CPU, APU & Chipsets News - Page 12

The AMD Ryzen 7 8700G "Hawk Point" desktop APU is set to launch next year, and with integrated 12 Compute Unit RDNA 3 Radeon 780M graphics, it will shake up the mini and tiny PC gaming market. It's the new flagship of the Ryzen 7 8000 Series, with 8 cores, 16 threads, and a boost clock of up to 5.1 GHz.

In addition to the sort of GPU power that's more than capable of running modern titles with decent fidelity and performance, the AMD Ryzen 7 8700G will make use of AMD's latest AM5 socket - so it can be paired with fast DDR5 memory and PCIe 5.0 storage options.

It will also be able to use the new DDR5 update for AM5, where 64GB modules can stack up to a whopping 256GB capacity. That said, the big difference between AMD Ryzen 7 8700G and the laptop Ryzen 9 7940HS "Phoenix Point" APU is the upgraded NPU for AI - which is probably why this new leaked Geekbench benchmark result puts the "Hawk Point" lead over "Phoenix Point" in the single-digit realm.

AMD is now listing a new AM4 CPU for the global market on its site, the AMD Ryzen 7 5700 - without the 'G' or 'X' at the end. This new budget desktop CPU will ship without an integrated GPU, with hardware leaker @momomo_us taking to X/Twitter to confirm that pricing for the new AM4 CPU could be as low as $180 US.

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700 is a cutdown version of the AMD Ryzen 7 5700X using the mobile 'Cezanne' silicon, with 8 cores and 16 threads and a boost clock of up to 4.6 GHz. The AMD listing notes that it ships with the AMD Wraith Stealth cooler and is a low-power mainstream option for entry-level PC gaming, thanks to its TDP rating of 45-65 Watts.

Many believe this is a version of the AMD Ryzen 7 5700G with some modifications and the GPU side disabled, basically a way for AMD to sell more Ryzen silicon that didn't make it to retail.

AMD stayed committed to the AM4 socket for a considerable time, and now we're learning that the same will apply to the AM5 socket.

In a new interview with AMD's Vice President & GM of the Client Channel Business David McAfee and OverclockersUK, we learned that AMD is totally committed to the AM5 desktop CPU platform. The current AM5 platform supports all of the latest AMD processors based on the Zen 4 architecture, as well as supporting next-gen Zen 5 processors (and more) in the future.

AMD has its Zen 4-based Ryzen 7000 series CPUs as well as the Ryzen 7000 X3D processors both on the AM4 socket, with the likes of the best gaming CPU in the form of the Ryzen 7 7800X3D slotting into a mid-range AM5 motherboard and giving you PCIe Gen5, and more.

AMD's next-gen EPYC "Turin" processor has been teased in new pictures, leaked by "YuuKi_AnS" on Twitter, teasing up to 128 cores (Zen 5) or up to an astonishing 192 cores (Zen 5c).

The new pictures show us the next-gen EPYC "Turin" processors in multiple different angles, where we can see the color of the bracket used for transportation and socket installation is in a new blue hue color, with an OPN code of 100-00001245-07 and its 2023 production date are displayed. There are not many changes here over the current EPYC processors, but with it still using the SP5 socket, that's no surprise.

Alongside the new photos of the EPYC "Turin" processors are some diagrams that the leaker shared, which show that Moore's Law is Dead was right on the money with his Turin diagrams. We can see the regular EPYC design with an IOD in the middle and 16 CCDs (8 above and 8 below). Each of the compute chiplets has 32MB of L3 cache, which means there are 512MB of L3 cache in total per EPYC "Turin" processor.

Intel unveiled its new 5th Gen Xeon "Emerald Rapids" CPUs at its "AI Everywhere" event in New York City today, with the new Emerald Rapids processors built with AI acceleration in every core, bringing "leaps in AI and overall performance".

At the event, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger explained: "AI innovation is poised to raise the digital economy's impact up to as much as one-third of global gross domestic product. Intel is developing the technologies and solutions that empower customers to seamlessly integrate and effectively run AI in all their applications -- in the cloud and, increasingly, locally at the PC and edge, where data is generated and used".

Intel's new flagship Xeon Platinum 8592+ processor features 64 cores and 128 threads of CPU power with a base clock of 1.9GHz and boost clock of up to 3.9GHz along with 320MB of cache and a 350W TDP that will cost $11,600.

Meteor Lake is finally here, bringing Intel's groundbreaking architectural overhaul to the mobile space - ultrathin laptops. As highlighted in our breakdown of the Core Ultra hardware, the new design features a dedicated CPU, GPU, and NPU with multiple optimized and customizable tiles tailor-made to take advantage of AI computing. Intel calls the latest range of over 200 Intel Core Ultra products the first AI PC wave.

