OCTOBER 2020 PCWorld 15AMD sets October 8 date for
next-gen Ryzen ‘Zen 3’ launch
It looks like AMD’s Ryzen 4000 is arriving soon. BY MARK HACHMAN & GORDON MAH UNGA
MD chief executive Lisa Su said
recently that her company will
be launching its next-generation
Zen 3 microprocessors on
October 8.
“It’s going to be an exciting fall for
gamers...time to start a new journey with @
AMDRyzen (go.pcworld.com/aryz) Zen
and @Radeon (go.pcworld.com/ardn)
RDNA2,” Su tweeted (go.pcworld.com/
lstw), with a small promotional video that
advertised the October 8 launch date.(AMD also confirmed the October 28 launch
of its “Big Navi” Radeon RX 6000 series
cards [go.pcworld.com/bgnv] to take on
Nvidia.)
The announcement comes after some
speculation that AMD would delay the launch
of its next-generation Zen 3 cores (go.
pcworld.com/z3cr), the basis of its Ryzen
chips for desktop and mobile. Those desktop
and mobile chips are expected to include the
Cezanne APU, with mainstream and high-end
desktop parts codenamed Vermeer. AnIMAGE: TWITTER/LISA SU