AMD Phoenix 2 “Ryzen 7040” APUs Characteristic 23% Smaller Die Measurement, Allegedly Make the most of Zen 4 & Zen 4C Core Combo

The primary AMD Phoenix 2 APUs which can be a part of the Ryzen 7040 sequence function a die measurement practically 23% smaller than the usual Phoenix chips.

AMD’s Phoenix 2 “Ryzen 7040” APUs to Make the most of “Hybrid” Technique & Smaller Die Space, Zen4 Structure Will Be Tuned In a Totally different Method

Replace: Golden Pig Improve has shared footage of the AMD Phoenix 2 APU sitting subsequent to the usual Phoenix APU which present a smaller die measurement on the identical package deal for the PHX2 chips.

Rumors a few potential AMD Phoenix 2 APU had been circulating some time again, and it appears to be like like we lastly have a glimpse of what the SoC will seem like. Credit to Twitter customers @xinoassasin and @BusAlexey; the AMD Phoenix 2 APUs will allegedly are available in a dual-sourced core configuration that includes each Zen4 and Zen 4C cores.

In accordance with the supply, the Zen 4C core is a strip-down model of Zen 4, which is downclocked, making it attainable for the APU to bin down from 8 high-clock cores to 2 high-clock and 4 low-clock cores. That is likely AMD’s model of the “hybrid” technique that was beforehand revealed.

Phoenix2 prime die is 7540U (2 excessive+4 low), however 7540U is twin sourced: some chips can be full Phoenix2 dies (2+4), some can be minimize down Phoenix1 dies (since Zen4c is only a downclocked Zen4, it is simple to bin it down from 8 high-clock cores to 2 high-clock + 4 low-clock cores)

— Бусыгин Алексей (@BusAlexey) June 29, 2023

You may need heard of an identical technique that Intel adopted with their twelfth Gen Alder Lake & the thirteenth Gen Raptor Lake CPU. Nonetheless, the principle distinction between AMD and Intel’s methods is the method to the core design. Intel utilized two core designs, Golden/Raptor Cove + Gracemont, whereas AMD will use the identical Zen 4 structure however with totally different configurations. Zen 4 and Zen 4C cores are principally the identical design however the latter is optimized for density and includes a decrease cache. It’s probably that future variants can undertake larger core counts as seen on the Bergamo EPYC chips.

AMD’s Phoenix 2 APUs are focused at entry-level platforms and have RDNA 3 Compute Items. So whereas the usual Phoenix chips function an 8-12 CU configuration, the Phoenix 2 APUs function half of that with 4 Compute Items on the Radeon 740M iGPU. Furthermore, it’s revealed that the die measurement is 137mm2 which is 23% smaller than the 178mm2 of the usual Phoenix SKUs.

Their dual-source could permit AMD to supply the Ryzen 3 7440U in the identical die package deal as the usual Phoenix chips beneath a unique OPN however that is not confirmed but. Moreover, the Phoenix 2 chips aren’t really suitable with the FP8 socket since no help is listed for that.

It’s anticipated that the AMD Phoenix 2 APUs will launch someplace between This fall 2023. The APUs will most likely be utilized in power-efficient PC gaming handhelds or laptops.

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