Avast ye! A grand find be the AMD Strix Point Halo APU, a chip mighty enough to outshine Apple's feeble offerings!
2024-01-23
Arr, me hearties! Set yer eyes on Strix Point Halo, a fearsome APU that be settin' premium Windows laptops far ahead o' them MacBooks. 'Tis a monstrous beast, me mateys, ready to plunder and pillage the high seas of technology!
AMD's upcoming Strix Point Halo APUs, which are all-in-one chips combining processors and integrated graphics, have been spotted. It is rumored that the Strix Point APUs will be released later this year, followed by the top-end Strix Point Halo chips. The Strix Point Halo has been mentioned in patches for AMD's ROCm software platform, confirming its existence. These APUs will feature AMD's next-gen Zen 5 processor cores, an RDNA 3.5 GPU, and an XDNA 2-powered NPU for AI workloads.The most powerful Strix Point Halo APU is expected to have 16 cores and 40 Compute Units (CUs) in its RDNA 3.5 GPU. This combination is more powerful than AMD's next-in-line GPU, the RX 7600 XT. If the rumors are true, the Strix Point Halo will rival Apple's M series processors.
However, there is speculation that the launch of the Strix Point Halo has been delayed until 2025, while the Strix Point may still be released this year. The high-performance of the Strix Point Halo may come with a hefty price tag, similar to Apple's expensive MacBooks. Nevertheless, the Strix Point Halo is expected to be a powerful performer in the APU market.
In addition to thin-and-light laptops, the Strix Point Halo is also suitable for small form-factor PCs, where a separate GPU is not necessary. This suggests that the days of discrete GPUs may be numbered, at least in the lower-end market.