In what seems to be a mistake or a bounce of the gun by ASUS, they’ve seemingly revealed an inventory of specs for certainly one of its key notebooks that every one however allude to the subsequent technology of AMD’s cell processors. While we noticed AMD toy with a brand new nomenclature for his or her Phoenix silicon (Ryzen 7040 collection), it appears as if AMD is as soon as once more altering issues round the place their naming scheme for processors is anxious.
The ASUS itemizing, which has now since been deleted, however as of writing continues to be obtainable by Google’s cache, highlights a mannequin that’s already in existence, the VivoBook S 16 OLED (M5606), however is listed with an unknown AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 170 processor. Which, based mostly on its specificiations, is definitely not half of the present Hawk Point (Phoenix/Phoenix 2) platform.
The cache on Google exhibits the ASUS Vivobook S 16 OLED with a Ryzen AI 9 HX 170 Processor
While it does occur on this business often, what seems like an unintended leak by ASUS on certainly one of their product pages has unearthed an unknown processor from AMD. This first got here to our consideration through a put up on Twitter by person @harukaze5719. While we do not speculate on rumors, we confirmed this ourselves by digging by Google’s cache. Sure sufficient, because the picture above from Google highlights, it lists a newly unannounced mannequin of Ryzen cell processor. Under the itemizing through the product evaluate part for the ASUS Vivobook S 16 OLED (M5606) pocket book, it’s listed with the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 170, which seems to be certainly one of AMD’s upcoming Zen 5-based cell chips codenamed Strix Point.
So with the seemingly new nomenclature that AMD has gone with, it has a transparent deal with AI, or somewhat Ryzen AI, by together with it within the identify. The Ryzen AI 9 HX 170 seems set to be a 12C/24T Zen 5 cell variant, with their Ryzen AI NPU or related built-in throughout the chip. Given that Microsoft has outlined that solely processors with an NPU with 45 TOPS of efficiency or over represent being thought of an ‘AI PC’, it is doubtless the Xilinx (now AMD Xilinx) based mostly NPU will meet these necessities because the itemizing states the chip has as much as 77 TOPS of AI efficiency obtainable. The HX collection is strikingly just like AMD’s (and Intel’s) earlier HX naming collection for his or her desktop substitute SKUs for laptops, so assuming any of the small print of ASUS’s error are appropriate, then that is presumably a really high-end, high-TDP half.
AMD Laptop Roadmap from Zen 2 in 2019 to Zen 5 on observe for launch in 2024
We’ve recognized for a while that AMD plans to launch AMD’s Zen 5-based Strix Point line-up someday in 2024. Given the timing of Computex 2024, which is simply over 4 weeks away, we nonetheless do not fairly have the total image of Zen 5’s efficiency and its architectural shift over Zen 4. AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su additionally confirmed that Zen 5 will include enhanced RDNA graphics throughout the Strix Point SoC by stating “Strix combines our next-gen Zen 5 core with enhanced RDNA graphics and an up to date Ryzen AI engine to considerably improve the efficiency, vitality effectivity, and AI capabilities of PCs,“
While it is solely doable as we lead as much as Computex 2024 that AMD is ready to announce extra particulars about Zen 5, nothing is confirmed. We do know that the CEO of AMD, Dr. Lisa Su is scheduled to ship the opening keynote of the present, Dr. Lisa Su unveiled their Zen Four microarchitecture at Computex 2022 throughout AMD’s keynote and even unveiled their 3D V-Cache stacking, which we all know at this time because the Ryzen X3D CPUs again at Computex 2021.
With that in thoughts, AMD and Dr. Lisa Su like to announce new merchandise and architectures at Computex, so we simply have to attend till the start of subsequent month. How AMD denotes the nomenclature for the upcoming Zen 5 cell and desktop processors…
