台北电脑展开幕，芯片大厂都展示了啥硬货？

上周，科技行业的多数知名企业齐聚台湾，参加一年一度的台北国际电脑展（Computex）。参展的产品也是包罗万象，从机器学习程序，到需要占用大量带宽的视频游戏，不一而足。全球最大芯片制造商英伟达、AMD和英特尔也展示了各自最新款的微处理器。接下来的几个月，搭载这些性能更加强劲的芯片的台式机和笔记本电脑便将陆续上市。与此同时，戴尔科技公司也展示了基于新款处理器设计的几款新设备。

AMD

本次展会期间，全球第二大电脑芯片和图形芯片制造商AMD的CEO苏姿丰率先发布了一系列新芯片。“虽然过去50年科技的发展令人兴奋，但未来50年，科技的发展必将更加令人兴奋。”她表示，更快的处理器速度，使更加精准的语音和手势控制技术、更加复杂的虚拟现实和增强现实程序，以及其他“更好的体验”成为了可能。

针对个人电脑领域，AMD在展会上发布了第三代的“禅”系列芯片，该系列芯片是从五年多前开始研发的。其中性能最好的Ryzen 9 3900X芯片的最高运行速度可达4.6 GHz，包含12个处理核心，可以执行更多的同步计算。苏姿丰表示，这款芯片将在7月面市，售价500美元。它的性能甚至可能击败售价是它两倍的英特尔芯片。

针对视频游戏玩家，苏姿丰展示了AMD即将推出的Radeon RX 5700系列显卡。新显卡的制程只有7纳米，不到一根头发丝宽度的万分之一。该系列显卡基于AMD最新的Navi设备，较之前的Vega设计的速度快了25%，节能水平提高了50%。

针对企业服务器领域，苏姿丰发布了AMD即将推出的Epyc 2芯片。苏姿丰表示，该芯片的运行速度将达到老款的2到4倍，预计于今年第三季度出货。

戴尔

戴尔发布了其热门产品XPS 13二合一笔记本电脑的最新版本，它折叠后可以当成平板电脑使用。新款XPS 13搭载了第10代英特尔酷睿处理器（更多相关信息见下文），不过由于芯片性能更强劲，该电脑也不得不增配了两个散热风扇，这显然是由于芯片的运行温度比老款更高。它的13寸的屏幕将采用16:10的比例，这大概考虑到它比老款电影银幕式的16:9比例更适合商用。同时戴尔也终于将摄像头从靠近键盘的位置挪回了显示屏上方的传统位置。

英特尔

过去五年，英特尔一直努力地试图在芯片上排列更多的晶体管。这次英特尔的高级副总裁格雷格·布莱恩特展示了几款针对主流电脑的10纳米制程处理器——这个宽度只有人体DNA链的4倍。自从2014年以来，英特尔的工艺一直没能突破14纳米的大关。一般来说，只要能将每个芯片上的晶体管更紧密地封装在一起，就能提高芯片速度，同时降低功耗。

英特尔很快就将启动第10代酷睿处理器“冰湖”（Ice Lake）的量产，首先将推出的是一系列针对笔记本电脑的芯片。新产品将具备更好的图形处理能力和更高的Wi-Fi连接速度。其中性能最强劲的将是一款四核的酷睿i7芯片，最高速度可达4.1 GHz。英特尔表示，新芯片将比上一代产品快了18%。不过英特尔并未透露这些芯片将在何时上市，以及它们的价格是多少。

布莱恩特在发布会上表示：“没有人想要妥协，大家什么都想要，无论是电池寿命、性能、响应性还是连通性，同时他们对产品的外观也有很高要求。”

英特尔还展示了一款编号为酷睿i9-9900KS的台式机芯片，英特尔称它有8颗处理核心，最高可同步保持5 GHz的速度。不过英特尔并未表明它将在何时上市，也未透露它的价格。

英伟达

英伟达展示了升级版的Quadro RTX系列芯片。它采取了英伟达的“图灵”设计，预计将搭载在那些体积较大的工作站式笔记本电脑上，终端客户是视频编辑人员、建筑设计师等需要运行复杂图形软件的人群。英伟达表示，搭载这种新芯片的笔记本电脑将于今年下半年上市。

