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Acer Unveils New Nitro & Swift Laptops With AMD Ryzen 7000 Processors

Sudhanshu — Fri, 03 Feb 2023 04:10:28 +0000

Acer has introduced a new range of Nitro and Swift laptops globally. These new laptops will come equipped with AMD Ryzen 7000 series processors and will be available to buy in the coming months. These new laptops are called the Acer Nitro 16, Nitro 17, and Swift Go 14.

While the Nitro laptops are equipped with features to take on modern gaming titles, the Acer Swift Go 14 is more suited for streaming video content and professional use. Let’s take a closer look at these machines and find out what they bring to the table.

Acer Nitro 16, Nitro 17 specs

The Nitro 16 and Nitro 17 laptops both boast powerful specifications, starting with their display. The Nitro 16 has a 16-inch screen with a high 165Hz refresh rate and 100% sRGB color gamut, and an impressive 84% screen-to-body ratio. The Nitro 17, on the other hand, features a larger 17.3-inch screen with a choice between FHD or QHD resolutions, also with a 165Hz refresh rate. Both models are powered by cutting-edge AMD Ryzen 7000 series processors and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 series GPUs, with the ability to upgrade to 32GB DDR5 RAM and a 2TB M.2 PCIe Gen 4 SSD. In addition, they come with advanced cooling technology, a customizable 4-zone RGB keyboard, and multiple connectivity options.

Acer Swift Go 14 specs

The Acer Swift Go 14 is a lightweight laptop with a sleek design, weighing less than 1.3kg. It boasts a 14-inch 2.8K OLED display with a high 90Hz refresh rate and a wide 100% DCI-P3 color gamut, delivering vivid and bright visuals with a peak brightness of 500 nits. The laptop is powered by powerful AMD Ryzen 7000 series processors and can be equipped with up to 16GB LPDDR5 RAM and up to 2TB PCIe Gen 4 SSD storage. Acer promises a long battery life of up to 9.5 hours, making the Swift Go 14 ideal for on-the-go use. Additionally, the laptop features improved thermal performance and various connectivity options.

Pricing & availability

The Acer Nitro 16, Nitro 17, and Swift Go 14 laptops have been announced for various regions like North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, India, and China. The Indian availability date is yet to be announced, however, other above-mentioned regions will get these devices starting May 2023. The Indian price tags are currently under wraps, however, the North American pricing has been announced. The Nitro 16 starts at $1,149.99 in North America, and the Nitro 17 starts at $1,199.99. Swift Go 14 prices begin at $849.99.

AMD launches new 5nm based Ryzen 7000 series desktop processors

Sean — Wed, 31 Aug 2022 08:55:43 +0000

AMD has just launched its latest generation of the desktop processors. The new Ryzen 7000 series CPUs were highly anticipated across the globe by professionals, gamers, and even enthusiasts. So let’s have a look at their pricing, specs, and features.

Team Red has just announced four new processors that target different price range and offer varying performance and functionality. This series starts from Ryzen 5 7600X, followed by the Ryzen 7 7700X and the Ryzen 9 7950X, and lastly, the top end Ryzen 9 7950X CPU. Notably, the Ryzen 7000 series desktop processors also comes with support for new socket AM5 platform. This supports dual channel DDR5 memory, up to 24 PCIe 5.0 lanes, and will be supported by the company till 2025 and beyond.

While the Ryzen 5 7600X is the entry model for now, it is still quite a powerful processor. It is the successor to the popular last gen Ryzen 5 5600X model and also features a 6 core and 12 threads CPU with a base frequency of 4.7GHz and a boost clock speed of 5.4GHz. This model also has a total TDP of 105W and has a total cache of 38MB. The Ryzen 7 7700X is where the higher end model starts, with 8 cores and 16 threads and a base frequency of 4.5GHz and boost clock speed of 5.4GHz. This processor also has a 105W TDP and has 40MB of total cache.

The Ryzen 9 series starts with the Ryzen 9 7900X, which is the top end model for most customers. It offers 12 cores and 24 threads with a base frequency of 4.7GHz and a boost clock speed of 5.6GHz. With these specs, it is clear that apart from great gaming performance, the processor will likely be an attractive option for creative professionals and even productivity based users. This CPU has a 170W TDP and has a 76MB total cache.

