First AMD Phoenix 2 APUs which will be part of the Ryzen 7040 series feature a die size nearly 23% smaller than the standard Phoenix chips.
The first AMD Phoenix 2 APUs which will be part of the Ryzen 7040 series feature a die size nearly 23% smaller than the standard Phoenix chips.AMD’s Phoenix 2 „Ryzen 7040“ APUs to Utilize „Hybrid“ Strategy & Smaller Die Area, Zen4 Architecture Will Be Tuned In a Different Way
Rumors about a potential AMD Phoenix 2 APU were circulating a while back, and it looks like we finally have a glimpse of what the SoC will look like. Credits to Twitter users @xinoassasin and @BusAlexey; the AMD Phoenix 2 APUs will allegedly come in a dual-sourced core configuration featuring both Zen4 and Zen 4C cores.
According to the source, the Zen 4C core is a strip-down version of Zen 4, which is downclocked, making it possible for the APU to bin down from 8 high-clock cores to 2 high-clock and 4 low-clock cores. This is most probably AMD’s version of the „hybrid“ strategy that was previously revealed.
Phoenix2 top die is 7540U (2 high+4 low), but 7540U is dual sourced: some chips will be full Phoenix2 dies (2+4), some will be cut down Phoenix1 dies (since Zen4c is just a downclocked Zen4, it’s easy to bin it down from 8 high-clock cores to 2 high-clock + 4 low-clock cores)
Бусыгин Алексей (@BusAlexey) June 29, 2023
Phoenix2 top die is 7540U (2 high+4 low), but 7540U is dual sourced: some chips will be full Phoenix2 dies (2+4), some will be cut down Phoenix1 dies (since Zen4c is just a downclocked Zen4, it’s easy to bin it down from 8 high-clock cores to 2 high-clock + 4 low-clock cores)
— Бусыгин Алексей (@BusAlexey) June 29, 2023
You might have heard of a similar strategy that Intel adopted with their 12th Gen Alder Lake & the 13th Gen Raptor Lake CPU.
