AMD Ryzen AI 300 Series Launch Possibly Pushed to July 28
At COMPUTEX 2024, AMD unveiled its new Zen 5 architecture, introducing consumer-grade processors that include the desktop Ryzen 9000 series and the mobile-oriented Ryzen AI 300 series processors. Reports had previously indicated that the APU codenamed “Strix Point,” or the Ryzen AI 300 series, would be the first to reach consumers, with ASUS confirming a release date of July 15, approximately half a month earlier than the July 31 launch of the Ryzen 9000 series.
According to VideoCardz, the major U.S. retailer Best Buy has listed several ASUS laptops with a release date of July 28, indirectly corroborating previous rumors that AMD had postponed the launch of the Ryzen AI 300 series processors.
AMD has not yet confirmed the release date for the Ryzen AI 300 series processors, previously mentioning only that the first batch of laptops would be available in July. Technically, this does not classify as a delay or change. As one of AMD’s key partners, ASUS is set to launch at least nine models, and the July 15 date on their official website was presumably reliable. However, ASUS has not yet made any adjustments.
The initial Ryzen AI 300 series processors include two products: Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 and Ryzen AI 9 365. They feature a hybrid architecture design, with the CPU component comprising Zen 5 and Zen 5c cores, up to a combination of Zen 5 x4 + Zen 5c x8, totaling 12 cores and 24 threads, and a combined L2 + L3 cache of 36MB. The GPU component is based on the RDNA 3.5 architecture, with up to 16 CUs. Additionally, the processors include the new XDNA 2 neural processing unit (NPU), delivering 50 TOPS of performance, easily surpassing Microsoft Windows’ requirement of 40 TOPS for the next generation of AI PCs, and enabling local execution of AI workloads like Copilot.
