AMD Chair and CEO Dr. Lisa Su kicked off a virtual Computex on Monday with an introduction to the Ryzen 7000 Series desktop processors based on Zen 4 architecture and 5 nm process technology.
She described the 7000 series as targeting gamers, creators and enthusiasts. “This is the most exciting time for semiconductors,” she said. A recap of the keynote is available on Youtube.
Computex is based in Taipei, home of TSMC and other major chip fabs used by AMD and many other U.S. companies. Su thanked the Taipei community for its role in supporting modern computing.
The 7000 Series will launch in fall 2022 with a significant increase in performance and up to 16 Zen 4 cores.
Su also said the current Ryzen 6000 Series processors are expected to appear in 200 ultrathin, gaming and commercial notebook designs, with 70 already launched or announced.
The 5nm Zen 4 architecture in the 7000 Series will double the amount of L2 cache per core and provide higher clock speeds and a 15% improvement in single thread performance versus the 5000 Series, AMD said. It showed 30% faster performance than the Intel Core i9 12900K in a Blender multi-thread rendering workload demonstration.
The 7000 Series also features a new 6nm I/O die with an AMD RDNA 2-based graphics engine, a low power architecture taken from AMD Ryzen mobile processors.
Also at Computex, AMD announced Mendocino processors in the Ryzen Mobile lineup, with pricing expected from $399 to $699. They are expected to offer the best battery life in the price range. The first systems with Mendocino are expected in the fourth quarter of 2022. Also, a new AMD Socket AM5 platform was announced as well as AMD Advantage and AMD SmartAccess Storage. The AMD Socket AM5 will work in three new motherboards across several vendors: Asrock, Asus, Biostar, Gigabyte,and MSI.
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