Items tagged with naples

by Brandon Hill - Fri, Jun 16, 2017

AMD Naples Leak Confirms EPYC 7601 Server CPU With 32 Cores, 64 Threads, 3.2GHz Turbo Clock

Things are definitely heating up in the processor market thanks to a newly reinvigorated AMD. Intel has dominated the performance and sales charts for years, but AMD has seized an opportunity to hit back at the chip giant with its Zen processor architecture. The first strike came with Ryzen 7 and Ryzen 5 processors... Read more...

by Brandon Hill - Tue, May 16, 2017

AMD Naples Zen Platform Makes ‘EPYC’ Debut For Data Center Market

AMD’s Financial Analyst Day is currently taking place, and one of the biggest announcements that has come out so far is the marketing name for the company’s Naples datacenter chip. AMD CEO Lisa Su announced that the new chips are branded EPYC, and she held one of the massive chips in her hands for all to see. AMD... Read more...

by Paul Lilly - Sun, May 14, 2017

AMD 16-Core ThreadRipper Enthusiast CPUs To Reportedly Utilize 4094 Pin Socket

Check out our updated coverage on AMD Ryzen 9 "Threadripper" processors here. More information about AMD's unreleased (and unannounced) enthusiast-grade Ryzen processors is coming to light. Hot on the heels of learning that AMD is prepping a monstrous Ryzen chip with 16 physical cores and 32 threads, the latest... Read more...

by Brandon Hill - Fri, Mar 10, 2017

MACOM X-Gene 3 32-Core ARM Chip To Challenge Intel Xeon Dominance In Servers

Qualcomm isn’t the only manufacturer looking to cut into Intel’s seemingly insurmountable lead in the server chip market. We’re also seeing a challenge from lesser known MACOM, which is employing an ARM chip design that promises high performance (particularly in regards to memory bandwidth) with incredible... Read more...

by Dave Altavilla - Wed, Mar 08, 2017

Two And A Half Geeks Webcast! 3/8/2017: Ryzen, Naples, GTX 1080Ti, LG G6, HP Elite x3 And More

In this episode of HotHardware's Two And A Half Geeks webcast, Marco, Dave and Chris talk AMD Ryzen processors for desktop enthusiasts and gamers, AMD's Naples server platform based on the Zen architecture, NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, LG's hot new G6 Android flagship, the HP Elite x3 phone that proposes to deliver a... Read more...

by Marco Chiappetta - Tue, Mar 07, 2017

AMD Poised To Disrupt The Data Center With Zen-Based Naples Platform

We learned a lot about the Zen microarchitecture and the consumer-targeted Ryzen 7 series of desktop processors at AMD’s tech day a couple of weeks back. Much of the information we gleaned from AMD at the event, in addition to the numerous leaks, rumors, and official news items that trickled out over the last couple... Read more...

by Paul Lilly - Mon, Sep 05, 2016

AMD's 32-core Zen-Based Naples Server SoC Hits Geekbench For A Test Run

Like everyone else, we're anxious to see for ourselves how AMD's forthcoming Zen architecture performs. Little by little we're getting glimpses of what to expect from Zen. AMD recently revealed more details about Zen and showed a demo of its 8-core, 16-thread "Summit Ridge" desktop processor outpacing a similarly... Read more...

by Brandon Hill - Thu, Jun 16, 2016

AMD Zen Processor Code Named Naples Allegedly To Take On Intel Server Chips With 32 Cores

For gaming enthusiasts, and most definitely for those of the AMD persuasion, the upcoming Zen microarchitecture is seen as a much-needed adrenaline boost for the company. Built on an advanced GlobalFoundries-sourced 14nm FinFET process, AMD is hoping that Zen will be able to go toe-to-toe with the best that Intel has... Read more...