Atari VCS Getting Its APU Upgraded to AMD Ryzen + Vega, Will Be Faster, Cooler and More Efficient

Atari VCS Getting Its APU Upgraded to AMD Ryzen + Vega, Will Be Faster, Cooler and More Efficient

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https://wccftech.com/atari-vcs-apu-upgraded-amd-ryzen-vega/

The Atari VCS console has received a hardware upgrade for its APU. As you might remember, the console was originally meant to feature a Bristol Ridge A10 CPU alongside a Radeon R7 GPU, but yesterday Atari announced the upgrade to the latest AMD architectures (Ryzen + Vega).

The Atari VCS will now be powered by a 14nm AMD processor featuring high-performance Radeon Vega graphics architecture and two “Zen” CPU cores. This new processor replaces the model from the “Bristol Ridge” family that had been in the plan since originally selected for the Atari VCS back in 2017. AMD’s all-new Ryzen embedded chip will be faster, cooler, and more efficient, allowing the VCS to benefit from a simpler and more effective power architecture and thermal solution. The new processor includes built-in Ethernet, Native 4K video with modern HDCP, and a secure frame buffer that fully-supports DRM video (Netflix, HBO, etc.).