AMD Granite Ridge and Strix Point CPUs.

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+title: AMD unleashes Granite Ridge, Strix Point and more products to tackle AI market
+date: 2024-06-03 19:22:50
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+## Report
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+AMD announced new products to advance AI solutions with Strix Point for mobility, Granite Ridge for desktops, CDNA 4 for Enterprise and Datacenters, EPYC at [Computex][def] held in Taipei, Taiwan. Dr. Lisa addressed the [keynote][def2] to discuss their new AI products. <!-- more -->
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+Based on Zen 5 microarchitecture CCDs(CPU Complex Dies) built on 4nm paired with 6nm I/O die promising 16% IPC uplift over Zen 4 i.e 7000 series.
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+AMD announced Strix point with a new naming following similar steps from Intel. It's rebranded to **AMD Ryzen AI** followed by **Brand Level (9 HX)** **Series (37)** and **SKU number (0)** for enhanced Copilot+ experiences to push NPU TOPS to 50. There are 2 variants:
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+- AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 w/ 12C/24T (4 x Zen 5 (Dense) + 8 x Zen 5C(Compact)) paired with Radeon 890M iGPU with 16 CU and 50 TOPs NPU
+- AMD Ryzen AI 365 w/ 10C/20T (4 x Zen 5 (Dense) + 6 x Zen 5C(Compact)) paired with Radeon 880M iGPU with 12 CU and 50 TOPs NPU
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+NPU is powered by 3rd gen Ryzen AI and introduced World\'s first NPU with Block FP16 aka [bfloat16][def3] to get int8 like performance with accuracy of fp16 pushing the performance to 50 TOPS.
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+AMD also announced availability of couple of AM4 CPUs and promising AM5 socket support beyond 2027.
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+It also announced new motherboards based on AM5 socket for 800 series called X870 and X870E (Extreme OC). It adds USB 4.0 and PCI 5 x16 as standard on both motherboard series along with higher EXPO frequencies.
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+There are several laptops by several OEMs such as Asus, HP, Lenovo, MSI, Acer etc who have created personalized AI apps for creative workflows and gaming.
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+## Source(s)
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+- [Zen 5 Granite Ridge][def4]
+- [Zen 5 Strix Point][def5]
+- [Computex at Taipei][def]
+- [AMD at Computex 2024][def6]
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+[def]: https://www.computextaipei.com.tw/en/index.html
+[def2]: https://www.youtube.com/embed/MCi8jgALPYA
+[def3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bfloat16_floating-point_format
+[def4]: https://www.techpowerup.com/323096/amd-zen-5-storms-into-gaming-desktops-with-ryzen-9000-granite-ridge-processors
+[def5]: https://www.techpowerup.com/323110/amd-zen-5-powered-ryzen-ai-300-series-mobile-processors-supercharge-next-gen-copilot-ai-pcs
+[def6]: https://www.amd.com/en/corporate/events/computex.html