AMD Announces Processors That 'Paving the Way' for Windows 12

According to Neowin , while much of the discussion revolved around enterprise-grade hardware, AMD also revealed new consumer AI APUs with the introduction of the Ryzen 8040 series. Codenamed Hawk Point, this is the successor to the Ryzen 7040 series that AMD launched earlier this year. Despite being a new Ryzen 8000 series, AMD confirmed that it still uses Zen 4 cores, with 40% higher NPU performance for dedicated AI processing hardware. Hawk Point also increases throughput by 60% thanks to 16 NPU TOPS (trillions of calculations per second).

Ryzen 8040 still uses Zen 4 core but has many feature improvements

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Also at the event, AMD unveiled its next-generation processors with The Strix Point (Ryzen 8050) will be launched by the company next year . It will come with a more powerful XDNA 2 NPU and AMD claims it will provide 3 times the throughput of XDNA 1. If you are familiar with AMD's naming scheme, the Ryzen 8050 series uses Zen 5 cores inside so CPU speeds will also be accelerated.

The massive boost in AI processing power will benefit the next generation of Windows, tentatively called Windows 12. Recent reports suggest that Microsoft is planning to launch Windows 12 in June 2024 with a strong focus on AI. Chips with dedicated AI processors could help Microsoft leverage Windows 12's AI features to become more powerful.

AMD's Ryzen 8050, which is coming next year, was also mentioned at the event.

In its presentation at the event, Microsoft explained how next-generation Windows will blur the line between cloud and client with the help of AMD hardware, while also helping support a variety of AI-based Windows applications.

“Ryzen 8040 processors are ready to take advantage of the entire Windows 11 ecosystem for optimal performance, including full support for Windows 11 security features. Select systems with Ryzen 8040 Series processors also have instant access to AI with Window Studio Effects Pack, providing privacy at home or on the go with background blur, eye tracking, and noise reduction,” AMD said in its press release.

List of AMD Ryzen 8040 series models , starting with the 8-core 8945HS to 8440U 4 cores:

Model	Number of cores/threads	Maximum speed/base	Total cache	TDP	NPU
Ryzen 9 8945HS	8/16	5.2GHz /4.0GHz	24 MB	45W	Have
Ryzen 7 8845HS	8/16	5.1GHz / 3.8GHz	24 MB	45W	Have
Ryzen 7 8840HS	8/16	5.1GHz/3.3GHz	24 MB	28W	Have
Ryzen 7 8840U	8/16	5.1 GHz/ 3.3 GHz	24 MB	28W	Have
Ryzen 5 8645HS	6/12	5.0GHz/4.3GHz	22 MB	45W	Have
Ryzen 5 8640HS	6/12	4.9GHz/3.5GHz	22 MB	28W	Have
Ryzen 5 8640U	6/12	4.9GHz/3.5GHz	22 MB	28W	Have
Ryzen 5 8540U	6/12	4.9GHz/3.2GHz	22 MB	28W	Unknown
Ryzen 3 8440U	4/8	4.7GHz/3.0GHz	12 MB	28W	Unknown

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