AMD Confirms And Shares Release Timing Of AMD Vega, Ryzen 3 & Raven Ridge
AMD has shared the release timing of AMD Vega, Ryzen 3, and Ryzen 3 Mobile Chips.
AMD has confirmed and shared the release timing of AMD Vega, Ryzen 3, and Ryzen 3 Mobile Chips code-named Raven Ridge. New chips for desktops, dubbed as Ryzen 3, will be released in the earlier part of the second half, while AMD Ryzen mobile chips, with the code-named Raven Ridge, will be unveiled around the end-of-year holiday season.
AMD CEO Lisa Su shared the release schedule during a first-quarter earnings call. Su has also revealed that top PC makers will launch desktops with the already shipping Ryzen 5 and Ryzen 7 chips later in this quarter, according to PC World.
The Ryzen 3 is rumored to be for low-end desktops, while the Ryzen 5 and Ryzen 7 chips are more powerful. Late last week, Acer has unveiled its Aspire GX desktop with AMD Ryzen chip options.
In the upcoming months, AMD will release AMD Vega GPUs for the gaming, professional workstation and data center markets. Some AMD Vega GPUs will be launched in this quarter, according to Tech World.
AMD Vega GPUs will be priced higher than Polaris that is the existing GPU architecture. AMD Vega GPUs have a new memory subsystem, a faster computing engine, and a "new geometry pipeline to dramatically improve performance and energy efficiency for the next generation of GPU workloads," Su said during the call.
According to Seeking Alpha, on a GAAP basis, AMD has reported first-quarter earnings revenue of $984 million, up from $832 million in the same quarter last year. Quarterly net loss of AMD was $73 million, which is less as compared with a net loss of $109 million a year earlier.
Ryzen chips were first shipped in March, and the command from home PC builders was really strong. There was a temporary hold back as motherboard shipments were forced, but the supply went back to normal after a few weeks. Large PC makers will launch Ryzen-based desktops during this quarter only.
