Re:AMD’s 7nm Ryzen 4000 CPUs are here to take on Intel’s 10n...
by arcticbull on Monday January 06, 2020 @06:47PM
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> Sure, they still should have called it the Ryzen 3000.
Why? It's just a name. It's not the same as a 3700X, it's been modified, tweaked and revised to meet a different application. It's a new version.
Re:AMD’s 7nm Ryzen 4000 CPUs are here to take on Intel’s 10n...
by lhoff on Monday January 06, 2020 @07:13PM
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The core part of it is unchanged.
All CPUs with the Zen2 Architecture are made out of the exact same 8 Core die. Ryzen, Threadripper and Epyc. And that is one of the big advantages that AMD currently has compared to Intel. Take a look at the pictures. The CPU actually consists of 3 Parts: CPU, GPU, Interconnect.
What's new with this CPU is the GPU Die that is soldered right next to the CPU and the interconnect chip that combines CPU and GPU.
It should have been:
Ryzen 1000 - Zen1
Ryzen 2000 - Zen+
Ryzen 3000 - Zen2
But it is:
Ryzen 1000 - CPU: Zen1, APU: -
Ryzen 2000 - CPU: Zen+, APU: Zen1
Ryzen 3000 - CPU: Zen2, APU: Zen+
Ryzen 4000 - CPU: ?, APU: Zen2
Re:AMD’s 7nm Ryzen 4000 CPUs are here to take on Intel’s 10n...
by makomk on Monday January 06, 2020 @07:18PM
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These APUs are all single-die parts combining both the CPU and GPU cores, along with the IO, onto the one die. They share that die across the entire 4000-zeries APU lineup though.
The mistake was made during the Ryzen 1000. they called the APUs (CPU with graphics) Ryzen but the CPU cores were not even Zen.
I know that it takes more then putting another name on to create these CPUs. But since they have the same Architecture they should be in the same generation.
Intel's 10th Gen naming annoys me as well. 10nm and 14nm CPUs all under the same naming scheme. The only reason to do this is to confuse uninformed customers.