AMD Keynote Presentation Press Event at CES 2020: The AnandTech Live Blog
04:46PM EST - We're here ready to Live Blog the annual CES keynote from AMD. We expect to see Lisa Su, Frank Azor, and others take to the stage to discuss what's happening for AMD in the first half of 2020.
04:48PM EST - We're seated front and center, the event should start in 10 minutes
04:49PM EST - This is one of the official keynotes for CES, so they only last 45 minutes
04:50PM EST - We expect the hall to be filled, as in people lining the sides
04:56PM EST - We've already seen Lenovo kind of pre-announce AMD's Ryzen 4000 APUs, so hopefully we get all the info
05:00PM EST - Here we go
05:00PM EST - Intro video time
05:01PM EST - Dr. LIsa Su to the stage
05:02PM EST - Talking about 2020
05:02PM EST - AMD is excited for the 2020 tech
05:02PM EST - AMD is all about high performance computing
05:02PM EST - bringing high perf compute to every market
05:02PM EST - All about pproducts, partners, and distruption
05:02PM EST - About great technology
05:02PM EST - Making the right bets, 3-5 years in advance
05:02PM EST - Recapping 2019
05:03PM EST - Second Gen EPYC doubled the perf from gen to gen
05:04PM EST - Plenty of partners
05:04PM EST - Microsoft, Sony, Apple, Google, Hyperscalers, OEMs
05:05PM EST - Now video of partners
05:05PM EST - Radeon Pro Vega II
05:05PM EST - Surface Laptop 3
05:05PM EST - AMD Ryzen Microsoft Surface Edition
05:05PM EST - lots of co-engineering
05:05PM EST - THe best games on console powered by AMD
05:06PM EST - Twitter using EPYC, 25% TCO reduction
05:06PM EST - Custom GPU for Google Stadia
05:06PM EST - Google using EPYC in its datacenters
05:06PM EST - Over 20 products on 7nm across all markets
05:07PM EST - Bringing innovation to market
05:08PM EST - Now for 2020
05:08PM EST - The theme for 2020 is all about the best, bringing the best to the market
05:08PM EST - At CES, the best is for the gamer and the creator
05:08PM EST - Higher perf CPU and GPU
05:09PM EST - One of the themes at CES this year is 8K
05:09PM EST - Amazing technology for content creators today
05:09PM EST - Best Laptop Experiences in 2020
05:09PM EST - Not a lot of improvement in the laptop form factor recently. You have to pack a lot of technology into a modern design
05:10PM EST - In 2020, AMD will bring the best laptop processor ever built
05:10PM EST - Zen 2, 7nm, and power efficienct
05:10PM EST - 20% lower SoC power, 2x Perf per watt
05:10PM EST - Zen 2, higher clock frequencies
05:10PM EST - Announcing 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen 4000 mobile processors
05:11PM EST - 8-core, 16 thread
05:12PM EST - Ultrathin computing has improved slowly since 2014
05:12PM EST - Ryzen 4000 creates a step function improvement
05:12PM EST - Above the historical curve, pushing the envelope
05:12PM EST - U-Series, H-Series, Pro-Series
05:12PM EST - 15W, 45W, and Pro models
05:13PM EST - Building for the business notebook market, manageability, security, etc
05:13PM EST - Ryzen 7 4800U
05:13PM EST - 8C/16T, 1.8G base, 4.2G turbo, 8 CUs, 15W
05:13PM EST - This is the flagship U-series part
05:14PM EST - 59% higher performance Vega CUs over previous gen Vega CUs
05:14PM EST - +4% ST perf against top end Ice Lake, +90% MT, +28% Time Spy Extreme
05:14PM EST - 'The best laptop processor that's ever been built'
05:15PM EST - Creators unleashed
05:15PM EST - Lots of productivity tasks take advantage of Ryzen 7 4800U
05:15PM EST - Up to 50% over Ice Lake 1065G7
05:15PM EST - 2x perf per watt over previous gen
05:15PM EST - 30% from IPC and design, 70% from 7nm process (over 12nm)
05:16PM EST - Leading performance with all-day battery life
05:16PM EST - Lenovo Yoga Slim
05:16PM EST - Ryzen 7 4800U, 14.9mm thick, 1.4kg, up to 16 GB LPDDR4x
05:17PM EST - Freesync 14-inch FHD display
05:17PM EST - thinnest 8 core laptop on the market
05:17PM EST - Over 12+ designs coming in Q1 for U-series
05:17PM EST - Over 100+ systems expected in 2020
05:18PM EST - Now some Graphics news
05:18PM EST - Laura Smith to the stage, Senior Director of the Radeon Technologies Group
05:18PM EST - It's the gamers and creators that keep pushing us forward
05:18PM EST - Expert workloads
05:19PM EST - Gaming in 2019: $35.7b revenue, 1b+ hours gaming watched every month, >$1b esports revenue
05:19PM EST - 15% YoY in eSports revenue
05:19PM EST - the gaming market is strong and exciting
05:19PM EST - Over 500M gamers and creators use AMD Radeon
05:19PM EST - Desktop, Mobile, and Consoles
05:20PM EST - Expect to continue #1 in consoles
05:20PM EST - New consoles coming next year in 2021
05:20PM EST - Gaming is all about displays, GPUs, and software
05:20PM EST - AMD invests heavily in all three areas
05:20PM EST - Freesync is everywhere, 1000+ displays
05:21PM EST - $89 to $4000
05:21PM EST - Freesync = Stutter and Tear Free
05:21PM EST - Freesync Premium = Freesync + 120+ Hz + LFC
05:21PM EST - Freesync Premium Pro = Freesync Premium + HDR
05:22PM EST - AMD Radeon software, 3.4M downloads since December
05:22PM EST - Adrenalin 2020 Edition
05:23PM EST - AMD Radeon RX 5000 series
05:23PM EST - Excited about market reception of RDNA
05:24PM EST - Announcing the new Radeon RX5600 XT
05:25PM EST - 36 CUs, 1375 MHz, up to 1560 boost, 6GB GDDR6
05:25PM EST - Ultimate 1080p gaming
05:25PM EST - +10% or more over GTX 1660 Ti
05:26PM EST - 5600XT beats the competition for eSports
05:26PM EST - Around 120 Hz on popular titles
05:26PM EST - 7 partners with cards, no reference cards
05:27PM EST - But, price??
