AMD’s AM4 Motherboards Rumored To Launch March 2016

[Mr_Troll]

AMD’s Flagship AM4 Platform Rumored To Launch As Early As March 2016

 

A few days ago, we received some convincing information from our sources that x86 Zen based processors under the AMD FX series  branding will launch in Q4 2016. The information was not only exclusive to Zen FX processors but also detailed new APU lineups arriving in 2017 with graphics performance equivalent to next generation consoles. Now we know that AMD will not only have Zen based FX processors but also Zen based APUs for desktop/mobility market and high-performance Zen cores will also be integrated inside workstation, servers and a range of HPC focused products such as HPC APUs with multi-TFLOPs compute performance and have been in talks for quite a while.

We know that AMD is focused to deploy Zen cores inside CPUs first which include FX series and servers SKUs. The mobility based Zen parts along with APUs will ship later in 2017, while the desktop processors (CPUs) are going to arrive later this year (Q4 2016 is most likely). When AMD launches their FX processors in the market, along with the chips, AMD will have a completely new platform known as AM4 to support their next generation processors and accelerated processing units. The AM4 platform will replace AM3/AM3+ and will house the FX series family which is rumored to be codenamed “Summit Ridge”. The AM4 motherboards will be focused at powering high-performance desktop PCs with new I/O capabilities, DDR4 memory support and a broad range of updates over the aged AM3+ platform.

 

 

 

Aside from bringing their desktop platform on parity with Intel’s DT (Desktop) platforms, AMD also revealed that AM4 platform will be shared by both, the desktop CPUs and desktop APUs. From AMD’s own roadmap which was showcased back at Financial Analyst Day 2015, it was confirmed that AMD won’t only have a new CPU lineup based on their Zen core (FX Series codenamed Summit Ridge) but also the 7th generation A-Series APU lineup (codenamed Bristol Ridge) which will be using the existing Carrizo core architecture. Based on the x86 architecture, the new family will be available for both desktop and mobility platforms and while this won’t be the first AMD processor to feature DDR4 memory support (Merlin Falcon already did that), it will definitely be the first AMD consumer processor to do so.

 

 

The report from Eteknix mentions that AMD’s AM4 platform boards are completely redesigned since they are meant to run a longer life time and support for future AMD processors:

The new AMD Zen CPU will use a new socket and also incorporate the current DDR4 capabilities and as such completely new boards have to be designed. In a routine inquiry about this, the publication got a surprising response from the manufacturer. The response: “The internal timetable foresees a March 2016 launch”. That is a lot sooner than expected

 

 

Why do amd and Intel release new motherboars earlier than CPUs. Confused

 

Source: http://wccftech.com/amd-am4-motherboards-launch-q2-2016-for-bristol-ridge-apus/

http://www.eteknix.com/amd-zen-rumours-point-earlier-expected-release/

 

[manikyath]

i think they "launch" their motherboards early so the board partners can show off to create hype before the stuff hits the market.

[Interfectorem]

They release the motherboard chipsets and whatnot so that manufacturing companies like Asus, MSI, Gigabyte, and ASRock can already have a stockpile of motherboards ready to sell once the CPU itself releases.

[daniellearmouth]

Well, better than releasing the CPU before the board.

 

I mean, you can start building your system before you can get the chip. Not that I recommend you build your system like this, but still, you could do that.

[Doobeedoo]

That's good I guess. Though new socket mobos come before CPUs so that's not surprising to me. Still good news knowing Zen won't be late.

[Prysin]

AMD’s Flagship AM4 Platform Rumored To Launch As Early As March 2016

 

 

 

 

Why do amd and Intel release new motherboars earlier than CPUs. Confused

 

Source: http://wccftech.com/amd-am4-motherboards-launch-q2-2016-for-bristol-ridge-apus/

http://www.eteknix.com/amd-zen-rumours-point-earlier-expected-release/

 

they "launch" them, so that motherboards are plenty in stock prior to product launch.

 

if there is one thing you need to start a build, its a mobo.... you can go without a CPU, or RAM, or GPU for a while whilst buying parts. but you cannot do any single part of a build short of installing the PSU, optical drive and slap the harddrives into their cages ,without the mobo....

[Megahurt]

It will be interesting to see how much DDR4 helps the performance of the APUs, even if they aren't based on Zen yet.

[AlexGoesHigh]

Am i the only one that think AMD shouldn't brand zen with the FX name? i think they used this branding for some cpu's way before bulldozer, but the shitstorm that was bulldozer they should get away from that and to extent don't resuscitate other names like phenom or athlon or whatever. Its a brand new architecture and they should use a new brand name.

[That Norwegian Guy]

Since there's a lot of text, here's all the important information extracted:

 

• some convincing information
• from our sources
• wccftech

Not that it's likely to be wrong though, in this case. Since if the CPUs arrive at the end of april/ top of may, it makes sense to have board partners start paper launching a month - 6 weeks in advance.

