AMD prepares Bald Eagle Point processor

At COMPUTEX 2024, AMD unveiled its new Zen 5 architecture, introducing a range of consumer processors, including the desktop Ryzen 9000 series and the mobile Ryzen AI 300 series, both of which will soon be available. The Ryzen AI 300 series, codenamed “Strix Point,” is manufactured using TSMC’s N4P process.

Recently, a user revealed that AMD is developing a new product, codenamed “Bald Eagle Point,” a slightly modified version of Strix Point. It is understood that Bald Eagle Point might be a contingency plan for AMD’s 2025 product line update, and its release will largely depend on the development progress of the Zen 6 architecture.

Previous reports indicated that the Ryzen processors based on the Zen 6 architecture, codenamed “Medusa,” would feature higher bandwidth 2.5D interconnect technology and might be manufactured using TSMC’s 2nm process. Medusa is also expected to introduce integrated graphics with the RDNA 5 architecture, although the timeline remains uncertain. Should any delays arise in the development of this new generation of products, AMD is prepared to release Bald Eagle Point as an alternative.

Bald Eagle Point is anticipated to serve a role similar to Hawk Point, with the CPU component continuing to use the Zen 5 + Zen 5c combination and the GPU component incorporating the RDNA 3.5 architecture. Bald Eagle Point will also be equipped with 16MB of SLC (System Level Cache) to address memory bandwidth bottlenecks and enhance overall performance, akin to the yet-to-be-released Strix Halo, which boasts a larger 32MB SLC.

The design philosophy behind Bald Eagle Point demonstrates AMD’s commitment to not only enhancing AI performance through NPU integration but also incrementally improving the overall performance of its APUs.