Announcing the 3D V-Cache Ryzen 7000 series desktop processors recently, AMD has turned its focus to the “Phoenix” series APUs with Zen 4 architecture. At this point, we have mentioned to you in the past weeks that the Ryzen 9 7945HX model pushes the limits especially in the laptop competition. Now, the family’s ‘ A new model from the ‘U’ series has emerged.AMD expands range of RDNA 3-based APUs
Images from the Asus and Lenovo database show that AMD is working on a low-power Phoenix APU based on RDNA 3. Accordingly, the new CPU, which will bear the name Ryzen 5 7540U, will come with RDNA 3 Radeon 740M graphics unit in addition to 6 cores and 12 threads based on the Zen 4 architecture.
The Ryzen 7540U ranks alongside the 7840U and 7640U APUs we’ve seen before. Although the GPU configuration of the processor is not known exactly, we can say that the Radeon 740M is at the entry level of the RDNA3 iGPU series. Therefore, the new APU may find its way into more affordable laptops and handheld consoles.AMD has yet to confirm when the 7040U Phoenix APU series will be released. However, the H/HS series models included in the family are expected to debut this month after a short delay. In this context, the low-power “U” series may also be included in the launch.
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