AMD’s December 13th “New Horizon” event is supposedly (and expectedly) a pivotal moment for the company – a celebration of sorts for the impending launch of their ZEN-based microprocessors. The event, which will be presented mainly by Gametrailers TV-based journalist Geoff Keighley, is now turning up to be a Summit Ridge celebration of sorts as well.
According to recent reports, a small number of motherboard manufacturers should also be in attendance at the event, showing-off their AM4-compatible motherboards based on the top-of-the-line X370 chipset. The X370 is the most advanced version of the Zen-compatible chipsets and is expected to provide extensive overclocking features and up to two third-generation PCIe x16 lanes for multi-GPU systems. Below the X370, the B350 and A320 take over the role of the mid-range and entry-level chipsets respectively. The new chipsets are expected to bring native M.2 NVMe & SATA Express connectivity, PCIe gen 3, DDR4 memory compatibility and USB 3.1 Gen2 to the company’s high-end desktop platform for the very first time.
The live event under the motto “New Horizon” takes place almost three weeks before CES 2017, at which AMD is expected to unveil its Summit Ridge family to the general public. As we have previously reported, and according to yet-unconfirmed information, the CPUs are to be marketed as SR7, SR5 and SR3, in approximation to rival Intel’s marketing-giants Core i7, i5 and i3 series.Source: WCCFTech