Lastly, there is the true flagship Ryzen 9 7950X processor that offers a whopping 16 cores and 32 threads with a 4.5GHz base frequency and a 5.7GHz boost clock speed. It also has a 170W TDP and will offer 80MB total cache. As per official notes, AMD claims that this processor will offer up to 47% improved energy efficiency over some of its rivals. Additionally, it can also outperform the competition by up to 57 percent in the V-Ray Render.

Another notable announcement alongside the new processor is the AMD EXPO Technology. Through this technology, users can boost gaming performance by up to 11 percent depending on the game you’re playing. EXPO basically provides advanced DDR5 overclocking profile settings. The technology would also boost gaming performance by using pre configured overclocking settings.

The new AMD Ryzen 7000 series processors is set to go on sale starting from 27th September 2022. Pricing for the new CPUs starts from 299 US Dollars for the Ryzen 5 7600X. The Ryzen 7 7700X has a price tag of 399 US Dollars, while the higher end Ryzen 9 7900X costs 549 US Dollars. The flagship Ryzen 9 7950X processor has a steep price tag of 699 US Dollars.

AMD Ryzen 3 7420U Leak: RDNA2 Graphics in an Entry Level APU

Leo Wong De Quan — Sat, 04 Jun 2022 02:15:11 +0000

At Computex Taipei 2022, AMD had revealed that the company will be launching its entry-level Ryzen and Athlon 7000 series mobile processors, codenamed “Mendocino”, that are aimed towards the Chromebooks and affordable Windows devices crowd.

And according to several reports online (via ITHome and wccftech), we have gathered several leaks and rumours that we know about AMD’s “Mendocino” processors so far.

AMD’s upcoming “Mendocino” 7000 series mobile entry-level APU family will be consisting of 3 members – the AMD Ryzen 3 7420U, AMD Athlon Gold 7220U and the AMD Athlon Silver 7020U.

Not much is known about the Athlon 7000 series mobile APUs, but recently ITHome reported that the news organisation had gathered info that the highest-end among the “Mendocino” processors – the Ryzen 3 7420U, will be sporting a quad-core CPU setup with 8 threads. All 4 CPU cores will be built on AMD’s older Zen 2 architecture, which turns 3 years old in 2022.

GPU-wise, The integrated graphics of the Ryzen 3 7420U APU will be featuring 1 WGP (2 CUs) of RDNA2 Graphics.

However, compared to its predecessor – the Ryzen 3 5400U, the upcoming Ryzen 3 7420U APU seems rather underwhelming. For comparison, the Ryzen 3 5400U also has a 4 core 8 thread CPU, but the cores are built on newer Zen 3 architecture. Meanwhile, the GPU on the Ryzen 5400U is a 6 CUs Vega Integrated Graphics.

As revealed earlier in leaks online, the AMD “Mendocino” APUs will be supporting dual-channel x32 LPDDR5 RAM, which can go up to 32GB, and the APUs will support VP9 and AV1 video encoding as well.

In Computex, AMD announced that “Mendocino” APUs will be launched in Q4 2022 and arrive in markets by the end of the year. The company expects “Mendocino” APUs to be available in mainstream notebooks priced from US$ 399 to US$699.

In addition to the improved APU design, “Mendocino” is also manufactured on TSMC’s 6nm process, which translates to better power efficiency. AMD had announced that it believes that with Mendocino, Windows laptops can deliver more than 10 hours of battery life. On stage at Computex 2022, AMD revealed that Lenovo’s upcoming 2022 IdeaPad 1 series of entry-level laptops will be among the first to feature the APU.

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AMD Unveils Upcoming Ryzen 7000 Series and AM5 Motherboards

Leo Wong De Quan — Mon, 23 May 2022 17:39:41 +0000

Computex Taipei 2022 has officially kicked off today, from May 23rd to May 27th at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center in Taiwan. And the first official event of the week-long programme is headed by semiconductor giant, AMD with its 2022 AMD Keynote Conference for the audience.

