AMD's Zen chips coming first to high-end desktops at end of 2016
AMD's highly anticipated Zen processor architecture will first come to high-end desktops like gaming PCs at the end of this year.
The chip maker is in conversations with PC makers to use Zen-based chips, code-named Summit Ridge, said Lisa Su, CEO of AMD, during an earnings call on Tuesday.
Early next year, Zen chips will be in servers. There's no word on when Zen would be introduced in laptops.
AMD has high expectations for its Zen processors. The company hopes to provide the best virtual reality and gaming experience by combining Zen with its GPUs based on the Polaris architecture, which will ship mid-year.
Looking into 2016 and beyond, Su was also confident that AMD would gain share in the PC processor market, which is dominated by Intel. AMD's Zen chips will likely square off against Intel's Skylake or next-generation Kaby Lake chips.
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