AMD's Zen CPUs are rumoured to release on January 17th

AMD's Zen CPUs are rumoured to release on January 17th

| Source: Techpowerup Author: Mark Campbell

AMD's Zen CPUs are rumoured to release on January 17th

As 2016 draws to a close more and more details for AMD's Zen-based CPUs are coming to light. with recent rumoured suggesting that Zen will release on January 17th, with an 8-core 16-thread model which will be available for around $300.

According to MAXSUN , AMD's Zen CPU will first launch on January 17th with a secondary launch for additional (likely lower end) Zen CPUs in early March. This means that AMD is likely to officially reveal their Zen CPUs at CES 2017, which will take place between January 6th and January 8th.

Recent rumours have been suggesting that AMD is planning to use an Intel-like naming scheme for their Zen/Summit Ridge CPUs, with SR7, SR5 and SR3 series chips. This is an obvious plan on Intel's existing i3, i5 and i7 branding, with AMD's SR naming scheme being named after AMD's Summit Ridge brand name.

Reports from MAXSUN also state that final clock speeds for AMD's Zen CPUs will be higher than the 3GHz engineering sample that AMD has already showcased, with current samples clocking at around 3.15-3.3GHz and boosting to 3.5GHz. It has also been reported that Zen CPUs can easily overclock to 4.2GHz using conventional means, with overclocks as high as 5.0GHz being possible under LN2.

At this time these rumours should all be taken with a grain of salt, though it looks like AMD's upcoming Zen based CPUs will offer PC builders and gamers with a lot of value for money, even if they do not match Intel in term of clock-clock performance.

AMD's Zen CPUs are rumoured to release on January 17th, with an 8-core 16-thread model for $300.https://t.co/wX0gfT9I7I pic.twitter.com/8mchWQcabj — OC3D (@OC3D) November 18, 2016

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