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hey guys welcome back to harbor unboxed I'm feeling a little under the weather today but I can't let that stop me because today's news story certainly isn't going to wait so then what is today's news story you ask it's official finally AMD's next-generation CPU has been named risin as many of you are no doubt aware the codename for amber is exciting new cpu series set to launch in the first quarter of 2017 was zen AMD is revealed that summit ridge will be the code name for their desktop reisen platform it will include a cebu of eight cores and 16 threads with a base clock of at least 3 point 4 gigahertz this is the first time AMD has revealed clock speed information and the company even stated that while the engineering samples are currently running at 3.4 gigahertz production units will be clocked higher than that summit ridge will also include frequency boost technology although exact boost frequencies haven't yet been determined as for cash there will be plenty of it the big boys will come loaded with a 16 megabyte level 3 and 4 megabyte level 2 cache putting that into perspective Intel's upcoming cubby like core i7 7700 k will feature half as much level 3 cash and four times less level 2 cache bringing AMD well forward from where they currently are now will be this supporting am-4 platform which addresses desperately needed features such as PCI Express gen3 USB 3.1 gen2 support ddr4 memory and nvme storage AMD just recently demonstrated a summit ridge engineering sample running at 3.4 gigahertz without the Boost technology enabled oh my dad and in a head-to-head battle with a stock core i7 1,600 k it fared very well for those of you unaware the 6900 k is a 1100 dollar us broadway lee enthuses grade c for you from Intel which packs eight cores and 16 threads it's clocked it between 3.2 and 3.7 gigahertz so it's an ideal and very powerful processor to compare with AMD showed some originally outperforming the i760 100k in a handbrake video rendering task completing the render a second or so faster all we weren't told the exact handbrake configuration used the fact that summit ridge managed to match the performance of Broadway Lahey is very promising indeed especially considering AMD is set to introduce frequency boost and a higher base clock speed closer to release a stumbling block for AMD in the past has been efficiency power consumption figures haven't been great horizon looks to fix this with dramatically improved efficiency a few months ago AMD use the 3d creation software known as blender to demo horizon or Zen as it was known at the time anyway AMD's upcoming cpu allowed for around 5 watts less total system power consumption when compared to the core i7 1600 ok AMD didn't reveal exactly what was in each system so the difference in system power consumption could be explained by other components though they did claim that it was an apples-to-apples comparison summit ridge was also shown consuming less total system power at idle sitting at around 93 wats compared to the 107 wats of the Intel system for those wondering at peak bo systems jump to around 190 wats AMD CEO Lisa soo has reiterated that the company is on track to deliver a 40-percent performance in IPC over the last generation products at the same level of power consumption she went on to say no games no gimmicks it's all about delivering the real product and if the demos are a true reflection of Verizon and summit ridge AMD will be delivering a modern CPU that can truly compete with Intel's best aim DS also touched on a number of reasons features particularly surrounding a group of technologies they call sense mi this is essentially a brand for amd's network of sensors and monitoring how we're built into reisen which in itself isn't anything we haven't seen before from competing products or even AMD's last gen hardware this technology is used in five key areas of horizon that will help deliver optimal performance and power efficiency one such technology has been dubbed pure power this is a closed loop control system that optimizes clock speeds deliver the best performance at the lowest power levels AMD states that pure power is used to enable lower power for the same performance another technology is precision boost which works in tandem with pure power but instead offers high performance at the same power consumption level through clock speed boosts of 25 increments then we have extended frequency range or xfr for short this is perhaps the most interesting feature as it allows CPU to increase its clock speed beyond the rated boost clock frequencies depending on temperature levels this sounds very similar to nvidia's GPU boost 3.0 technology which often boost pascal GPU is well beyond their rated frequencies AMD says that xfr will reward enthuses coolers by allowing clock speeds to scale with cooling solutions also included is smart prefetch a technology that learns data access patterns to prefetch necessary data into the CPU cache so it can be immediately accessed when and where necessary finally have a neutral net prediction these technology will pre load instructions by anticipating the actions of user will perform ahead of time for those of you who came to learn more be sure to check out AMD's live stream i'll provide a link in the video description short of that AMD will have more to share about reisen and summit ridge closer to the first quarter of 2017 s launch additionally risin CPUs for servers are scheduled for launch in the second quarter of 2017 while the second half of 2017 will see the rise in base to Raven Ridge ap use for low-power devices AMD are going to be very busy next year and I suppose so are we still it's an exciting time to be a tech enthusiast so stay tuned I'll catch you guys in the next one you