But what about PC gaming? Intel's mobile chips have featured integrated graphics for a while, but AMD's Ryzen line-up and the new "Phoenix" processors have taken mobile gaming to a new level. Look at devices like the Phoenix-powered ROG Ally from ASUS and the Legion GO from Lenovo, or even the older Steam Deck; mobile gaming is big business right now.

Well, the good news is that the Intel Core Ultra line-up (but only the models with 'H' on the end) features integrated Intel Arc graphics - with hardware-accelerated ray-tracing, AI-powered upscaling via Intel's DLSS-like XeSS Super Sampling, AV1 encoding, and support for up to DisplayPort 2.1 output. How does the Intel Core Ultra 7 165H compare against AMD's Ryzen 7 7840U? Extremely well!

Using the new Meteor Lake technology, Intel's latest Core Ultra processors present a major architectural shake-up for the company - one focused (at the moment) on the thin and powerful laptop market. The first generation of Core Ultra CPUs that use the new and more efficient 7nm Intel 4 process are finally here, powering the first wave of AI PCs from companies like ASUS, MSI, Lenovo, Dell, GIGABYTE, and more.

What makes the new Intel Core Ultra range tailor-made for AI PCs compared to what has come before? That comes down to the major architectural shark-up - the biggest in Intel's history. Meteor Lake, which is at the heart of this first wave of Core Ultra products, combined multiple tiles (or chips) into a single chip - covering an AI-powered SoC Tile, an Intel Arc Graphics GPU Tile, and a dedicated I/O Tile for Thunderbolt and high-speed PCIe Gen5.

"In the next four years, AI PCs will comprise 80% of the PC market, and together with our vast ecosystem of hardware and software partners, Intel is best positioned to deliver this next generation of computing," Michelle Johnston Holthaus, Intel executive vice president and general manager of Client Computing Group said.

As the size of nodes for chips decreases and their complexity increases, only some companies with the technology can continue to push and produce the most cutting-edge microprocessors. With that said, one stands out from the pack - TSMC.

Earlier today (or was that last night), we reported on the company's upcoming 2nm (or N2) process node that is rumored to power the next-generation iPhone 17 Pro. It's on track for 2025. Naturally, the company's portfolio extends beyond this, and even though it's assumed that both TSMC and its competitors like Samsung that the development of 1.4nm process nodes will follow 2nm - we've now for confirmation of its existence via a company slide showcased during a recent Future of Logic panel.

As posted by Dylan Patel over on X, TSMC's 1.4nm node or A14 is currently "in development" alongside the company acknowledging that AI will power microprocessors for the foreseeable future. With 2nm expected in 2025, which, like 3nm and the iPhone 15, will probably debut alongside a new round of Apple products.

Apple announced its new iPhone 15 Pro smartphone earlier this year, powered by its new A17 Pro chip that's made on TSMC's 3nm process, but its future iPhone 17 Pro will reportedly be fabbed on TSMC's new 2nm process node.

The news is coming from a new report, TSMC will begin mass production of its new 2nm node in 2025, where Apple will be the first client, and its next-gen iPhone 17 Pro smartphone will be the first with a 2nm chip. Apple is TSMC's largest client, taking in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's entire supply of 3nm chips in 2023, where TSMC gave Apple first dibs on its new node before its competitors.

In a new report from the Financial Times, they explained: "TSMC, which dominates the global market in processors, has already shown the process test results for its "N2" - or 2 nanometre - prototypes to some of its biggest customers, including Apple and NVIDIA, according to two people with direct knowledge of the discussions".

Intel has announced that it will have its CEO Pat Gelsinger on stage at CES 2024, providing a keynote, where CNBC correspondent Kristina Partsinevelos will join to talk about all things AI.

We know that AI will be a focus of all major tech companies moving forward, with Intel's upcoming "AI Everywhere" event penciled in for December 14, which is just a few days away. We will find out more details about Intel's new Core 100 series codenamed Meteor Lake, which is one of the more interesting CPU designs the company has pumped out, and all eyes are focused on it.

AI, on the other hand, is the core focus of Intel right now... however, the CES 2024 keynote will see Intel talk about its Core 100 series and the Meteor Lake architecture in general and how it is powering waves of new laptops and other Meteor Lake-powered products. Intel will be hosting an Open House at CES 2024 that will be led by Michelle Johnston Holthaus, the GM of Intel CCG (Client Computing Group) where people on the ground will be able to get their hands on some Intel Core Ultra demo systems.