AMD Zen is slowly making PC users anxious as the final specs and figures are not yet revealed. However, the company is boasting their 32-core chip dubbed Naples.
PC gamers were stunned when AMD demonstrated the Ryzen plus Vega combo at the recent Consumer Electronics Event 2017. The combo was able to run "Doom" at 4K on Ultra settings with an average 70 frames per second. It certainly beat the NVIDIA GTX 1080 which can only dish out about 60 fps.
AMD Zen's Naples CPU is not designed for gaming but for servers with its 32-core count which is higher than the Intel Xeon's 24 cores, PC World has learned. The chip will come in handy for servers moving data into the cloud back and forth as it demands more resources.
There is still a challenge for AMD to bite into the server market even with their Zen processor. Large companies like Amazon and Google equip their data centers with Xeon processors. If the Naples's performance proves to be a huge leap over Xeon, there may be a huge shakeup in the industry.
Companies will have to test out if all of their web applications and programs will still work with the AMD Zen Naples processor before they migrate. It could take several more months but Naples is expected to be a formidable competitor in the server market.
AMD senior vice president Jim Anderson told Trusted Reviews that their performance per dollar ratio will certainly trump the current players in the market. The company was not as loud as NVIDIA during CES 2017 but they still attracted attention because of the Zen chips' performance.
"We've tried to be very careful about not getting ahead of ourselves and rolling out information in a controlled way and making sure of what we've committed to," said Anderson.
AMD Zen processors and the Vega GPUs are expected to be launched during the first half of the year. The price and final specs may be revealed in the following weeks or so.
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