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An Overview of the Architecture of the Latest AMD Ryzen Chips

Date and Time

Wednesday, May 20, 2020 from 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm

Location

Online at Jitsi

Presenters

Shankar Viswanathan , AMD Semiconductor - shankar.viswan gmail com

Summary

An overview of the architecture of the latest Ryzen chips

Abstract

This talk will go into the details of the latest AMD Ryzen products based on the “Zen2” core architecture, both with and without integrated graphics. It will also discuss aspects of the chiplet architecture used by AMD in the recent desktop and server products.

Bio

Shankar Viswanathan is the lead performance architect for AMD's Strategic Silicon products. He has worked on the design and verification of several generations of AMD processors. Most recently, he was on the design team for the SoCs that power game consoles such as the PlayStation5 and the Steam Deck. His general interests like at the intersection of performance and security in hardware platforms.

Meeting Notes

Attachments

  1. Shankar's slides


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