AMD has released more information about its Ryzen 7040HS series laptop processors, codenamed "Phoenix," which will be launched in the second half of this year. This includes the introduction of the XDNA AI architecture design to incorporate Ryzen AI artificial intelligence application capabilities.
Ryzen 7040HS系列筆電處理器包含採運作時脈可達5.2GHGz、搭載8組核心與16執行緒設計的Ryzen 9 7940HS，以及運作時脈達5.1GHz、同樣採8組核心與16執行緒設計的Ryzen 7 7840HS，另外也包含運作時脈達5.0GHz、採6組核心與12執行緒設計的Ryzen 5 7640HS。
In terms of hardware design, the Ryzen 7040HS series all use Zen 4 architecture CPUs and integrate Radeon 3M GPUs designed with RDNA 700 display architecture. All three processors have Ryzen AI artificial intelligence application functions, and the thermal design power consumption ranges from 35W to 54W.
AMD touts the Ryzen 7040HS series as having a significant performance advantage over competing products in content creation and productivity. Its relatively thin and light design even outperforms Macs equipped with Apple Silicon M2 processors. With a 68.1Wh battery, it can deliver nine hours of continuous video playback.
As for the Ryzen AI artificial intelligence application function equipped with the Ryzen 7040HS series laptop processors, it is claimed to be able to combine neural network acceleration design to improve the laptop's operating efficiency and achieve a peak computing performance of approximately 10TOPS. It can also enhance functions such as video conferencing background virtualization and noise removal, or improve battery usage efficiency through artificial intelligence computing.
On the other hand, AMD also claims to have established a complete software development application resource, including support for two mainstream artificial intelligence computing frameworks, ONNX and TensorFlow. It plans to allow developers to fully access XDNA architecture resources in the fourth quarter of this year, and will also support the open source artificial intelligence computing framework PyTorch.
The Ryzen 7040HS series laptop processors are expected to be used in upcoming laptops from ASUS, Acer, HP, Lenovo, and Razer, including thin and light gaming laptops with discrete graphics cards or mobile workstations.
