ASRock & Biostar have confirmed support for the next-gen AMD Ryzen 9000 "Zen 5" desktop CPUs with its latest AM5 motherboard BIOS. ASRock & Biostar Confirm AMD Ryzen 9000 "Zen 5" Desktop CPU Support For Their AM5 Motherboard Using AGESA 1.1.7.0 BIOS ASRock & Biostar now join ASUS, MSI & Gigabyte in offering support for the next-generation AMD Ryzen 9000 Desktop CPU family, codenamed Granite Ridge, which will be utilizing the Zen 5 core architecture. As of right now, all major AMD motherboard partners have rolled out their AM5 BIOS updates for existing motherboards which include X670E, X670, B650E, B650 […]

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Linux has received a new patch from AMD engineers, targeting the next-gen Zen 5 CPU architecture by including new model IDs for anticipated processors in the lineup. AMD Speeds Up Zen 5 Enablement To Ensure Complete Support At Launch, Uploads New CPU Models As we near the launch of AMD's upcoming Zen 5 CPU lineup, engineers have started hastening up their work on Linux to ensure complete, stable support on launch. Phoronix reports that the AMD kernel patch appeared in the Linux 6.9 kernel, which was targeted at providing a wide range of model IDs, likely designated to the Zen […]

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Gigabyte has officially spilled the beans on the next-gen AMD Zen 5 Desktop CPU family which is now confirmed as Ryzen 9000 series. Gigabyte Spills The Beans on AMD's Next-Gen Zen 5 Desktop CPU Family, Confirms Ryzen 9000 Branding & Support on Its AM5 Motherboard Lineup Gigabyte joins the ranks of ASUS and MSI, both of which have previously announced support for the next-gen AMD Ryzen family on their respective AM5 motherboards. In its presser, Gigabyte is confirming that these next-gen CPUs based on the Zen 5 core architecture will be branded under the Ryzen 9000 series which is the […]

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An engineering sample of AMD's Zen 5-based Strix Point "Ryzen 9" APU with 12 cores, 24 threads, and 24 MB of L3 cache has been spotted at Geekbench. AMD's Early Engineering Sample of The Ryzen 9 "Strix Point" APU With Zen 5 Cores Boasts Impressive Multi-Thread Score Despite Low Clocks The engineering sample was spotted within the Geekbench database and has the specific OPN ID of "100-000000994-14_N". This ID can be confirmed as an AMD Strix Point APU since it has already shown up multiple times, once last year in the MilkyWay@home database and more recently in the shipping manifestos […]

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The AMD Strix Halo is a rumoured upcoming line-up of laptop processors with beefy integrated graphics. According to the latest reports, these processors may offer pretty impressive performance, outperforming current-gen processors and trading blows with GPUs like the RTX 4060 and RTX 4070 for laptops. 

Based on previous rumours, the Strix Halo's GPU is expected to contain up to 40 RDNA CUs (2,560 stream processors, 80 AI accelerators, and 40 ray accelerators) with a boost clock speed of 3.0GHz. The new GPU will likely feature the RDNA 3.5+ architecture, an upgrade over the existing RDNA 3 architecture used in the company's latest graphics cards. The primary enhancement is believed to be an improved NPU rather than significant graphics processing advancements.

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On the CPU side, the Strix Halo also seems to be an upgrade, with the top-tier SKU supposedly including 64MB of L3 cache, 16MB of L2 cache, and 16 cores operating at up to 5.8GHz. This is not quite as fast as Intel's Core i9 14900KS desktop CPU, but it is still an impressive feat for a mobile processor. The memory subsystem will supposedly support up to LPDDR5x-8533 memory.

According to this post on Chiphell (via VideoCardz), forum members who supposedly saw photos of the chip dies created the chip layout photos. As a result, the estimated configuration of the chiplets is projected to contain a single SoC die (TSMC N4X node) and two core chiplet dies (TSMC N4P node). The SoC will house the GPU, IO, memory controller, and other auxiliary components, while the CCDs will house the CPU cores, with each CCD housing eight cores.

Performance charts have also been shared, showing that the Strix Halo outperforms the Intel Core i9 14900HX in CPU performance while competing with the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 and RTX 4070 for laptops, depending on the GPU configuration and TDPs.

KitGuru says: Do you think the top-tier Strix Halo APU will be as good as these rumours claim?

ASUS has published the full list of its AM5 (600-series) motherboards which support the next-gen AMD Ryzen "Zen 5" Desktop CPUs. ASUS's Entire AM5 Motherboard Lineup Is Ready For AMD's Next-Gen Ryzen "Zen 5" Desktop CPUs, BIOS Update Required The official announcement from ASUS was more or less expected to be coming soon as they had their BIOS pages for several AM5 (600-series) motherboards already listing support for the next-gen AMD Ryzen "Zen 5" Desktop CPU family. The latest BIOS is based on the AMD AGESA 1.1.7.0 firmware which adds "Granite Ridge" CPU support (codename for the next AM5 desktop […]

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ASUS has now officially confirmed that its AMD AGESA 1.1.7.0 BIOS for AM5 motherboards supports Ryzen 9000 "Zen 5 Granite Ridge" CPUs. ASUS Is The 2nd Motherboard To Confirm AMD Ryzen 9000 "Zen 5 Granite Ridge" CPU Support Through AM5 AGESA BIOS Update ASUS started rolling out the latest AM5 AGESA 1.1.7.0 BIOS update for its motherboards earlier this month and although the details were a bit low, it looks like the company has officially confirmed next-gen Ryzen 9000 "Zen 5 Granite Ridge" CPU support in its BIOS changelog. The info was posted within the changelog for the BIOS: "Update […]

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