- Hi, Jason.
It's so great to be here with you at CES
and I'm really excited to talk about
your new processor and security announcements.
Thanks so much for being here with me today.
- Thanks, Nicole.
It's great to be here again
and I appreciate you having me here
to talk about the exciting products
we're launching this year at CES.
- So it's so clear that hybrid work is here to stay
and with people working from any device anywhere,
reliable security is more critical than ever before.
With the increase in remote working,
70% of security decision-makers
are more concerned about the risk of device theft
and 87% have experienced at least one firmware attack
in the past two years.
I'm so keen to hear about your latest processors
and how they both improve
hybrid work performance and security.
- You're absolutely right, Nicole.
The recent events have changed the way how people work,
where they work, and how workers connect to each other.
And that's why to enable leading performance,
longer battery life, and premium experiences,
we're announcing a full new lineup
of AMD Ryzen 6,000 processors.
These bring our award-winning Zen 3 architecture,
moving that to the Zen 3+ generation, but it also couples it
with our award-winning AMD RDNA 2 graphics architecture,
bringing those together for the first time
in an all-new product.
Additionally, for the modern business,
the AMD Ryzen Pro 6,000 processors
also bring security technologies,
such as Memory Guard and Shadow Stack, to protect users
against malicious attacks out there in the field.
The Ryzen 6,000 Series and Windows 11
have really been co-developed from the beginning
and that's to ensure an effective, layered security model
between hardware and Windows 11.
So we're excited about how we've been able
to partner on that.
And with both of these,
we feel like we've been able to accelerate
both the way people can get work done,
but also doing that in a secure manner.
- That's exactly right.
And AMD and Microsoft collaborated so deeply
on the Microsoft Pluton processor.
Microsoft Pluton adds enhanced security
to the core of Windows 11 PCs
and it uses that same proven security technology
that we have today in Xbox and Azure services.
It protects credentials, identities,
and personal data from malware, even if the attacker
has complete physical possession of the PC.
I'm so excited that AMD is our first partner
to offer Pluton to x86 customers.
I'd love to hear you talk about
what customers expect from an AMD-Pluton partnership.
- We are thrilled to be the first x86 solution
with the Pluton processor integrated,
and it really speaks to that deep AMD-Microsoft partnership,
from Windows to Xbox to Azure.
As you know, the workforce has shifted
to a remote and hybrid work environment.
Collaboration tools such as Microsoft Teams
and form factors such as laptop PCs
are critical in enabling that portability.
However, this hybrid world with all its flexibility
brings an even greater need for security
to reduce the risk of data loss and malicious attacks.
So this means professionals have different expectations
of business PCs.
They need to evolve to meet this demand.
So through our deep partnership
with you and the Microsoft team, we've recognized the need
to bring a new co-developed solution
to solve those security problems.
So for the first time in an AMD notebook,
we've integrated the Microsoft Pluton security processor
and that's embedded within the AMD Ryzen 6,000 Series
and Ryzen 6,000 Series Pro products.
This enables continuous protection of user identity,
data, and applications such as Microsoft Teams
on new Windows 11 PCs.
So this combination protects users'
confidential and personal data, whether they're on the move
or connected to a business network.
And this is especially important in recent times
where you're constantly on the move
and you're an attractive target for cyber criminals.
So we're excited that professionals everywhere
are gonna be able to work fearlessly
from their AMD processor-powered notebook,
using the latest versions of Windows 11.
- It's so great to see AMD's commitment to security
and these are such important product enhancements
for customers, particularly in this hybrid work environment.
Thanks so much for being here with me today.
- Agreed.
Thanks for the partnership, Nicole.
We appreciate it.
And if anyone's listening in
and wants to learn about our new products,
we're launching those today at CES.
Dr. Lisa Su will be talking about
what we're bringing to market this year
and so we're very excited and hope you tune in.