APRIL 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 5werebeingpushedtoblazing-fastnewlimitsleft
andright. Laptops embraced newfound form factors.
Desktops got weird. Heck, we even saw a détente in
the battle between consoles and PC gamers in bold,
badassfashion.Weweretheretocaptureit all.Here’s
arecap of the CES 2020 reveals that PC enthusiasts
need to know about.
AMD vs Intel vs Nvidia
Let’s start with the heavy hitters powering the chips
inside the PCs you buy.
After claiming desktop dominance from Intel
for the first time in a long time in 2019, AMD came
out swinging at laptops at CES 2020. The company
revealed Ryzen 4000 laptop processors at its keynote,
built using the same 7nm process that made 3rd-gen
Ryzen and Threadripper CPUs so great, with both
energy-efficient U-series and gaming-ready H-series
processors planned. Get this: AMD says it’s introducing
“the best laptop processor ever built”, and claims that
its top-tier H-series chip can outpunch even Intel’s
desktop Core i7-9700K in some scenarios.
AMDalsorevealedpricing,speed,andrelease
dateinfo for its monstrous 64-core Threadripper
3990X. It’ll cost $3,990 (£around £3,000), appropriately
enough, when it launches on 7 February. We also
chatted with Ryzen development leader David McAfee
for further insights into Threadripper 3990X and Ryzen
4000, as well as Anandtech’s Dr. Ian Cutress for how
Ryzen 4000 squares up against Intel in laptops.
Laptop makers are already lining up to deploy the
latest Ryzens, a stunning turnaround from the norm