By Zak Storey
Where do you start with a processor like Ryzen? The hype for this product has been unprecedented since its first mention. AMD has been long absent from mainstream competitive processor performance, and for the last five years Intel has sat on a positive monopoly of incremental 10% increases and 15% price hikes.
That’s not to say that AMD was entirely absent, purely that its design ethos with the Bulldozer line of mainstream processors just wasn’t anywhere near as competitive as its Intel counterpart. The choice was an illusion.
AMD knew this, to the point that in 2011 they began work on an entirely new processor design, that of Ryzen. Recruiting famed chip designer Jim Keller (successfully crafting both AMD’s legendary Athlon 64 and Apple’s A4 processor), AMD set to work on creating what is likely the biggest shake up in processor technology within the last ten years.
- The best AMD Ryzen deals: cheap Ryzen CPUs, motherboards and bundles in the US
- The best AMD Ryzen deals: cheap Ryzen processors, motherboards and bundles in the UK
So, Ryzen, what is it? In short it’s a brand new architecture based on the 14nm manufacturing process. At launch we’re introduced to three new processors, …read more
Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac
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