AMD Ryzen 8000 Strix Point APUs Utilize 12-Core Zen 5 and Zen 5C Hybrid Config

I'm surprised that WCCF tech is getting on the HN front page. They are known for just running with any inkling of a rumor, or even just jumping to their own wild conclusions and running articles on that.

Does the word 'Strix' have some sort of computing relevance that I am unaware of or is it really just a cool sounding name for a genus of owls? Because Asus uses this word in products too and I've never known if it was supposed to relate to something.

Oh... That is disappointing.<p>I was hoping Strix Halo would be a big, power efficient, Apple M-esque SoC with a wide iGPU.<p>The 16x Zen 5 cores (with no efficiency cores) and the &quot;sharing&quot; of the desktop architecture suggest its actually a Dragon Ridge 7045HX replacement. So a power hungry CPU for 17&quot; desktop replacement laptops you can basically only use while plugged in... That has a large IGP for some reason? That doesn&#x27;t make much sense, as you mind as well use the dGPU.

In terms of IPC @ GB6, with an expected ~20% gain from Zen 4, Zen 5 still need another 15% improvement before it catches up to A16.<p>But it will be interesting to see any write up on the benefits of using Zen5c ( Cache scaled down version of Zen 5 &#x2F; P-Core ) instead of using a smaller but different uArch E Core as in Intel and ARM are doing.

What’s the point of putting AI tech in their cpus when they’re clearly not interested in making it work even in their gpus?