At the Computex 2022 Keynote event today, AMD had finally pulled the sheets of its latest breakthrough products to the technology industry – its Ryzen 7000 desktop series processors and the company’s long-awaited AM5 socket motherboards.

Ryzen 7000 Desktop Processors

The Ryzen 7000 Series Desktop Processors are the successors to last year’s Ryzen 5000 series desktop processors. They are built on AMD’s latest Zen 4 architecture fabbed on TSMC’s industry-leading advanced 5nm node manufacturing process. For context, TSMC 5nm was found earliest on ARM-based devices like Apple’s iPhone 12 series, but for x86-based systems, AMD is the world’s first chip supplier to bring TSMC 5nm technology to the desktop PC scene.

Source: AMD

As for the specifics, the AMD Ryzen 7000 series processors based on Zen 4 architecture are built just like Zen 3, in a chiplet-based design, but this time with the two Core Complex Dies manufactured on TSMC’s 5nm node.

In addition, AMD is also introducing a new 6 nm I/O die (IOD) for Ryzen 7000 series desktop processors. Unlike the 14 nm Global Foundries IOD used in previous Zen 3 designs, AMD has now gone to TSMC for its 6nm manufacturing process for its IOD in Ryzen 7000 series desktop processors.

With the manufacturing partner change, AMD is also incorporating an integrated GPU, to what is supposed to be just the Ryzen 7000 series desktop CPUs. And the GPU is not the Vega-based GPUs you would find in entry-level AMD models, this GPU will be built on AMD‘s RDNA2 architecture, the same architecture for the company’s dedicated graphic cards.

Thus, all of AMD‘s Ryzen 7000 series CPUs will technically be APUs as well, as graphics are now woven into the CPU’s construction. As Anandtech reports, “What this means for the future of AMD‘s monolithic desktop APUs is uncertain, but at a minimum, it means that all (or virtually all) of AMD‘s CPUs will be suitable for use in systems without discrete graphics, which although not a huge deal for consumer systems, is very much a big deal for corporate/commercial systems”.

AMD also showed off an unannounced 16-core Ryzen 7000 CPU at the keynote today running on the PC game Ghostwire: Tokyo, and the performance numbers have been shocking as the event showed off the unannounced Ryzen 7000 CPU running at over 5.5GHz, which is higher than not only AMD’s own top-end Ryzen 5000 processors from last year but also higher than Intel’s current 12th Gen Core i9 Processors.

Last, AMD disclosed that Zen 4 will come with 1MB of L2 cache per CPU core, which is twice the amount of L2 cache as found on Zen 3 (and Zen 2) CPU cores, and together with the company’s claims of 15% IPC uplift in single-core performance, the Ryzen 7000 series will be leading the competition.

No specific models of Ryzen 3, 5 or 7 models of Ryzen 7000 series desktop series processors were announced in today’s event, but AMD CEO, Dr Lisa Su confirms that the company will be holding a launch event for its Ryzen 7000 series desktop processors coming this fall in the upcoming months.

AM5 Socket Motherboards

Coming to AM5 Socket Motherboards, the new AM5 motherboards have an LGA-type socket with 1718 pins, and introduces DDR5 and PCIe 5.0 support, as well as higher processor TDPs to the Ryzen 7000 family. The Ryzen 7000 desktop series processors will be the company’s first-ever Ryzen processors to run on AM5, which also means that AMD is officially retiring its 5-year-old AM4 motherboard technology.

Source: AMD

The new AM5 socket motherboards come with native support for up to 170W of TDP, DDR5 and PCIe Gen 5.0 support, and are surprisingly compatible with AM4 motherboard coolers as well.

Source: AMD

AMD unveiled the 3 new AM5 motherboard chipsets at the Computex 2022 today – the X670E, X670, and B650. All three models support the latest PCIE Gen 5 standard but for a more detailed look on how PCIE Gen 5 works on all 3 motherboards, you can refer to the table below.

AM5 Motherboard Comparison. Source: AMD

AMD have revealed that with the collaboration with its motherboard partners, the company is ready to provide AM5 motherboards to the general public which include the ASRock X670E Taichi, the ASUS ROG Crosshair X670E Extreme, the Biostar X670E Valkyrie, the GIGABYTE X670 Aorus Xtreme, and the MSI MEG X670E Ace motherboards.

