ASUS BIOS update hints new AMD CPUs are coming soon

Posted on Tuesday, November 21 2017 @ 10:25 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck

ASUS released new BIOS updates for its full range of B350 and X370 based motherboards. The changelog contains something very interesting, it reveals these updates contain AMD AGESA 1071, which adds support for new processors.

Presumably, these new processors are the Raven Ridge based APUs. These feature Zen-based processor cores and Vega based integrated graphics. The first laptops with Ryzen Mobile APUs are already available so an upcoming launch of the desktop counterparts makes sense.

However, Asus stating that the update is for new upcoming processors indicates that AMD will be expanding its AM4 processor family in some way. Asus currently seems to be the only AMD motherboard partner offering the new BIOS (dated 11-17-17), and it seems the company has let a significant cat out of the bag.

Via: Tom's Hardware

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