The timing of AMD hybrid processors for Socket AM5 debut will be largely determined by DDR5 prices

According to AMD representatives, AMD AM5 processors with DDR5 memory and PCI Express 5.0 speed bus support should appear in the second half of the year, judging from the AMD presentation at CES 2022. At the same time they emphasize that the exact timing of hybrid processors appearance will depend on the situation with DDR5 memory prices.

Tom’s Hardware managed to talk to David McAfee, who is corporate vice president and general manager of client business at AMD. According to him, the company will take into account both the availability of DDR5 memory, as well as the level of prices for it, when deciding on the timing of market launch of Socket AM5 platform. AMD is going to closely monitor the expansion of DDR5 in the market to choose the best timing for customers to debut Socket AM5. Rembrandt hybrid processors, which combine Zen 3+ compute architecture and RDNA 2 graphics architecture, will offer desktop support for DDR5 and therefore require the use of Socket AM5. They don't have DDR4 support at all, that's why the most important factor to choose the moment of announcement will be exactly how much DDR5 modules are spreading out in the market and their price. In the case of mobile versions of Rembrandt this factor did not play a particular role, because they both support LPDDR5, availability of which is not a problem. In the desktop segment, the deficit of DIMM modules with DDR5 chips is determined by the lack of a sufficient number of power management circuits, which are placed on the module itself. Later, when the shortage problem eases, more Ryzen 6000-based laptops with SODIMM-type DDR5 memory modules will hit the market. Remind that in the second half of the year will debut AMD Ryzen processors with Zen 4 architecture, which will be manufactured with 5nm technology and also installed in the socket AM5. In fact, the availability of DDR5 is important mainly in terms of timing the release of hybrid processors in this version, which are aimed at a wide range of consumers. Raphael processors without integrated graphics will play in the higher price range, in their case, the availability and cost of DDR5 are not so important.

ASUS unveiled updated TUF Gaming laptops powered by Intel Alder Lake and AMD Ryzen 6000

ASUS has unveiled five redesigned TUF Gaming laptops at once: the TUF F15 and F17, A15 and A17, and the TUF Dash F15. All systems are based on the latest AMD Ryzen 6000 and Intel Alder Lake mobile processors, work with DDR5 memory and are equipped with GeForce RTX 30-series graphics gas pedals.

TUF F15 and F17 models offer Intel Alder Lake processors. The manufacturer is ready to equip new items with 14-core Core i7-12700H. The company does not specify the amount of available RAM standard DDR5-4800. It also offers installation of up to two NVMe SSDs with PCIe 4.0 and a GeForce RTX 3070 graphics gas pedal with a maximum power consumption rating of 140W.

Two display options will be available for the TUF F15 and F17: QHD resolution with 165Hz refresh rate or Full HD resolution with 300Hz refresh rate. In both cases, the response time of the displays is 3 ms. The laptops are equipped with a battery capacity of 90W·h. The main difference between the models TUF A15 and A17 is the platform. As the basis of these laptops are ready to offer the latest high-performance processors Ryzen 6000H series Rembrandt up to Ryzen 7 6800H. Another distinguishing feature is the fact that for the laptop models on Intel is claimed to have a Thunderbolt 4 connector. Ryzen-based models are equipped with USB 3.2 Gen 2 and DisplayPort 1.4 connectors. TUF F- and A-series ASUS laptops have metal case, new cooling system with new Arc Flow fans and RGB keyboards. The TUF Dash notebook model uses a 10-core Intel Core i7-12650H processor. It is claimed to be equipped with DDR5-4800 memory, solid state NVMe storage with PCIe 4.0 interface, and GeForce RTX 3070 graphics gas pedals. However, the manufacturer does not specify the maximum power consumption level of the graphics card here.

Notebook TUF Dash F15, as well as the models mentioned above, offers a choice of two display options: a panel with QHD resolution and refresh rate of 165 Hz, or a screen with Full HD resolution and refresh rate of 300 Hz. The response time in both cases is said to be 3 ms.

The metal housing of the TUF Dash is only 19,95 mm thick. The laptop is equipped with a battery with a capacity of 76 W·h. It is also stated the presence of Thunderbolt 4 connector and support for fast charging via USB Type-C connector. For all presented laptops TUF series manufacturer declares military-industrial standard certification MIL-STD-810, which indicates their increased shock resistance, protection from moisture, as well as evidence of the possibility of their work at very low or high ambient temperatures.

AMD head showed off Rembrandt 6nm processor ahead of official announcement at CES 2022

AMD President and CEO Lisa Su< tweeted today an image of what appears to be the forthcoming Ryzen 6000-series (Rembrandt) 6nm mobile processor. The tweet was published ahead of AMD's event, which will take place today during CES 2022.

