AMD has unveiled its new Ryzen Pro desktop processors, aiming to bring speedy performance, as well as security and reliability to business PCs.
The Pro range mirrors the consumer Ryzen CPUs, with baseline offerings being named the Ryzen 3 Pro, which steps up to the Ryzen 5 Pro, with the top-of-the-line processors being the Ryzen 7 Pro.
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Secure and reliable
In terms of security, AMD notes that the new processors benefit from a built-in AES 128-bit encryption engine, and the likes of secure boot, firmware TPM 2.0, plus support for Windows 10 Enterprise security features.
On the reliability front, the chipmaker asserts that Ryzen Pro products are sourced from wafers with the highest yields, delivering commercial-grade quality to help ensure a long lifespan of the CPU.
You also get open standard DASH manageability, meaning CPU-agnostic admin to ensure that businesses avoid getting locked into a proprietary solution.
Pricing hasn’t yet been talked about, but AMD says that the Ryzen Pro range will be available worldwide in the second half of this year. Ryzen Pro Mobile processors are expected to arrive in the first half of 2018.
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