AMD Computex 2018 Press Event: A Live Blog (10am Taiwan, 2am UTC)

09:59PM EDT - Ready to follow along for another press event? AMD is here, with all the senior faces coming on stage. Follow our live blog to hear what is being announced.

10:00PM EDT - Ian and Anton here, sitting behind Jim Anderson, Mike Rayfield, and Scott Herkelman

10:01PM EDT - OK here we go

10:02PM EDT - AMD China VP for opening remarks

10:02PM EDT - First half this year we launch Ryzen desktop APU and Ryzen 2nd gen desktop CPU and Ryzen Pro APU

10:03PM EDT - Today we will see details and updates from our leadership products

10:03PM EDT - Video time recapping AMD's last year

10:04PM EDT - AMD CEO, Dr Lisa Su, to the stage

10:05PM EDT - Computex is very important to AMD

10:05PM EDT - Always choose this show to talk about the latest and greatest

10:05PM EDT - The market is incredibly exciting

10:05PM EDT - Computing is everywhere

10:05PM EDT - More data, more devices, expanded intelligence, rise of AI and machine learning

10:06PM EDT - Intelligence at the edge and in the cloud

10:06PM EDT - An incredible time to be in the industry

10:06PM EDT - We are about changing and redefining the industry

10:07PM EDT - Ryzen, Radeon, EPYC, Instinct

10:07PM EDT - Since last Computex, it has been an amazing year

10:07PM EDT - 20 Desktop, Mobile, and HEDT processors

10:07PM EDT - All major PC OEMs on board

10:07PM EDT - More than 5 million Ryzen shipments to date

10:07PM EDT - >I wonder what the ASP is

10:08PM EDT - Ryzen launched in March 2017

10:08PM EDT - most Ryzen processors sold in the DIY space

10:08PM EDT - Expanding the Ryzen product portfolio today

10:08PM EDT - Radeon Momentum

10:08PM EDT - 400+ Million PC and Console on Radeon

10:09PM EDT - >"Vega" shipments... so Kaby-G ?

10:09PM EDT - Incredible install base

10:09PM EDT - Want to grow our user base

10:10PM EDT - The Vega high-end GPU from August 2017, AMD has had 10x the number of gamers on Vega vs Polaris

10:10PM EDT - A lot more Radeon to come

10:10PM EDT - EPYC is a game changer for servers

10:10PM EDT - Need a product that would transform the industry

10:10PM EDT - More than 50 server platforms from every major OEM and numerous ODMs

10:11PM EDT - EPYC is successful as it is a leadership product

10:11PM EDT - Redefining performance in the industry

10:11PM EDT - Industry leading core counts, PCIe lanes, and DRAM capacity

10:11PM EDT - More performance at every price point

10:12PM EDT - SPECint_rate_base2017 in 2P systems, up to 56%

10:12PM EDT - Recently announced Cisco systems

10:12PM EDT - Adopting EPYC for the highest-density UCS solution

10:13PM EDT - Announcing today, HPE Proliant DL325 Gen 10

10:13PM EDT - First 1P Proliant server

10:13PM EDT - 25% lower cost per VM

10:14PM EDT - Tencent SA1 Cloud Service powered by EPYC

10:14PM EDT - 30% lower cost per VM

10:14PM EDT - 3D rendering, Genetic Modeling, and e-Commerce

10:14PM EDT - Available from today

10:14PM EDT - A lot of hardware demonstrations for today

10:15PM EDT - going to talk a lot about gaming

10:15PM EDT - Worlds first generation demo of Threadripper 2

10:15PM EDT - Special demo of 7nm Vega as well

10:15PM EDT - First up is Scott Herkelman about Radeon Graphics

10:16PM EDT - Gaming is evolving - 335M watching in esports

10:16PM EDT - Gaming Hardware market has increased in TAM from $30b to $34b from 2016 to 2017