在个人电脑领域，英伟达宣布，有些新款笔记本电脑也将采用基于“图灵”设计的英伟达GeForce RTX芯片。这些笔记本电脑主要针对游戏玩家，可能将搭载4K分辨率显示屏，同时也具有更高的刷新率。（财富中文网）

译者：朴成奎

Most of the tech industry gathered in Taiwan this week at the annual Computex show to unveil new devices for everything from running machine learning programs to playing the most bandwidth-intensive video games. The biggest chipmakers—Nvidia, Advanced Micro Devices, and Intel—all showed off new microprocessors that they said would increase the speed of new laptop and desktop computers in the next few months. Meanwhile, Dell Technologies also showed off new devices that it had designed with upgraded processors.

AMD

Lisa Su, CEO of the No. 2 maker of PC computing chips and graphics processors, kicked off the show with by unveiling a series of new chips. “As exciting as the last 50 years were, the next 50 years for technology is much, much more exciting,” Su said. Faster processors will allow more accurate voice and gesture-controlled computing, more detailed virtual and augmented reality programs, and other “better experiences,” she explained.

For consumer PCs, Su revealed the third generation of AMD’s Zen-based chips that it first started developing more than five years ago. The top performer, the Ryzen 9 3900X, has a top speed of 4.6 GHz and includes 12 processing core that allow it to perform more simultaneous calculations. Su said the chip, which will cost $500 when available to consumers in July, could beat the performance of Intel chips that cost twice as much.

For video gamers, Su showed off AMD’s upcoming Radeon RX 5700 line of graphics cards. Manufactured at a scale of just 7 nanometers, less than 1/10,000 the width of a strand of hair, the new cards will be based on AMD’s new Navi design and will be 25% faster and 50% more power efficient than the company’s previous Vega design.

For corporate servers, Su demonstrated the company’s upcoming Epyc 2 chip, which she said is two to four times as fast as previous AMD server chips. It arrives in the third quarter.

Dell

The Texas-based computer maker unveiled the latest versions of its popular XPS 13 2-in-1 laptop, which can fold into a tablet. The new models will include 10th-generation Intel Core processors (more on those below), though the faster chips will require the addition of two cooling fans, apparently because they run hotter than Intel’s prior chips. The 13-inch screens will sport a new screen ratio of 16 by 10, which is more business friendly than the cinematic 16 by 9 ratio on older models. Dell has also finally moved the camera on the computer from the up-the-nose position near the keyboard to the more standard location above the display.

Intel

The top PC processor supplier has been struggling for the past five years to squeeze more transistors onto its chips. But Intel senior vice president Greg Bryant showed off some processors for mainstream computers that are manufactured at the 10-nanometer scale—just four times the width of a strand of DNA. Intel has been stuck at 14 nanometer scale since 2014. The ability to pack the transistors on each chip more closely together typically allows for faster chips that use less power.

Intel will start the 10th generation of its Core line of processors, code-named Ice Lake, with a series of laptop-oriented chips. The new line also includes better graphic processing that is built in and faster Wi-Fi connections. The top of the line will be a Core i7 chip with four cores and a top speed of 4.1 GHz. Intel said the new chips would be 18% faster than its prior generation, but didn’t say when the chips would be available or how much they’d cost.

“No one wants to compromise,” Bryant said while unveiling the chips. “People want it all: battery life, performance, responsiveness, connectivity, and slick form factors.”

Intel also showed off a desktop chip called the Core i9-9900KS, which will have eight cores that can all run at a speed of 5 GHz simultaneously, the company said. Intel didn’t say how much the chip would cost or when it would go on sale.

Nvidia

The company showed off an upgraded line of chips for larger, more powerful laptops dubbed the Quadro RTX. The chips bring Nvidia’s Turing design to the bigger but still portable laptops used by video editors, architects, and others who run more complicated graphics software. Laptops with the new chips will ship in the second half of the year, Nvidia said.

For consumers, Nvidia announced that some new laptops would also include chips with its Turing design, under the brand name GeForce RTX. Aimed at video gamers, the laptops will feature 4K resolution screens with high refresh rates, Nvidia said.