AM5 Partner Motherboards

The AM5 motherboards are also coming this fall together with AMD’s Ryzen 7000 series desktop processors.

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AMD Ryzen 7000 Series CPU Spotted Running Up to 1.532V on MSI’s Upcoming Motherboard, Here’s Why That’s Concerning

Leo Wong De Quan — Sun, 17 Apr 2022 04:30:13 +0000

AMD’s upcoming release of its Ryzen 7000 series of desktop CPUs is one of the most highly anticipated announcements by PC and tech enthusiasts alike. This is because the Ryzen 7000 series of CPUs will be the first lineup of Ryzen CPUs to run AMD’s latest AM5 platform, as opposed to the Ryzen 1000 to 5000 series CPUs that were running on AMD’s older AM4 platform.

As we are inching nearer close to the launch of Ryzen 7000, more leaks and rumours have started to surface online about Ryzen 7000 and a recent leak this week shows concerning details of the SoC lineup as it shows off the high voltage draw of a supposed member from the Ryzen 7000 lineup.

The leak comes from Twitter user @9550pro, as the tweet shares a screenshot of an off-screen BIOS menu screen which shows off the motherboard and Vcore voltage draw of the chipset.

Source: Twitter

Starting from the motherboard, it is examined that the motherboard is a member of the MAG family of motherboards that are exclusive to MSI. Next is the B650 moniker, which means that the CPU is running on an AMD AM5-based motherboard. And since the AM5 platform was designed specifically for the Zen-4 based Ryzen 7000 CPUs to replace the AM4 platform, it is apparent to see why this could be a member of the upcoming Ryzen 7000 series lineup of desktop CPUs.

Moving onto the next detail, VCore. The image shared also details of the VCore voltage draw of the CPU which is at 1.532 V, which is quite concerning for an AMD CPU, as normally the average voltage draw of AMD CPUs is at 1.3-1.4V voltages.

In simpler terms, higher voltage draw leads to higher power draw, which leads to lower power efficiency, and higher temperatures and leaves the CPU more prone to thermal throttling.

Despite the concerns, the above statements only hold true if the finalised retail version of the Ryzen 7000 series is presented with the high voltage draw. The shared photo may be a Ryzen 7000 early test sample or engineering sample running in AMD’s research and development team to optimise its power efficiency and performance before its planned launch date in 2H 2022.

Source: AMD

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AMD to share details about next-generation Zen 4 CPUs at CES 2022

Jeet — Thu, 23 Dec 2021 00:42:18 +0000

AMD has confirmed that the company will be unveiling its next-generation Zen 4 CPUs at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2022. The company’s CTO Mark Papermaster has said that some details will be mentioned at CES but more details will be shared at a later date.

This means that AMD won’t be launching the next-generation Zen 4 CPUs at the CES 2022 but will be revealing some of the key features. The Zen 4 was originally announced by the company in October last year at the Ryzen 5000 event.

In an interview with Forbes, Mark Papermaster said: “We’re excited to be revealing some additional details on our new product launches that will deliver phenomenal experiences, and as we’ve said, later in the year as it progresses we’ll share more detail on Zen 4, with some mentioned at CES and more announcements on it over the course of 2022.”

The company has scheduled its CES presentation on 4th January 2022 at 10:00 AM EST where Lisa Su, AMD’s CEO, is expected to talk about Ryzen 6000-series processors, Radeon graphics, and Ryzen 3D V-Cache technologies.

AMD has already confirmed that the next-generation Zen 4 chips will be manufactured using the 5nm process. The company is most likely relying on its existing partner TSMC for the manufacturing of chips.

If the reports are to be believed, then the chips will come with about a 40 percent improvement in performance. It is expected to support an AM5 socket that uses a Land Grid Array (LGA) design, breaking with AMD’s long history of Pin Grid Array (PGA) sockets.

After sharing some key details at CES 2022 in a couple of weeks, AMD is expected to actually launch the new chips sometime after July.