With the discharge of its Q1 2022 monetary outcomes, AMD additionally revealed plans for its upcoming Ryzen 7000 Zen 4 sequence laptop computer CPUs, as seen in a slide tweeted by former Anandtech editor Dr. Ian Cutress. It’s planning to focus on “excessive gaming laptops” with the brand new “Dragon Range” sequence, promising the “highest core, thread and cache ever for a cellular gaming CPU.” It additionally unveiled the Phoenix sequence for skinny and lightweight gaming laptops.
Well there we go, @AMD Dragon Range replaces the HX market, DDR5. Phoenix within the extra conventional H market, LPDDR5 solely. Process node not talked about. Graphics not talked about. $AMD pic.twitter.com/4BCYQSMe1z
— 𝐷𝑟. 𝐼𝑎𝑛 𝐶𝑢𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠 (@IanCutress) May 3, 2022
The Dragon Range includes a >55 watt TDP and is designed for laptops thicker than 20mm which can be largely designed for use whereas plugged in, The Verge reported. They’ll function a PCIe 5 structure and DDR5 RAM, although some fashions may work with extra environment friendly however decrease performing LPDDR5, AMD instructed Cutress.
As with the Ryzen 9 4900HS chip, the Dragon Range will use the “HS” suffix. Despite the comparatively excessive 55 watt TDP, they’re going to be “notably extra energy environment friendly than different laptops in that competing timeframe,” based on AMD’s technical advertising director, Robert Hallock.
Along with the Dragon Range, AMD will launch the Ryzen 7000 Zen 4 “Phoenix” sequence APUs designed for skinny and lightweight laptops beneath 20mm thick with 35-45 watt TDPs. Those can even use a PCIe 5 structure, however come primarily with LPDDR5 RAM. As with the Dragon Range, some fashions may make use of DDR5 reminiscence, too.
Ryzen 7000 will launch first on desktop later this 12 months with the the Raphael sequence, changing the Ryzen 5000 lineup. Those would be the first Zen 4, AM5 platform chips utilizing TSMC’s 5-nanometer course of node to come back to the mainstream market. AMD did not reveal different particulars concerning the Dragon Range and Phoenix laptop computer chips, however they’re anticipated to launch someday in 2023.
On the earnings aspect, AMD beat market expectations with income at $5.89 billion, a 71 p.c enhance in gross sales year-over-year. It additionally stated that beginning subsequent quarter, it’s going to get away gaming right into a separate monetary section displaying gross sales of chips for consoles (PS5, Xbox Series X, and so on.) plus Radeon graphics for PCs as a part of a single gaming enterprise, separate from Ryzen chips. The firm will clarify all that in additional element subsequent month.