AMD confirms "Strix Halo" APU, rumored to feature up to 16 Zen5 cores and 40 RDNA3.5

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Strix and Strix Halo confirmed by AMD

AMD recent commit to ROCm software mentions next-gen APU series. 



The Strix Halo is no longer a rumor. According to patches for ROCm, AMD’s open-source platform for GPU computation, the GFX1150 and GFX1151 codes which were mentioned before are now undoubtedly referring to the Strix series. What’s more, AMD is confirming that there is indeed a Strix Halo coming.

Although the patches do not provide detailed information, they do reveal that the initial Strix Point silicon is labeled as STRIX1, following the naming convention of PHOENIX1. The Strix Point APU, designed for next-gen laptops, is a mainstream silicon, while the STRIX HALO aims to be AMD’s competitor to the Apple M-series. 


Strix Halo/Strix ROCm commit, Source:AMD

Both products are set to feature the Zen5 microarchitecture with an updated RDNA3.5 graphics architecture. Additionally, the Strix series is expected to incorporate the new XDNA2 AI accelerator, enhancing compute performance to a 45-50 TOPS. This is a significant improvement over Hawk Point, which is projected to offer 16 TOPS, and at least four times the capability of Phoenix (10 TOPS).
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