HP appears to have tipped AMD’s hand when it comes to launching a new processor that may come sooner rather than later. This would be the Ryzen 7000 series, assuming a new listing on HP’s website is accurate. The listing is for a pair of all-in-one desktops: 24-inch and 27-inch models in Starry White and Starry Forest, but it’s not the color choice that’s interesting here.
What catches the eye are the processor options. Depending on the listing, the next all-in-one desktops can be equipped with up to a 12th generation Intel Core i7 processor, which is Alder Lake, or up to an AMD Ryzen 7000 series processor. from the list …
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There are a few different possibilities that come to mind. The first is that it is a typo, outright. However, it’s not as if HP hasn’t announced new hardware in the past. Somehow, HP has been the source of some interesting hardware leaks, like the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti.
Rather than wondering if this is a typo or not, the best question to ask is probably what does the Ryzen 7000 series represent? Let us rule out the least probable answer: Zen 4. We assume that there is an external chance (far exterior) that its all-in-one could be offered with Zen 4, but probably not – Zen 4 is just too far away right now.
So if it’s not Zen 4, what is it? Probably AMD’s next-generation APU line, codenamed Rembrandt. According to past leaks, Rembrandt will be based on AMD’s upcoming Zen 3+ refresh. This is not an entirely new architecture, but an improvement on Zen 3, with a move to a 6 nanometer manufacturing process (compared to 7 nm for Zen 3) and a stacked 3D V-cache.
AMD has already confirmed plans to launch chips with stacked 3D V-cache by the end of the year, saying it will offer a 15% gain in games. And that’s what we’re looking for here, in addition to the on-board RDNA 2 graphics. Rembrandt would also support DDR5 memory.
The other possibility is that this list is the two a typo and indicative of Rembrandt. It just depends on whether AMD is really ignoring the Ryzen 6000 series and what it plans to call its possible Zen 4 processors.
Lots of unknowns at the moment. Either way, it looks like an interesting all-in-one range. As well as offering a choice between Alder Lake and the Ryzen 7000 series, it can be configured with up to 1TB of SSD storage and 2TB of HDD storage, a Full HD display, two speakers and Windows 11. will also be available. available with up to 64 GB of DDR5 memory.