[Starelementpoke]

Am i the only one that think AMD shouldn't brand zen with the FX name? i think they used this branding for some cpu's way before bulldozer, but the shitstorm that was bulldozer they should get away from that and to extent don't resuscitate other names like phenom or athlon or whatever. Its a brand new architecture and they should use a new brand name.

But think of all the jokes you could make using the letters FX!

[Starelementpoke]

 

Since there's a lot of text, here's all the important information extracted:

 

• some convincing information
• from our sources
• wccftech

 

Even rumors have a touch of truth to them.

[bcredeur97]

I still get the feeling it will be disappointing.

[Nurmi]

Am i the only one that think AMD shouldn't brand zen with the FX name? i think they used this branding for some cpu's way before bulldozer, but the shitstorm that was bulldozer they should get away from that and to extent don't resuscitate other names like phenom or athlon or whatever. Its a brand new architecture and they should use a new brand name.

 

Been thinking same, It causes idiotic expectations which spread false rumors, and it'd be very good to just severe older info from getting tangled up for new line.

 

Already thought that there should have been even clearer naming scheme for Zambezi and Vishera as the difference was for me +500MHz -10c.

[daniellearmouth]

Am i the only one that think AMD shouldn't brand zen with the FX name? i think they used this branding for some cpu's way before bulldozer, but the shitstorm that was bulldozer they should get away from that and to extent don't resuscitate other names like phenom or athlon or whatever. Its a brand new architecture and they should use a new brand name.

I can understand why FX would be a bad idea, but at the same time, they could well do what they did with Athlon and name it the FX2 or something.

[Nurmi]

I can understand why FX would be a bad idea, but at the same time, they could well do what they did with Athlon and name it the FX2 or something.

 

Was just about to edit that FX2 would've been better for Vishera, which would make Zen FX3?

[daniellearmouth]

Was just about to edit that FX2 would've been better for Vishera, which would make Zen FX3?

Wasn't Vishera more like a Zambezi refresh, though, rather than a new CPU?

[Memories4K]

I mean Zen's not slated for release until Q4 of 2016 at the earliest.

Is it really normal to show off motherboards roughly 9 months ahead of release? (March 2016)

[Nurmi]

Wasn't Vishera more like a Zambezi refresh, though, rather than a new CPU?

 

Well my FX-8370 runs cooler 4.6GHz than older FX-6100@4.0GHz.

I just upgraded mine because it seemed more reasonable to spend 199? at the time than buying new mobo + i7-4790K, and found the difference by accident.

[Daegun]

Please don't be another bulldozer. Please don't be another bulldozer.

[The Benjamins]

Please don't be another bulldozer. Please don't be another bulldozer.

 

If it is then it would put the whole market in a shit spot, not just AMD. Intel can either keep not improving much, or crush AMD and become a monopoly. they would have to screw the customers or screw them selves over. If AMD can't compete everyone loses. 

[SurvivorNVL]

If it is then it would put the whole market in a shit spot, not just AMD. Intel can either keep not improving much, or crush AMD and become a monopoly. they would have to screw the customers or screw them selves over. If AMD can't compete everyone loses. 

If AMD can't compete they'd likely get their assets bought by Intel and nVidia.  Intel has been wanting to get in the GPU business for awhile now and nVidia has been pushing for x86 and CPU, but Intel stopped them.  If AMD died - competition would see Intel vs nVidia for the future once they negotiate x86 with one another.

[LAwLz]

Remember people, buying the motherboard before reading reviews of the CPU to go with it is like pre-ordering a game. You should not do it.

[The Benjamins]

If AMD can't compete they'd likely get their assets bought by Intel and nVidia.  Intel has been wanting to get in the GPU business for awhile now and nVidia has been pushing for x86 and CPU, but Intel stopped them.  If AMD died - competition would see Intel vs nVidia for the future once they negotiate x86 with one another.

 

ya but the development time on something of that scale is around 1-3 years. so it still will be bad for consumers for a while. also the time it takes another company to design their first ever x86 CPU intel can be dumping money on to improving it faster then the competition can get started. If AMD dies I would not expect to see competition in 2-5 years of that happening. 

[patrickjp93]

Everyone here thinking Zen is coming in the spring or summer, no. AM4 is also for the Carrizo desktop chips (Bristol Ridge). Zen is Summit Ridge, and that will be late Q3 into Q4.

[Memories4K]

Everyone here thinking Zen is coming in the spring or summer, no. AM4 is also for the Carrizo desktop chips (Bristol Ridge). Zen is Summit Ridge, and that will be late Q3 into Q4.

Wait, so we can actually use the AM4 platform until Zen then?

 

EDIT: Nevermind, Carrizo's not what i think it is hahaha

 

At least an APU with some high-frequency DDR4 should prove to be interesting until Zen.