AMD Ryzen 7000 Series CPUs, AM5 Motherboards to Launch on August 30

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AMD has announced that it will launch the first of its Ryzen 7000 series CPUs and their new AM5 series motherboard platforms in a live-streamed event at 4:30am IST on August 30 (7pm EST on August 29). The event will be presented by AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su, CTO and EVP Mark Papermaster, and other company executives. Fans around the world can tune in on AMD's YouTube channel and catch a replay shortly after the live stream ends. The chip manufacturer will finally disclose pricing and product specifications and disclose further details of the Zen 4 architecture on which these new CPUs are based. 

AMD had confirmed the upcoming launch of the Ryzen 7000 series at its Computex 2022 event in May this year, promising unmatched performance for desktop PC gamers and enthusiasts. Now, the company has teased "a new era of performance desktop PCs" in its announcement. We can expect that versions of the Ryzen 7000 series for laptops will be announced at a later date. 

Ryzen 7000 series CPUs, codenamed 'Raphael', are based on the new Zen 4 architecture. AMD has so far confirmed at least one model with up to 16 cores, manufactured by TSMC on a new 5nm process and arranged in modular 'chiplets' that allow for scalable designs and cost-effective integration. Boost clock speeds should be "significantly above 5GHz", according to previous announcements. A new central IO die manufactured at 6nm will also be introduced.

Ryzen 7000 series CPUs will use a new LGA (land grid array) CPU package with pads instead of pins, requiring the motherboard socket to have pins that make contact with them. Also, AMD has said that all these CPUs will for the first time feature integrated graphics capabilities, based on the RDNA2 architecture. Other changes include