Rise and shine kids, it’s Computex 2022, and here at TechRadar we’re here to cover all the ins and outs and good bits about the future of computing in 2022 and beyond, starting with the AMD Computex 2022 Keynote from CEO Dr. Lisa Su to open the conference.
This year’s Computex is still a hybrid affair, and TechRadar will be bringing you all the latest from the event, which is being held in Taipei, Taiwan, from May 23 to May 27. Unlike last year, which was entirely remote, and 2020, which was cancelled entirely because of the coronavirus pandemic, this year there will be some in-person events, but with very limited in-person foreign press coverage.
That means TechRadar and most other major outlets are still covering the event remotely, but that doesn’t mean we won’t be bringing you everything we hear throughout the week-long show, both from major keynotes like AMD and Nvidia, but also other major industry players like Asus, Gigabyte, and more.
So what do we expect from AMD in its opening keynote? What kind of new products might we see? Are we expecting any big announcements about new Radeon graphics cards or Ryzen processors? We’ll go into all of this and more in our live coverage of the AMD Computex 2022 Keynote, so stick with TechRadar for all the latest news as it happens.
Hello, hello, hello! This is John Loeffler, TechRadar's US Computing Editor in New York and we're getting ready to kick-off Computex 2022 with the AMD Computex 2022 Keynote address from AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su.
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So what are we expecting from AMD's keynote, which is scheduled to start in a little over an hour from now?
Hot off the launch of AMD's latest Radeon graphics cards, the RX 6950 XT, RX 6750 XT and RX 6650 XT, we might hear some rumblings about the next generation of Radeon, AMD RDNA 3.
We are probably going to hear something about AMD's mobile platform as new AMD Ryzen 6000-series laptops are starting to make it to market. How much of this will be consumer products and how much will be professional systems is an open question.
What about AMD Ryzen processors? We've heard a lot of rumblings about Zen 4 lately, so we wouldn't be surprised if we heard an update on the next-gen Ryzen 7000-series CPUs.
This is Computex, so there might also be some discussion of AMD Epyc server and cloud computing technology, and hopefully we'll see some nerd-talk on AMD's 3D chiplet stacking tech like what we saw in our AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D review.
We're about 30 minutes out now, so I just want to say that I really hope AMD spends some time talking about its 3D chiplet technology. Its 3D V-Cache tech was definitely impressive during our review, and I would love to see it implemented in other areas.
With the recent release of Radeon RX cards earlier this month, it might be too soon to get any graphics card talk in this keynote (at least from AMD. What Nvidia's got in store for later tonight is anyone's guess). If we do though, I'm really interested to see if AMD is able to introduce 3D stacking tech into Radeon GPUs somehow. There are a lot of smaller components in the GPU that could really benefit from expanded bandwidth that stacking could provide.
Well, we'll find out shortly, since the keynote starts in about 10 minutes.
And here we go.
“This is the most exciting time for the semiconductor industry.”
That's one way of putting it, Dr. Su. Sure!
349 million PCs shipped in 2021, more than 900 million shipped since 2019. I have no idea what Intel’s numbers are, but that will be an interesting comparison.
Ok, so we’re talking about notebooks first, then AMD Advantage gaming PCs, and then a new desktop CPU and platform. This is almost certainly going to be Zen 4. Are we going to get a reveal? That would be amazing.
Jason Banta, Corporate VP and GM for OEM PC at AMD is on now to talk about notebooks. We’re all about the ultraslim PCs these days, it seems.
AMD is really all-in on Godfall.
73% want remote options to stay. For all those business titans who insist that there is some kind of groundswell of support for a returning to the office from your staff, let me repeat: 73% want remote options to stay. Don’t take it from me, listen to AMD.
AMD Mendocino? Interesting. AMD is coming for the Celerons and Core i3s. It should make our best Chromebook list look a bit more colorful next year at the very least.
Looks like we’re closing the book on notebooks for now. On to AMD Advantage gaming PCs with Frank Azor, who is AMD’s chief architect for gaming solutions and marketing
Smart Access Storage is the next "Smart" tech from AMD, which works with Microsoft Direct Storage to speed up decompressions and texture streaming, so long as you have AMD Ryzen and Radeon components from the look of it.
More news on this in the coming months, so pretty light on details for now.
AMD really is building an ecosystem of product technologies, but I haven’t really seen anything mind blowing from any of them yet (other than 3D stacking in the 5800X3D, that is – that genuinely is exciting).
Lots of laptop OEMs like Asus and Lenovo offering some neat AMD Advantage stuff.
Ooooh. Corsair made a gaming laptop! Now that is one I’ll definitely have to get in for review ASAP.
OK, Back to Dr. Su for Ryzen talk. We’re talking about the AM4 socket, so we’re going to talk about the AM5 for sure, that means Zen 4.
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