enjoying today. But there are4 millionmoregamers who aspireto enjoy that sameenthusiast gaming experiencewithout breaking the bank, and with Radeon RX Vega graphics cards we’re working to give them that.3The combination of a Radeon RX Vegagraphics card, a beautiful FreeSync display, anda high-performance Ryzen CPU and motherboard is everything a gamer needs to enjoy the best possible gaming experience, and with our Radeon Packs, we’re delivering all three at a tremendous value. The groundbreaking new features in the ‘Vega’architecture,including the High Bandwith Cache Controller, Rapid Packed Math, Next-Generation Compute Units, and Refined Geometry Engine, will ensure that gamers get even more out of their investments as new games take full advantage of them in the weeks and months tocome,” said Raja Koduri, senior vice president and chief architect, Radeon Technologies Group, AMD.

Radeon RX Vega graphics cards are built on the “Vega” GPU architecture, a direct response to the evolving complexity and visual demands of today’s games. To meet these needsthe “Vega”GPU architecture puts pioneering graphics technologiespreviously reserved for high-end graphics products into the hands of enthusiast gamers everywhere. Bleeding-edge capabilities like Rapid Packed Math, the High Bandwidth Cache Controller and new Geometry and Pixel Engineswill help push the performance envelope while gaming in low-level APIs likeDirectX® 12 and Vulkan®, giving developers more flexibility in designing the most intricate and beautiful virtual worlds in today’s and tomorrow’s games.