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After discussing the first anniversary of Ryzen, Mike Clark reveals he is working on Zen 5.
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After discussing the first anniversary of Ryzen, Mike Clark reveals he is working on Zen 5.
For those wondering about 4's "unfortunate connotations in Asia", it can be pronounced "shi" - the same pronunciation as the Japanese word for death.
I wonder if the new Ryzen will actually be a _competitor_ to Intel vs just another CPU option.
depends on applicationQuote:
Originally Posted by DaMoot
It is a competitor in many things just not single threaded stuff. Because Intel have focused on that so have many software devs - I mean they still have mainly 2-core 4-threads in mobile ffsQuote:
Originally Posted by DaMoot
But they should then call it Zen 4. The Zen Shi of AMDs competitors!Quote:
Originally Posted by iworrall
Nobody would buy it in Asia though at all....Quote:
Originally Posted by Tabbykatze
Same reasoning as why Toyota changed the name of the MR2 for the French market.Quote:
Originally Posted by 3dcandy
Plenty of haswell CPUs sold in asia
No reference to number 4 in Haswell literature though. 4th generation doesn't translate into anything bad but the number 4 doesQuote:
Originally Posted by Xlucine
More to the point what was the Pentium 4 called in asia?Quote:
Originally Posted by 3dcandy
Pentium Rubbish....Quote:
Originally Posted by DanceswithUnix
AFAIK it was still called Pentium 4
Perhaps they just thought the name fitted well and kept it :)Quote:
Originally Posted by 3dcandy
I think that joke was a concorde jet overhead ;PQuote:
Originally Posted by 3dcandy
5 seems fine but...Quote:
Originally Posted by iworrall
6 sounds like sex, should skip that for being too insensitive in the #MeToo climate.
7 ate 9, so it's clearly a violent cannibal, better skip that too.
8 is a single fat lady, we can't fat shame, better skip on that, unlike 8 with the cakes.
9 is half of a 69, refer to 6 above.
10 is good, is 10 good? Possibly, lets try 10.