>NEXT-GEN I/O What did they mean by this? Are they going

>>57332304
no they are putting explosives in every cpu

>>57332304
Dedicated M.2 lanes, USB3.0/3.1 support, tertiary features become the selling point as performance increases fail to impress enthusiasts.
In a couple more generations the difference between high end AMD and intel CPUs won't matter. The total platform will be the selling point.

May be they mean no more HyperTransport ?

>>57332436
so it supports USB C Thunderbolt then?

>>57333445
probably, I don't see why they wouldn't

>>57332436
>fail to impress enthusiasts.

It won't take much to impress most 'enthusiasts' given that 99% of them are toilet farming trailer trash that can't even afford a 5960X.

>>57332861
HT's getting replaced by something called Global Memory Interconnect.

Will probably only be used for MCMs and multi-socket bridges and not for external south bridges.