10:16PM EDT - Expanding reach into gaming and entertainment

10:16PM EDT - manufacturing and product lines

10:17PM EDT - Gaming is the future of innovation

10:17PM EDT - Gaming is ubiquitously social

10:17PM EDT - Enjoy each others company over the internet

10:18PM EDT - It's now more popular to watch streamers than TV in certain markets

10:19PM EDT - Putting the hardware and software together to get the best experience

10:19PM EDT - Gaming is fuelling the growth of notebooks and computers

10:19PM EDT - AMD is investing in making the difference

10:19PM EDT - Our partners are also innovating

10:20PM EDT - Other investments into eSports

10:20PM EDT - FNATIC, Evil Geniuses

10:20PM EDT - Also Far Cry 5

10:20PM EDT - AMD is making sure we are there with the hardware

10:20PM EDT - GPUs, Monitors, etc

10:20PM EDT - Also optimizations for the best games

10:21PM EDT - Make sure that every partner in the ecosystem benefits

10:21PM EDT - A lot of our partners will be talking about AMD related features and ecosystem

10:21PM EDT - Display can make or break the experience

10:22PM EDT - Making sure AMD optimizes between GPU and Monitor to get the best experience while being affordable and available

10:22PM EDT - 2x more FreeSync monitors than G-Sync

10:22PM EDT - Radeon software investment

10:23PM EDT - Changing settings mid-game using mobile interface

10:23PM EDT - This is the year of Vega

10:23PM EDT - Vega has been extremely important for AMD

10:24PM EDT - Works in consumer, high-end, workstation, and server

10:24PM EDT - Proud of 10x vega over previous gen

10:24PM EDT - Major partnerships in the last 12 months

10:25PM EDT - Making sure the hardware and technology is well understood

10:25PM EDT - Video time

10:25PM EDT - Jerry Hou from Acer on the stage

10:26PM EDT - AMD delivers good products so we can build our ideal machines for our customers

10:26PM EDT - Introducing three machines

10:26PM EDT - Our new machines use second gen Ryzen desktop processor

10:27PM EDT - Acer Nitro 50 using Ryzen 7 2700X

10:27PM EDT - RX 580 and Wireless Charging Pad

10:27PM EDT - Predator Orion 5000

10:27PM EDT - 2700X + AMD B450 chipset

10:27PM EDT - (B450 hasn't been announced yet)

10:28PM EDT - Users wants DIY but also pre-built systems that can be upgraded

10:29PM EDT - Not only the processor but also build in Radeon RX Vega 56 graphics into a notebook

10:29PM EDT - Acer Predator

10:29PM EDT - Dual fans

10:29PM EDT - looks like an embedded 2700X '

10:29PM EDT - ?!

10:29PM EDT - Predator Helios 500

10:30PM EDT - Ryzen 7 2700, Vega 56, 17.3-inch IPS

10:30PM EDT - Make sure that all the performance can be used for more than 6 hours

10:30PM EDT - Can also enjoy the Radeon technology and enjoy the full FreeSync experience

10:31PM EDT - Desktop level performance in a portable form factor

10:31PM EDT - AMD will continue to innovate in this space

10:31PM EDT - All the way through from desktop to Vega Mobile and beyond

10:32PM EDT - Now Radeon RX Vega56 Nano

10:32PM EDT - From Powercolor

10:32PM EDT - Available in select markets from today

10:33PM EDT - Can drive a different market with a new size of technology

10:33PM EDT - 1080p Freesync running on a 65-inch QLED TV

10:34PM EDT - Freesync adopted by Xbox One X

10:35PM EDT - and Xbox One S

10:35PM EDT - Only something that AMD can do - doesn't require an extra module, no gamer tax

10:35PM EDT - >shots fired

10:36PM EDT - Continue to see innovation in Vega

10:36PM EDT - Continue to invest in software and monitor strategy too

10:36PM EDT - Innovate with game partnerships

10:36PM EDT - Jim Anderson to the stage

10:37PM EDT - First day on the job at AMD was at the Computex press conference in 2015

