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takyon [soylentnews.org] writes:

At the Consumer Electronics Show, AMD confirmed details about products coming out in 2018 [anandtech.com]:

1. Ryzen 3 Mobile APUs: January 9th
2. Ryzen Desktop APUs: February 12th
3. Second Generation Ryzen Desktop Processors: April.
4. Ryzen Pro Mobile APUs: Q2 2018
5. Second Generation Threadripper Processors: 2H 2018
6. Second Generation Ryzen Pro Desktop Processors: 2H 2018

The second generation "Zen+" products use a "12nm" process [soylentnews.org]. Zen 2 and Zen 3 will use a "7nm" and "7nm+" process and will be out around 2019-2020.

Two cheaper Ryzen-based mobile APUs [anandtech.com] have been released. The Ryzen 3 2300U has 4 cores, 4 threads, and the Ryzen 3 2200U has 2 cores, 4 threads, making it the first dual-core part in the entire Ryzen product line. All of the Ryzen mobile parts have a 15 W TDP so far.

AMD has also lowered the suggested pricing [anandtech.com] for many of its Ryzen CPUs. For example, $299 for Ryzen 7 1700 from $329. The Threadripper Ryzen TR 1900X is down to $449 from $549.

Intel has officially launched [anandtech.com] five new Kaby Lake CPUs with AMD Radeon Vega graphics and 4 GB of High Bandwidth Memory. Each CPU also includes Intel's HD 630 GT2 integrated graphics, which is expected to be used for lower power video encode/decode tasks.

Previously: AMD Launches First Two Ryzen Mobile APUs With Vega Graphics [soylentnews.org]
Intel Core i7-8809G with Radeon Graphics and High Bandwidth Memory: Details Leaked [soylentnews.org]

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