AMD launches Ryzen Embedded 8000 CPU series with up to 8 Zen4 cores

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AMD Launches Ryzen™ Embedded 8000 Series Processors with Integrated NPUs for Industrial AI



AMD has introduced the Ryzen™ Embedded 8000 Series processors, the first AMD embedded devices to combine NPUs based on the AMD XDNA™ architecture with traditional CPU and GPU elements, optimized for workload versatility and adaptability targeting industrial AI applications. Embedded solution engineers and developers can harness the processing power and leadership features for a variety of industrial AI applications including machine vision, robotics, and industrial automation. AI is widely used in machine vision applications today to enhance quality control and inspection processes. AI can also help robots make real-time, route-planning decisions and adapt to dynamic environments. In industrial automation, AI processing helps intelligent edge devices perform complex analysis and decision-making without relying on cloud connectivity. This allows for real-time monitoring, predictive maintenance, and autonomous control of industrial processes, enhancing operational efficiency and reducing downtime.

AMD RYZEN EMBEDDED 8000 PROCESSORS IN DETAIL

AMD embedded products have traditionally leveraged AMD Radeon™ graphics processing coupled with AMD CPUs, where the GPU has been be used for AI and workload acceleration. However, for next-generation embedded designs, the XDNA architecture and its powerful AI engines are leveraged on the new AMD Ryzen™ Embedded 8000 Series processors to augment AI performance.

With these resources in play, the full processor performance can scale up to 39 TOPS (trillion operations per second), with up to 16 TOPS offered by the NPU – a powerful profile targeted for demanding, diverse industrial computing workloads. The increased TOPS is achieved by the combination of AMD architectures, AMD XDNA in the NPU, AMD RDNA™ 3 in the GPU, and “Zen 4” in the CPU, that work together to optimize overall system performance.

AMD Ryzen Embedded 8000 Series processors harness the next-generation AMD “Zen 4” 4nm core CPU architecture, providing powerful x86 CPU compute with up to 8 cores (16 threads). Process node advancements have extended performance-per-watt metrics achieved with previous generation Ryzen Embedded Series devices, enabling AI processing in a comparable power envelope. Supporting scalable thermal design power (TDP) profiles spanning from 15W to 54W, AMD Ryzen Embedded 8000 Series processors deliver a major step forward in industrial compute efficiency for AI applications.
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