Computex 2022, AMD most recent product announcement event, began a few hours ago. The American chipmaker has a slew of big announcements to make, including next-generation desktop CPUs and new, low-cost laptop chips.

AMD has introduced the Ryzen 7000 CPU family as a direct successor to the extremely popular Ryzen 5000 series, as well as Mendocino mobile APUs (CPU+GPU) for low-cost laptops.

Next, we’ll go into technical details.

AMD Ryzen 7000

AMD’s Ryzen 7000 processor series was unveiled at Computex 2022. These are the first desktop CPUs built on TSMC’s 5nm technology and based on AMD’s next-generation Zen 4 architecture.

The Ryzen 7000 and Zen 4 use a chiplet design with two Core Complex Dies (CCDs) based on TSMC’s 5 nm manufacturing process, which is comparable to Zen 3. AMD hasn’t divulged much about Zen 4, other than the fact that it will have 1MB of L2 cache per CPU core, which is twice as much as Zen 3 and Zen 2.

Because of the enhanced 5nm design, Ryzen 7000 offers faster clock speeds. Although AMD claims 5GHz+ top turbo clock speeds, AMD CEO Dr. Su demonstrated AMD’s pre-production 16 core Ryzen 7000 CPU boosting to above 5.5GHz in a demo video, which is a significant improvement above under 5GHz systems.

AMD claims a 15% performance boost over the previous generation due to increases in instructions per clock (IPC) and clock speed. AMD is also launching a new 6nm I/O die (IOD) to replace the 14nm IOD from the previous generation. The new IOD has an integrated graphics processor, which is a first for AMD. As a result, all Ryzen 7000 CPUs will also be APUs.

AMD is also announcing increased power utilisation, though no official SKUs have been announced yet. The Ryzen 7000 CPUs should be able to handle up to 170W, up from 105W on the Ryzen 5000. Like Intel’s Alder Lake CPUs, the business has officially implemented support for PCIe 5.0.

The complete retail debut is planned for the fall of 2022.

Mendocino Mobile APUs

AMD has announced new APUs for cheap laptops with its big announcement for desktop CPUs. These new chips, codenamed “Mendocino,” are intended for mainstream Windows and ChromeOS computers with significant volume.

AMD’s APUs will finally be up to speed with the company’s GPU lineup with the release of Mendocino, thanks to its RDNA 2-based GPU. It has four Zen 2 cores and is a small chip.

Here are Mendocino’s specifications in comparison to Ryzen mobile processors from previous generations.

AMD has not stated the planned number of GPU cores, unlike the CPU core count, but given the intended market, it is unlikely to be particularly high. This is due to the fact that these chips are designed to provide entry-level performance while remaining power efficient and inexpensive. Mendocino-powered laptops, according to AMD, would have a battery life of 10+ hours with mixed usage.

LPDDR5 memory will power the next APU, but AMD hasn’t said whether it will be a dual-channel or quad-channel memory bus, though the latter seems more likely.

Mendocino APUs will be available in the fourth quarter of this year, which implies AMD and its partners will be able to supply laptops by the end of December. It will be available in laptops priced between $399 and $699.