Evolution of “Zen” Architecture The historic “Zen” architecture shifted the design approach to processors and represented an unimaginable uplift over previous AMD products. The first AMD Ryzen™ processors made their way to market in 2017, transforming gaming, productivity, and creativity. “Zen...
while the 12nm Ryzen 7 3700U features 10 Vega Compute Units, the 7nm Ryzen 7 4800U features 8 Vega Compute units. “The reason is we studied this against our performance,” Bouvier explained. “As we shrink that engine down, everything got closer together, the wires got closer together,...
The Foundation of Great Computing Starts with “Zen” “Zen” architecture has been behind every AMD processor since 2017. But why? And what benefits does this ever-evolving architecture bring? READ MORE AMD Acquires Xilinx AMD’s acquisition of Xilinx creates the industry’s high-performance and...
Editor's Note: With Zen 2 set to launch tomorrow (7/7), here's our architecture analysis from last month for some timely background information. We have been teased with AMD’s next generation processor products for over a year. The new chiplet design has been heralded as a significant...
The poster child for the real resurgence AMD experienced in 2017, Ryzen CPUs, based on AMD’s Zen architecture, have proved a force to be reckoned with. They threw down the gauntlet at Intel’s feet in a big way and forced the chip giant to respond in ways we haven’t seen since AM...
Games released going forward seem more likely to account for Ryzen’s architecture out of the gate. The Ryzen APUs with Radeon Vega graphics deliver shockingly good gaming on a budget. Overclocking Ryzen chips can also provide significant performance incr...
Zen transformed AMD from a company on the verge of bankruptcy into a leader of the computing industry with Zen 4. Here's everything you need to know.
AMD's Zen 5 CPU core architecture might be shaping up to be a huge upgrade over the existing Zen 4 core as per a new rumor.
The AMD Zen 5 CPU architecture will form the backbone of the next generation of Ryzen desktop and laptop processors, and while we got a general idea of the new tech during the Computex unveiling a month back, we've now been treated to the full archi...
For instance, the ‘8’ corresponds to the Ryzen 7 or Ryzen 9 series; Likewise ‘3’ would indicate a Ryzen 3 chipset. Refer to the infographic below for a detailed breakdown. The third digit shows the architecture generation which also correlates with performance. For example, the ‘4’...