What simply occurred? Intel and AMD each suffered casualties this week. Workforce Purple misplaced its schedule on the final minute and needed to postpone this month’s launch of the 7040HS sequence to April. Workforce Blue stated goodbye to a distinct segment accelerator that it by no means acquired to launch – RIP Thunder Bay.
Introduced at CES 2023, AMD’s Ryzen 7040HS sequence (codenamed Phoenix) and the lately launched 7045HX sequence are primarily based on Zen 4 and use TSMC’s N4 node, however the similarities cease there. The HS sequence incorporates a monolithic die that mixes an RDNA3 GPU with as much as eight cores, and the HX sequence makes use of a chiplet design ported from the desktop sequence with solely a fundamental built-in RDNA2 GPU however as much as 16 cores.
Late Friday afternoon, AMD introduced that the 7040HS sequence had been delayed by a month to iron out the bugs. “We now count on our OEM companions to launch the primary notebooks powered by Ryzen 7040HS sequence processors in April,” Workforce Purple stated in a press launch.
Phoenix
| Mannequin | Cores / Threads | Base / Increase Clock | L2 + L3 Cache | GPU CUs | cTDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R9 7940HS | 8 / 16 | 4.0 / 5.2 GHz | 24 MB | 12 | 35-54 W |
| R7 7840HS | 8 / 16 | 3.8 / 5.1 GHz | 24 MB | 12 | 35-54 W |
| R5 7640HS | 6 / 12 | 4.3 / 5.0 GHz | 22 MB | 8 | 35-54 W |
There are three fashions within the HS sequence: the R9 7940HS and R7 7840HS with eight cores every and the R5 7640HS with six cores. All three have roughly 5 GHz increase clocks and goal a 35-54 W energy bracket. The CPUs additionally come outfitted with devoted AI accelerators, and modest built-in RDNA3 GPUs clocked slightly below 3 GHz, meant to compete with the GTX 1650.
Thunder Bay
Intel began submitting patches to the Linux kernel final week that eliminated assist for the Thunder Bay SoC. Phoronix discovered the reason in a dreary patch word: “the product acquired canceled, and there aren’t any finish prospects or customers.”
Thunder Bay was the codename of an SoC that Intel first referenced in its submissions to the Linux kernel in 2021. Rumors stated it mixed Movidius VPUs (visible processing items) with Xeon cores, however its now-removed drivers revealed that it had Arm A53 cores as an alternative.
Don’t be concerned if the identify Movidius has you scratching your head. Intel acquired the corporate, which makes AI accelerators for IoT functions, in 2016, and phased out its branding. Intel continues to quietly launch Movidius VPUs each couple of years since then however largely built-in the tech into its different traces, together with the Thirteenth-gen Core CPUs because the AI unit.
Workforce Blue most likely hasn’t deserted its plans to develop accelerators like Thunder Bay however has paused them as a part of its current efforts to chop prices.