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AMD Van Gogh Ultra-Low Power Processors

by financialize on 4/30/21, 7:27 AM with 13 comments

• by zibzab on 4/30/21, 8:54 AM

  Key points from the article:

  * will be based on the TSMC 7nm process node and will feature a monolithic design composed of the CPU, GPU, and I/O IPs

  * includes the Zen 2 CPU and RDNA 2 GPU architectures

  * Van Gogh APUs will feature a total TDP of around 7.5-15W

  * designed for the FF3 socket which is a compact low power socket to compete against Tiger Lake-U

  I am looking forward to more passively cooled high performance laptops in near future :)

• by pcdoodle on 4/30/21, 12:18 PM

  Please make an AMD SBC with LTS, like a pi, only powerful.

• by bellyfullofbac on 4/30/21, 9:17 AM

  Well, the guy in the video calls it "AMD van go". If you're going to use someone's name, at least learn how to sort of pronounce it: https://youtu.be/z2YU87AqDcU?t=62

• by bitwize on 4/30/21, 8:26 AM

  Why bother at this point? Even the most power-efficient x86 design is going to get smoked in performance per watt (if not raw performance) by Apple Silicon.