Computex 2024 has begun in Taipei, Taiwan
It’s that time of year again, meaning we’re in full Computex mode. We have an entire crew of Tom’s Hardware editors in Taipei covering the show from all angles, and everything covered can be found on our Computex 2024 hub for your convenience.
Computex 2024 Day Zero kicked off with a big bang, as we had keynotes from AMD, Nvidia, and Qualcomm. And if you thought that artificial intelligence was a big talking point at last year’s show, you haven’t seen anything yet. AI is “the” topic of discussion by almost every company at the show. From new chips with AI coprocessors from AMD and Qualcomm to Nvidia’s push to embrace AI on consumer PC platforms, consumers will have a wealth of AI-infused platforms to choose from in the latter half of 2024.
AMD’s Computex 2024 Keynote
AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su brought out the big guns for the show, announcing next-generation Zen 5-based processors for consumer desktops and laptops. On the laptop side, the company’s Strix Point-based Ryzen AI 300 Series chips are available with up to 12 cores and 24 threads and a max boost of 5.1 GHz (Ryzen AI 9 HX 370) while featuring a 50 TOPS Neural Processing Unit (NPU). On the graphics side, the processors include an RDNA 3.5-based GPU.
For enthusiasts, the big news is the Ryzen 9000, which promises a 16 percent IPC lift over its predecessors. The flagship of the family is the Ryzen 9 9950X, which boasts 16 cores, 32 threads, 80MB of combined L2/L3 cache, base/boost clocks of 4.3 GHz and 5.7 GHz, respectively, and a TDP of 170 watts.
But that wasn’t all; there’s also a new Zen 5 Epyc processor, a cut-down Radeon Pro W7900 Dual Slot GPU, and a new MI325X AI accelerator.
- AMD announces Zen 5 Ryzen 9000 processors launch in July — 16% IPC improvement for four new Ryzen 9, 7, and 5 ‘Granite Ridge’ processors
- AMD unwraps Ryzen AI 300 series’ Strix Point’ processors — 50 TOPS of AI performance, Zen 5c density cores come to Ryzen 9 for the first time
- AMD launches smaller dual-slot Radeon Pro GPU for AI workloads
- AMD announces 3nm EPYC Turin with 192 cores and 384 threads — 5.4X faster than Intel Xeon in AI work, launches second half of 2024
- AMD announces MI325X AI accelerator, reveals MI350 and MI400 plans at Computex
Nvidia’s Computex 2024 Keynote
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