10:37PM EDT - News about Ryzen

10:37PM EDT - 390 industry awards

10:38PM EDT - 40% market share at select retailers

10:38PM EDT - A lot of industry firsts

10:39PM EDT - Every market with a Ryzen processor has gained AMD market share

10:40PM EDT - Expanding the Ryzen family

10:40PM EDT - 2nd Gen Threadripper in 2H 2018

10:40PM EDT - AMD spent a lot of time and investment in notebook

10:40PM EDT - Key systems from key partners

10:41PM EDT - Momentum across the markets

10:42PM EDT - Versatile Zen+Vega SoC design

10:42PM EDT - Worlds fastest processor for ultrathin notebooks

10:42PM EDT - Almost 30% more CPU perf over Intel

10:43PM EDT - Kevin Lensing to the stage

10:44PM EDT - >logos from Acer, ASUS, Dell, HP, Huawei, Lenovo

10:44PM EDT - HP Envy x360 13-inch with Ryzen+Vega

10:44PM EDT - Outperforms some devices with discrete cards

10:45PM EDT - Dell SVP joining on stage

10:45PM EDT - 3rd time on stage at Computex with AMD

10:45PM EDT - every time our key partners drive innovation we will be with them

10:46PM EDT - this is why we love the PC business

10:46PM EDT - We were excited when AMD said they can put desktop performance in a laptop

10:46PM EDT - Many Dell systems now have Ryzen CPUs

10:46PM EDT - and APUs

10:46PM EDT - First OEM to put 8-core in an inspiron all-in-one

10:47PM EDT - First 8-core in a gaming desktop pre-built

10:47PM EDT - Will refresh systems with Ryzen second gen

10:47PM EDT - Since the launch in the desktop, the core count has more than quadrupled in 12 months

10:47PM EDT - This is the innovation we like

10:48PM EDT - Marcel Campos from ASUS on stage with Kevin

10:48PM EDT - 15-inch in a 14-inch form factor

10:48PM EDT - All-metal

10:49PM EDT - Designed for users who want to be on the go

10:49PM EDT - ASUS video time

10:49PM EDT - 1080p

10:49PM EDT - 2700U, Vega 10

10:49PM EDT - 1TB HDD with 512GB SSD

10:50PM EDT - ASUS Vivobook

10:50PM EDT - Now ASUS X570ZD

10:50PM EDT - 2700U + GTX 1050 in one notebook

10:50PM EDT - 60% charge in 49 minutes

10:50PM EDT - Tony Chen from Lenovo on to the stage now with Kevin

10:51PM EDT - Lenovo 2018 portfolio with AMD Ryzen

10:51PM EDT - Growing categories

10:51PM EDT - Yoga 530 and Ideapad 330

10:52PM EDT - Ideapad 720 is still the thinnest Ryzen notebook

10:52PM EDT - Launching new Lenovo gaming machine at E3

10:52PM EDT - New Lenovo all-aluminium Ideapad 530 S

10:52PM EDT - FHD IPS

10:53PM EDT - Now Huawei (!) - Michael Young

10:53PM EDT - GM of Xunwei ?

10:53PM EDT - global expansion into computers with Huawei in 2016

10:53PM EDT - First started with Matebook lines

10:54PM EDT - This year we introduce Matebook X Pro

10:54PM EDT - Huawei notebook ranked #1 at JD.com for ultrathin

10:55PM EDT - Today we announce a new Huawei Matebook D 1-inch with Ryzen 5 2500U