05:27PM EST - Available Jan 21, at $279
05:27PM EST - 5600M and 5700M coming to mobile in first half 2020
05:28PM EST - 2020 is the year of the gamer
05:28PM EST - Frank Azor to the stage
05:29PM EST - Focusing on gaming during Franks entire career
05:29PM EST - Frank was involved in the first gaming laptop 15 years ago
05:29PM EST - Radeon coming back to mobile
05:30PM EST - First time on an AMD CES stage as an AMD employee (used to be Dell/Alienware)
05:30PM EST - Only AMD has all of the core components that gamers and creators rely on
05:30PM EST - CPUs, software+tech, and GPUs
05:30PM EST - Bringing remarkable perf to laptops
05:31PM EST - Bringing them all together
05:31PM EST - 90+ million laptop gamers and creators
05:31PM EST - Gamers and Creators never have enough performance from a laptop, they always want more
05:31PM EST - Desktop class performance with mobile performance efficiency only from AMD
05:31PM EST - Ryzen 7 4800H CPU
05:32PM EST - 8C/16T, 2.9G base, 4.2G turbo, 45W TDP
05:32PM EST - Built for the most demanding workloads
05:32PM EST - H-Series is a giant leap forward
05:32PM EST - Take your content with you
05:33PM EST - Tackling the issues that affect gamers and creators
05:33PM EST - Want all the benefits without the compromise
05:33PM EST - Comparing 3DMark FireStrike Physics
05:33PM EST - Intel 9750H to 9700K gives +26% perf for 2x power
05:34PM EST - Ryzen 7 4800U gives +39% perf over the 9750H at the same power, more than the 95W desktop CPU
05:34PM EST - Even better for content creation workloads
05:34PM EST - 3.5 lbs with 10hr+ and sub-18mm with 4800H and discrete GPU
05:35PM EST - rear panel LED
05:35PM EST - Coming out in February
05:36PM EST - AMD is the only company that makes all the key components
05:36PM EST - AMD's Triple A advantage. A+A+A
05:36PM EST - This is about power consumption
05:36PM EST - and power delivery
05:36PM EST - moving power from CPU to GPU where needed
05:37PM EST - Take those lessons learned and apply that to discrete graphics
05:37PM EST - AMD SmartShift - the discrete graphics is now in the equation
05:37PM EST - Overclocks the GPU when more GPU perf is needed at the expense of CPU
05:37PM EST - Does it all the under the hood, and it does it very quickly and even saves power
05:38PM EST - +10% in The Division 2 with the feature on, it's a free feature without any adjustment
05:38PM EST - , +12% on Cinebench R20 NT
05:38PM EST - These are early results
05:39PM EST - Dell G5 SE, Available Q2 2020
05:39PM EST - 4800H + 5600M graphics
05:40PM EST - Starts at $799
05:40PM EST - Comes with a feature showing SmartShift in real time
05:40PM EST - Comes with a special profile as well
05:40PM EST - More info to come
05:41PM EST - Just getting started
05:41PM EST - More solutions coming soon (we've seen a few already)
05:41PM EST - Lisa back to the stage
05:41PM EST - Lisa back to the stage
05:41PM EST - One more produc
05:42PM EST - 3rd Gen Threadripper
05:42PM EST - The world's fastest processors
05:42PM EST - People queueing out the door to buy Ryzen and Threadripper in 2019
05:42PM EST - Waiting in line to get the first CPUs
05:43PM EST - When you look at why, the data speaks for itself
05:43PM EST - 24-core and 32-core has no competition
05:43PM EST - But what about 64-core
05:44PM EST - 16-core 3950X scores around 8600 in CBR20
05:44PM EST - The Threadripper 3990X
05:44PM EST - 64 core CPU
05:45PM EST - $3990
05:45PM EST - 3990X scores 25399 in CB20 NT
05:46PM EST - 2.9G base, 4.3 turbo
05:46PM EST - AMD 3990X is beating two Intel 8280. THat's $3990 vs $20k+
05:46PM EST - V-Ray is 30% faster on AMD
05:47PM EST - 'just slightly cheaper'
05:47PM EST - RED has been using them for a long while
05:49PM EST - Coming February 7th
05:51PM EST - That's a wrap
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