Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMD) confirmed the launch dates this week for its highly anticipated next-gen CPU and GPU architectures, setting in motion several rumors about the offerings.AMD's Announcement: AMD announced the dates in a tweet that gave away very few details outside of the launch dates."A new era of leadership performance across computing and graphics is coming. The journey begins on October 8," AMD said in the tweet.> A new era of leadership performance across computing and graphics is coming. The journey begins on October 8. pic.twitter.com/58I288iN30> > -- AMD (@AMD) September 9, 2020Wait For Zen 3 Ends Oct. 8: The Zen 3 CPU architecture is to be unveiled Oct. 8.The architecture is reportedly built on the 7nm node, as with the preceding hardware. The chip configurations could be rearranged, most notably in the L3 cache.Given that there is no node shrinkage, some meaningful architectural improvement over Zen 2 could be expected, AnandTech reported.Desktop CPUs based on Zen 3 architecture would come with Ryzen 4000 branding and mobile processors with the new architecture would have Ryzen 5000 branding.Recently, rival Intel released its 11th-generation Tiger Lake mobile processor, which according to analysts, offers high performance at low power.New GPU Architecture, Big Navi Launch To Follow: AMD said the RDNA2 GPU architecture is scheduled for release Oct. 28.> AMD RDNA2 architecture and Radeon RX 6000 Series graphics cards will bring the best of Radeon to gamers worldwide. Learn more October 28. pic.twitter.com/CZJRxTBe6m> > -- Radeon RX (@Radeon) September 9, 2020GPU based on this new architecture is dubbed Big Navi, and it will be up against NVIDIA Corporation's (NASDAQ: NVDA) Ampere-based GPU, which was announced but has yet to launch. AMD's Big Navi promises big performance and efficiency gains, along with feature parity with Nvidia in terms of ray tracing support, Tom's Hardware reported.It remains to be seen how the Big Navi stacks up against Nvidia's RTX 30-series Ampere-based GPUs in both price and performance.Related Links:How AMD Can Hit This Analyst's Bull-Case Price Target Of 5 Intel's 7nm Delay Materially Positive For AMD, Says BofA Analyst See more from Benzinga * AMD Launches Custom Bikes In An Unusual Product Diversification * How AMD Can Hit This Analyst's Bull-Case Price Target Of 5 * AMD Analysts Bet On Continuing Momentum Amid Tailwinds, Execution, Intel Missteps(C) 2020 Benzinga.com. Benzinga does not provide investment advice. All rights reserved.
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