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AMD’s 9000 is coming
Yes, AI was on the agenda
ZAK STOREY, CONTRIBUTING EDITOR
COMPUTEX 2024 has happened, and we’ve had a few announcements, first and foremost being AMD’s 9000 Ryzen series presentation. The top-line facts are straightforward: spec generally stays the same across the majority. However, it’s moving to TSMC’s N4 4nm (maybe 5nm) process, and combining that with lowering latency, TDP, and increasing the bandwidth between the L1 and L2 memory cache, the CCD, and other pipelines.