AMD's ZEN chipsets revealed

[NumLock21]

Upcoming AMD's ZEN chipsets has been revealed. Their top end willl be the X370, B350 for mid-range, and A320 for entry level. Features that comes with are support for ddr4, nvme, sata express, and usb 3.1, etc. Arrival of the platform, won't be here until Feb 2017, but motherboard makers already got some and we might get a early look on it, in October.

 

http://www.tweaktown.com/news/53862/amds-high-end-x370-chipset-teased-arrives-feb-2017/index.html

 

http://wccftech.com/amd-zen-intel-kaby-lake-february-2017/

 

https://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&nv=1&rurl=translate.google.com&tl=en&u=https://benchlife.info/update-for-intel-kaby-lake-and-amd-summit-ridge-09112016/&usg=ALkJrhjwR1CMpiTTewrdnZxSRfM2Jowx0g

 

 

 

[manikyath]

i just wanna mention this: that website has so many ads you have to search for the article itself..

[Devin92]

1 minute ago, manikyath said:

i just wanna mention this: that website has so many ads you have to search for the article itself..

wont let me visit the website becuz adblock block too much ads, soooo literally block the whole page? LOL

[zMeul]

this is a bit misleading as AM4 CPUs already have USB, SATA, PCIe, network PHY and other "connectivity" already embedded on chip - they're SoCs for god's sake

these chipsets will only add functionality 

[NumLock21]

I have added another link and the original (translated)

[PRTI]

5 minutes ago, NumLock21 said:

comes with are support for ddr4, nvme, sata express, and usb 3.1, etc

So pretty much everything that a modern chip can do?

[MagnusGrønstad]

5 minutes ago, NumLock21 said:

Upcoming AMD's ZEN chipsets has been revealed. Their top end willl be the X370, B350 for mid-range, and A320 for entry level. Features that comes with are support for ddr4, nvme, sata express, and usb 3.1, etc. Arrival of the platform, won't be here until Feb 2017, but motherboard makers already got some and we might get a early look on it, in October.

 

 

http://www.tweaktown.com/news/53862/amds-high-end-x370-chipset-teased-arrives-feb-2017/index.html

 

that was so short, you could've just quoted the whole thing

[manikyath]

Just now, zMeul said:

this is a bit misleading as AM4 CPUs already have USB, SATA, PCIe, network PHY and other "connectivity" already embedded on chip - they're SoCs for god's sake

these chipsets will only add functionality 

doesnt SoC imply that ram is on the main chip as well?

[Exotath]

Feb 2017. *sigh*

[zMeul]

2 minutes ago, manikyath said:

doesnt SoC imply that ram is on the main chip as well?

not necesarily

if you count the cache, it already has memory on-board 

[manikyath]

1 minute ago, zMeul said:

not necesarily

although, where *is* the line of a SoC then?

[NumLock21]

3 minutes ago, keNNySOC said:

So pretty much everything that a modern chip can do?

Yep, maybe other features too?

3 minutes ago, MagnusGrønstad said:

that was so short, you could've just quoted the whole thing

Summarize is better

[zMeul]

1 minute ago, manikyath said:

although, where *is* the line of a SoC then?

if I call it SiP does it tickles your ego better?!

[Citadelen]

USB 3.1 support is nice. Looking forward to my new Zen system.

[manikyath]

Just now, zMeul said:

if I call it SiP does it tickles your ego better?!

... where did that come from?

 

i'm just asking a question and we go straight to personal insults?

[PRTI]

2 minutes ago, NumLock21 said:

Yep, maybe other features too?

So it will be a portable stove ?

[zMeul]

Just now, manikyath said:

i'm just asking a question and we go straight to personal insults?

I'm insulting you now?! how on earth .. 

[manikyath]

Just now, zMeul said:

I'm insulting you now?! how on earth .. 

2 minutes ago, zMeul said:

does it tickles your ego better

not being very mature, are we?

 

look, all i'm saying is, there's a line here. intel has started with moving the north bridge into their CPUs, how much can you move into what is originally just a CU, ALU, and registers, before it is no longer a CPU and becomes a SoC?

[Enderman]

So does that mean after Zen releases we will need to wait another 5 years to get all the technologies that release from now on like PCIe 4.0?

Or is the thing after Zen already being produced?

[zMeul]

Just now, manikyath said:

not being very mature, are we?

 

look, all i'm saying is, there's a line here. intel has started with moving the north bridge into their CPUs, how much can you move into what is originally just a CU, ALU, and registers, before it is no longer a CPU and becomes a SoC?

AMD's AM4 platform is a SoC no matter how you look it it (it doesn't have RAM on die)

all the connectivity (I mentioned in my 1st post) is embedded inside the AM4 package - everything! the board only acts as a connecting platform to the various peripherals

[NumLock21]

6 minutes ago, keNNySOC said:

So it will be a portable stove ?

Nope a portable BBQ grill.

 

[Misanthrope]

19 minutes ago, manikyath said:

i just wanna mention this: that website has so many ads you have to search for the article itself..

Surfing the web without adblock is just like having sex without a condom: you can't just establish a "trust" system you gotta look after yourself.

[Citadelen]

10 minutes ago, manikyath said:

-snip-

That's zMeul's style.  

[PRTI]

3 minutes ago, NumLock21 said:

Nope a portable BBQ grill.

 

REALLY? With a CPU i even get a free BBQ Grill ! now that's what i call,BANG for buck

[Misanthrope]

19 minutes ago, zMeul said:

this is a bit misleading as AM4 CPUs already have USB, SATA, PCIe, network PHY and other "connectivity" already embedded on chip - they're SoCs for god's sake

these chipsets will only add functionality 

Likely but this wasn't always necessarily the case and we could see a change back: I remember when (of all people) Nvidia used to release their own chipsets for AMD CPUs which added more powerful integrated graphics and other features. I used to have one such rig way back when an Nforce 2 mobo.

 

But enough of my old man bullshit carry on.