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Ryzen CPUs explained: Everything you need to know about AMD's disruptive multicore chips |
February 14, 2018
After a decade of fielding ho-hum FX-series processors, AMD’s finally released its highly disruptive Ryzen chips, throwing down the gauntlet and challenging Intel’s supremacy in high-end computing.AMD’s Ryzen chips include several CPUs, APUs, and CPU families of various levels of potency. What’s more, Ryzen introduces a completely new motherboard platform, and the processors require different memory and coolers than their predecessors. There’s a lot to sift through—so let’s sift!Here’s everything you need to know about AMD’s Ryzen.
Editor’s note: This article is updated as new information about AMD Ryzen processors becomes available. The most recent update adds information from our Ryzen APU review in the next section. The ‘What you need to upgrade’ section now mentions BIOS updates that let existing motherboards support the APUs, as well as the new X400 chipset motherboards releasing with Ryzen+ chips in April.To read this article in full, please click here
Link: https://www.pcworld.com/article/3176907/components-processors/ryzen-cpus-explained-everything-you-need-to-know-about-amds-disruptive-multicore-chips.html#tk.rss_all
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