10:55PM EDT - 14-inch FHD

10:55PM EDT - Type-C power, quald-speaker

10:55PM EDT - 57.4 Wh battery

10:55PM EDT - about 3 lbs

10:55PM EDT - >Matebook D is their low end laptop line

10:55PM EDT - >Matebook X is Intel

10:56PM EDT - Jim Anderson back to the stage

10:56PM EDT - Talk about desktop

10:56PM EDT - At every price point AMD 17-20% more perf than competition

10:56PM EDT - Recent product was second gen Ryzen

10:56PM EDT - 12nm process

10:57PM EDT - Zen+ with better boost algorithm and faster caches

10:59PM EDT - Showing some perf comparisons

11:00PM EDT - Now to Threadripper

11:00PM EDT - Introduced August 2017

11:00PM EDT - 16-core CPU

11:01PM EDT - Now showing Gen 2 Threadripper

11:01PM EDT - Video again

11:01PM EDT - Slightly different logo

11:02PM EDT - Using Zen+ 12nm

11:02PM EDT - Smarter boost algorithms

11:02PM EDT - 32 cores

11:03PM EDT - Coming Q3

11:03PM EDT - Use existing motherboards

11:05PM EDT - Intel on liquid cooler, AMD on air, and AMD wins

11:06PM EDT - No need for phase changes on the 32-core. Using current motherboard in the market for 32 core

11:07PM EDT - Attendees get official Threadripper Heavy Metal t-shirt

11:07PM EDT - https://www.anandtech.com/show/12906/amd-reveals-threadripper-2-up-to-32-cores-250w-x399-refresh

11:08PM EDT - David Wang to the stage, SVP Engineering of Radeon Engineering

11:08PM EDT - Takling about graphics architecture roadmap

11:08PM EDT - Roadmap up to 2020 looks similar to CES

11:09PM EDT - Leading Edge on 7nm

11:10PM EDT - Already in sampling stage

11:10PM EDT - Introducing first Radeon Instinct Vega 7nm

11:10PM EDT - Optimized for Server and Workstation

11:10PM EDT - Uses Infinity Fabric to connect GPUs together

11:11PM EDT - new deep learning ops

11:11PM EDT - Vega 7nm will be optimal for data center and workstation compute

11:11PM EDT - Open Source software ecosystem for amchine learning

11:11PM EDT - ROCm

11:11PM EDT - Leveraging open frameworks

11:12PM EDT - Directly optimized machine code without writing a single line of CUDA

11:12PM EDT - Completely open source and partners will own the code and libraries

11:12PM EDT - AMD believes that open source is a great differentiator

11:12PM EDT - The combination of the state of the art 7nm Vega + open ML ecosystem will enable partners and customers to innovate and win togethert#

11:13PM EDT - Open source rendering solution for AMD GPUs

11:13PM EDT - In the process of adding ML libraries into Ray Tracing

11:13PM EDT - easy and fast to add because it is open source and free

11:13PM EDT - also hardware agnostic - AMD hardware CPU and GPU

11:13PM EDT - Takes the full advantage of GPU compute to fully accelerate ray tracing

11:14PM EDT - Natively integrated for major ISV applications

11:14PM EDT - Cinema 4D

11:14PM EDT - World's first demo of 7nm Vega with 32GB HBM2 on Cinema 4D

11:14PM EDT - Ray tracer for photons

11:15PM EDT - studios will be happy with 7nm

11:16PM EDT - Exciting time for GPU and AMD

11:16PM EDT - compelling GPU architecture roadmap

11:16PM EDT - Count on AMD to deliver the worlds best graphics

11:16PM EDT - Win with our customers and partners together

11:16PM EDT - Lisa Su back to the stage

11:17PM EDT - AMD is about redefining high perf computing

11:17PM EDT - Threadripper in Q3 2018

11:18PM EDT - AMD made a bet on 7nm

11:18PM EDT - on track to launch 7nm Vega in 2H 2018

11:19PM EDT - Will definitely bring 7nm GPUs to gaming

11:19PM EDT - Update on EPYC 7nm

11:20PM EDT - 7nm Silicon in labs now

11:20PM EDT - sampling in 2h

11:20PM EDT - Launching in 2019 AMD Zen 2 EPYC

11:21PM EDT - same socket as first generation epyc

11:21PM EDT - And, that's a wrap. News posts to follow.