Lisa Su is expected to share details about the upcoming processors during her talk. The first information about the specifications of the Rembrandt chips appeared earlier in rumors and leaks. The new series is expected to be named Ryzen 6000. These chips will contain up to eight Zen 3 cores and 16 MB of cache memory Level 3. The processors will be manufactured in 6nm TSMC process technology. The most significant update in new chips, probably, will affect the graphics subsystem. It is expected that AMD will refuse using outdated Vega graphics architecture in favor of modern RDNA 2. Rumor has it that the new integrated graphics chip will also include up to 768 stream processors. This is 50% more than the integrated Vega generation GPUs, which will make the new chips a good choice for gaming.

The new APUs are expected to boast support for DDR5 and LPDDR5 RAM, as well as improved connectivity, offering users up to 20 PCIe 4.0 lanes and two USB 4 ports, providing data transfer speeds of up to 40 Gbps. It's worth noting that these are just rumors at this stage. What AMD will really show at CES 2022 will be known on January 4 at 18:00 Moscow time.

Mobile AMD Ryzen 6000 shown on Alienware m17 R5 notebook motherboard

Image of the motherboard for the future gaming notebook Alienware m17 R5 with AMD Ryzen 6000 (Rembrandt) processor and Radeon RX 6000 graphics was published by VideoCardz resource. According to a source who provided the resource photos of the board, the laptop on its basis will be the most productive solution in the AMD Advantage program.

AMD Rembrandt processors will use the new FP7 processor socket, which has the same size as the FP6 (25 × 35mm). Well-known insider Patrick Schur has estimated that the chip area of the new processor should be about 208 mm.

AMD Renoir, Cezanne and Rembrandt comparison. Image source: VideoCardz

Also appeared on the web block diagram of AMD Rembrandt processors, which was published by another informant with the pseudonym ExecutableFix. It confirms that Ryzen 6000 mobile processors will be able to offer up to 8 processing cores with support for up to 16 virtual threads. It also confirms that the new chips support the DDR5 RAM standard and PCIe 4.0 interface. In addition, the scheme reports that Ryzen 6000 will use six graphic cores (Workgroup Processors, WGP) of AMD Navi family, most likely on RDNA 2 architecture.

According to VideoCardz, at least three senior models of the new AMD Rembrandt series processors are currently known: the Ryzen 9 6980HX, Ryzen 9 6900HX and Ryzen 7 6800H. All of them are octa-core. However, six-core Ryzen 5 models are also expected to be announced.

AMD Rembrandt eight-core mobile chip on Zen3+ architecture first time in benchmark

First tracks of upcoming Ryzen 6000-series mobile chips codenamed Rembrandt were found in UserBenchmark database. The AMD processor, codenamed 100-000000518-41_N, made its appearance here. The chip operates in the frequency range from 3.9 to 4.1 GHz.

The fact that the copy belongs to the new generation of mobile processors is indicated by the fact that it uses the FP7 processor socket, which, according to rumors, will appear just with the new 6nm Rembrandt processors. In addition, the specified OPN code of the processor has not been noted anywhere before, which also hints at the fact that the UserBenchmark database has the first information about one of the representatives of the upcoming generation of mobile APU from AMD.

Engineering sample of AMD Rembrandt series mobile processor

According to the test results, the said processor scored 111 points in the single-core test, 222 points in the dual-core test and 740 points in the octa-core test. Thus, in its current state, it is slower than the current Ryzen 7 5800H generation Cezanne, which scores about 132, 256 and 875 points respectively in the same tests. Together with the code of the processor in the database also marked the identification number (1CFA 0004) of its integrated graphics core on RDNA 2 architecture, which was accompanied by 512 MB of RAM. The processor was used as part of some Corsair system codenamed Xenomorph. What this device is & ; it is unknown. Perhaps we are talking about a PC model, as the company is not engaged in the production of laptops so far.

The information also reports that the system used a single Corsair DDR5-4800 memory module with CL40 timings as RAM. AMD Rembrandt & ; expected APU series for mobile gaming and workstations on Zen3+ architecture, which will be produced using 6nm process technology.

AMD processor roadmap (Source: VideoCardz)

The new series is attributed to the use of an integrated graphics subsystem based on RDNA 2 architecture, support for PCIe 4.0 interface and RAM of the new DDR5 standard. According to the latest rumors, mass production of Rembrandt series processors has already started. Their announcement is expected at the CES 2022 electronics show.