AMD begins to enable ‘Zen’ processors support in Linux

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Advanced Micro Devices has begun to add support of its upcoming microprocessors powered by “Zen” micro-architecture to Linux operating systems. The enablement of future chips in Linux confirms AMD’s plans to release such central processing units and even reveals some facts about their functionality. Unfortunately, addition of support does not indicate launch schedules anyhow.

One of the milestones every processor passes before launch is its enablement in Linux operating systems. Since it is impossible to add support to an open-source OS confidentially, CPU developers have to do it publically, thus revealing essential information about their chips, such as supported instruction set, internal names, identifiers, etc.

The addition of “Zen” support to Linux operating systems means that the company is going to start distributing samples of its new processors to various software and hardware developers in the coming quarters.

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