The CES 2022 event, which is eagerly awaited by technology enthusiasts, continues at full speed. AMD has officially unveiled its new Ryzen 6000 CPUs for laptops at CES 2022, featuring the company’s upgraded Zen 3 Plus architecture, a new 6nm process node, and the debut of AMD’s RDNA 2 graphics architecture for its integrated GPUs.
AMD produced the first chip to use Microsoft’s new security system!
AMD released its Ryzen 6000 laptop processors today. It also attracted attention as the first chips to use Microsoft’s new Pluton security processor. Essentially, this system is a next-generation security chip designed to bring Xbox-like security to Windows PCs to secure hardware and encryption keys.
Surprisingly, AMD was the first company to walk out the door with Pluton-enabled CPUs, surpassing Intel and Qualcomm to integrate the latest security features in Windows. Pluton is a proprietary system often used to compromise computers and designed to thwart nascent attack vectors.
Microsoft took their learnings from the Xbox with physical attack protection to try to bring similar protections to Windows PCs. Pluto essentially comes across as an evolution of the Trusted Computing Module (TPM) baked directly into the CPU.
AMD CEO Lisa Su said the following at a CES 2022 press conference today:
The Ryzen 6000 series will be the first PC processors to integrate the Microsoft Pluton security processor. Our development work with Microsoft eliminates all attack vectors on laptops, better protecting critical data such as system credentials, user IDs, encryption keys and personal information.
However, Pluton will be included in AMD’s new Ryzen 6000 series processors in laptops. With these new chips, it promises up to 69 percent faster video editing, more than double the 3D rendering performance, and up to twice the 1080p gaming performance.
AMD announces the release date of the Ryzen 7000 series
While AMD introduced its next-generation desktop chips at CES 2022, the company’s CEO Lisa Su also announced that Ryzen 7000 chips, using the upcoming Zen 4 architecture and built on a new 5nm process, will arrive in the second half of 2022.
Next generation chips will feature a new AM5 socket where AMD has switched to LGA design. Here, the pins used to connect the chip to the motherboard will be located on the motherboard instead of the current PGA design that the company has used in the past. It will also support PCIe Gen 5 and DDR5, making AMD’s upcoming hardware compatible with Intel’s recently released 12th Gen Alder Lake chips for desktop.
In addition, it is said that existing AM4 coolers will continue to work with the new AM5 sockets, despite the change in socket technology. Of course, the company does not give much details for now. So we’ll have to wait for AMD to officially announce the new chips later this year.
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