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AMD Ryzen APUs: Unleash Laptop Potential with Chiplet Tech

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AMD Ryzen APU Benefits

According to AMD, cost and power are the primary obstacles to the company’s consideration of chiplet designs for its Ryzen APU line of laptops.

After cost and power constraints are removed, AMD would think about designing a chiplet for Ryzen APUs in the laptop market

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The next big thing in the industry is to switch to a chiplet-based configuration. For those who don’t know, a chiplet is a collection of various chips integrated into a single package with an interconnected system that makes a significant contribution to the concept of “process shrinking”. Multiple chiplets with the same core IP or distinct ones can be combined, and the designs can be adjusted to provide the optimal performance for a particular product category.

Chiplet designs are challenged by the monolithic layout, which has been used for years and is different from chipmaking. AMD’s Ryzen APU series suggests that monolithic CPUs have a place in consumer laptops, even though they’re becoming less frequent, especially in high-end models.

Chiplet Technology in Laptop APUs

AMD said it is cautious to implement the “chiplet” method in conventional Ryzen APUs due to architecture limitations. Maintaining power efficiency is one of the things that chiplet configuration lacks, despite its many benefits, which include the capacity to target specialized workloads, shrink individual nodes, and lower expenses. In a Q&A session in South Korea, AMD’s David Afee, Corporate VP and General Manager, Client Channel Business, emphasized the factor and stated that he doesn’t think it’s the right time to move to chiplet designs for power-efficient CPUs just yet.

AMD Ryzen APUs and Chiplet Tech
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Therefore, the cost-effectiveness of adopting the chiplet designs is just as important as power. It appears that chiplets don’t produce the same cost-effectiveness as a monolithic die the higher you go in the entry-level or mainstream market. That’s one way to look at it, but AMD has also adopted chiplets for enthusiast-grade laptops using its high-end Dragon Range CPUs. The cost and power concerns aren’t very important in this case, since these are enthusiast products with elegant designs.

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Additionally, AMD is anticipated to use a chiplet-based design for its upcoming Strix Point (Halo) chip family, which is planned to arrive next year, though specifics on that family are currently few. The lineup will also have a conventional monolithic layout, so it is not realistic to anticipate full chiplet realization in the popular laptop “Ryzen APU” category until 2026–2027. With its Meteor Lake and next CPUs, Intel is also going down the chiplet route. These CPUs use a fully disaggregated chip design with several tiles containing multiple core IPs and IO capabilities.

Although it’s unclear when power-efficient “chiplet-based” Ryzen APUs will be implemented, AMD appears to be planning for it. The company was undoubtedly the first to see chiplets’ potential and to provide them to high-end and general consumers on desktop and laptop platforms. Anticipating what AMD has in store for its first Ryzen APUs with a monolithic design, we are excited.

AMD Ryzen Mobile Processors:

CPU FAMILY NAMEAMD KRACKAN POINTAMD FIRE RANGEAMD STRIX POINT HALOAMD STRIX POINTAMD HAWK POINTAMD DRAGON RANGEAMD PHOENIXAMD REMBRANDTAMD CEZANNEAMD RENOIRAMD PICASSOAMD RAVEN RIDGE
Family BrandingAMD Ryzen 9040 (H/U-Series)AMD Ryzen 8055 (HX-Series)AMD Ryzen 8050 (H-Series)AMD Ryzen 8050 (H/U-Series)AMD Ryzen 8040 (H/U-Series)AMD Ryzen 7045 (HX-Series)AMD Ryzen 7040 (H/U-Series)AMD Ryzen 6000
AMD Ryzen 7035
AMD Ryzen 5000 (H/U-Series)AMD Ryzen 4000 (H/U-Series)AMD Ryzen 3000 (H/U-Series)AMD Ryzen 2000 (H/U-Series)
Process Node4nm5nm4nm4nm4nm5nm4nm6nm7nm7nm12nm14nm
CPU Core ArchitectureZen 5Zen 5DZen 5CZen 5D + Zen 5CZen 4Zen 4Zen 4Zen 3+Zen 3Zen 2Zen +Zen 1
CPU Cores/Threads (Max)TBD16/3216/3212/248/1616/328/168/168/168/164/84/8
L2 Cache (Max)TBDTBDTBDTBD4 MB16 MB4 MB4 MB4 MB4 MB2 MB2 MB
L3 Cache (Max)TBDTBD64 MB32 MB16 MB32 MB16 MB16 MB16 MB8 MB4 MB4 MB
Max CPU ClocksTBDTBDTBDTBDTBD5.4 GHz5.2 GHz5.0 GHz (Ryzen 9 6980HX)4.80 GHz (Ryzen 9 5980HX)4.3 GHz (Ryzen 9 4900HS)4.0 GHz (Ryzen 7 3750H)3.8 GHz (Ryzen 7 2800H)
GPU Core ArchitectureTBDRDNA 3+ 4nm iGPURDNA 3+ 4nm iGPURDNA 3+ 4nm iGPURDNA 3 4nm iGPURDNA 2 6nm iGPURDNA 3 4nm iGPURDNA 2 6nm iGPUVega Enhanced 7nmVega Enhanced 7nmVega 14nmVega 14nm
Max GPU CoresTBD2 CUs (128 cores)40 CUs (2560 Cores)16 CUs (1024 Cores)12 CUs (786 cores)2 CUs (128 cores)12 CUs (786 cores)12 CUs (786 cores)8 CUs (512 cores)8 CUs (512 cores)10 CUs (640 Cores)11 CUs (704 cores)
Max GPU ClocksTBDTBDTBDTBDTBD2200 MHz2800 MHz2400 MHz2100 MHz1750 MHz1400 MHz1300 MHz
TDP (cTDP Down/Up)15W-45W (65W cTDP)55W-75W (65W cTDP)25-1250W15W-45W (65W cTDP)15W-45W (65W cTDP)55W-75W (65W cTDP)15W-45W (65W cTDP)15W-55W (65W cTDP)15W -54W(54W cTDP)15W-45W (65W cTDP)12-35W (35W cTDP)35W-45W (65W cTDP)
Launch2025?2H 2024?2H 2024?2H 2024?Q1 2024?Q1 2023Q2 2023Q1 2022Q1 2021Q2 2020Q1 2019Q4 2018
Ryzen Mobile Processors from AMD:

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Agarapu Ramesh was founder of the Govindhtech and Computer Hardware enthusiast. He interested in writing Technews articles. Working as an Editor of Govindhtech for one Year and previously working as a Computer Assembling Technician in G Traders from 2018 in India. His Education Qualification MSc.
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