Best CPUs for Asteroids@Home

[Dirk Broer]

For us Crunchers we need to focus on the code name: Summit Ridge which is the desktop CPU utilizing Zen architecture. Here is the latest news article I could find: https://semiaccurate.com/2016/05/22/38688/

As I now have the data (to be taken with a pinch of salt):

Socket old	Cores/threads old	Socket new	Code name	Cores new	Threads new	Use	RAM prediction
AM1/FP3	2-4 (Sempron) 4 (Athlon)	FM4/FP4	Stoney Ridge	2	4	'essential'	two slots dual channel
FM2+	2 A4 & A6 4 A8 & A10	FM4	Bristol Ridge	2-4	4-8	'mainstream'	two to four slots dual channel
AM3+	4 FX-4xxx 6 FX-6xxx 8 FX-8xxx	FM4	Summit Ridge	8-16	16-32	'enthusiast'	four to eight slots quad channel
C32	up to 2x 4-8	FM4	Unknown yet Ridge	16-32 per cpu	32-64 per cpu	'light server'	8 to 16 slots per cpu quad channel
G34	up to 4x 4-16	FM4	Unknown yet Ridge	16-32 per cpu	32-64 per cpu	'heavy server'	16 slots per cpu octa channel

The real progress is in the server and enthusiast user groups, the question is e.g. whether a two-core Zen chip needs eight-channel RAM. Sixteen RAM slots do not fit an iTX board either.

Summit Ridge seems to be the code name for the successor of the present FX-series, Bristol Ridge that of the present FM2+ APUs and even notebook/laptop APUs.