AMD is reportedly preparing to launch the next-generation Zen CPU codenamed Summit Ridge. The latest Zen CPU will have a collection of AM4 motherboards, which will be led by the next-generation AMD X370 Motherboards.

Rumors quoted the report by Chris L of Benchlife clearly suggesting that AMD intended to take on Intel's Kaby Lake early in the year.

The importance of this revelation will be on both Summit Ridge and Bristol Ridge CPUs. The APUs has pin-to-pin compatibility on the AM4 socket. This will affect to Bristol Ridge owners who will be having much easier upgrade their systems if they wish to move to higher-end Zen parts.

According to PcNGames, AMD X370 chipset is designed to give ultimate graphics card bandwidth. The latest chipset is expected to offer full the x16 connections for twin AMD CrossFireX or Nvidia SLI setups.

AM4 socket will be featuring the three different chipsets - first will aim to serve to the different segments of the market. The highest end chipset among the three will be the X370 which is the most known in the social media, while the other two include the entry-level A320 and mid-range of B350.

Like all AM4 boards, X370 will have DDR4 RAM with the touted speeds up to 2400MHz. It will also support both SLI and CrossFire configurations. The CrossFire can let users' fit two video cards in. If they want they could choose between the AMD Vega 10 and 11 video cards.

About the new designs of AM4 Motherboard, as Planet3DNow in Germany revealed, a slide detailing of the AM4 lineup as well as the X370, B350 and A320 chipsets. There is a going to be dedicated X300, B300 and A300 chipsets, which are particularly created for small form factor motherboards.

It's quite interesting that AMD will be created for a specific line of SFF boards/chipsets. There will also be a high-end X300 variant which will accordingly contain all the good stuff from the full ATX-scale X370 chipset.