Then Ryzen came along. See also: High-performance storage: From flash drives to server hard drives This slide from AMD's deck covering the launch of the 2nd-generation Ryzen pretty much says it all.

AMD is putting a lot of pressure on Intel and its X-series CPUs with the new 2nd generation Ryzen Threadripper lineup, especially when it comes to price vs. core-count segment.

AMD's second-generation Ryzen Threadripper CPUs have been officially named, priced, and are set for launch. The 2990WX, the flagship product of the new lineup, will launch on August 13th.

Priced at $649 (about £500, AU$880), the 2920X is the most affordable Ryzen Threadripper 2nd Generation processor announced thus far. It appears that there isn’t a next-gen replacement for the ...

AMD wasn’t ready to talk about any specific second-generation Ryzen parts, but it did unveil two new budget-friendly, first-gen options. It’s a pair of APUs: The Ryzen 5 2400G and the Ryzen 3 ...

Double the cores, double the fun! AMD's highest-end processor jumps from 16 to 32 cores in the new Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX, based on AMD Zen+ architecture, slated to ship on Aug. 10.

Meanwhile, AMD's Ryzen 7 2700X is on sale for $294.99 on Amazon right now. That's not the lowest it's ever been, but outside of brief dips, this is a $300 to $320 processor normally. $294.99at Amazon ...

AMD Ryzen 7 2700: $299 - The next CPU down the line and is the eight-core/16-thread spiritual successor to the Ryzen 7 1700 ($264.99) but has much higher frequencies. It can boost to 4.1GHz ...

With last year's Ryzen processors, AMD made a grand re-entry into the world of high-performance desktop computing. Now its improving on those designs with its second-generation Ryzen chips, which ...

AMD 2nd Gen Ryzen Review: 2700X And 2600X Deliver More Performance Per Dollar by Marco Chiappetta — Thursday, April 19, 2018, 09:05 AM EDT Comments Page 6: ...

What we didn’t expect was for AMD to preview its roadmap on CPUs and GPUs going into 2020. Before we get to ahead of ourselves, you should know that Ryzen 2nd gen chips will release this April.