AMD’s Strix Point Halo chips details have been leaked and the configurations and name of these CPUs have been revealed.
The CPUs have been built mainly for proper gaming drivers and might work with handheld devices as well.
The CPUs might be named Ryzen AI Max 300 but there is no official confirmation from the company.
The flagship CPUs might be Ryzen AI Max+ 395 with 16-cores and 40 Compute Units (RDNA 3.5 graphics).
Support for up to 96GB of video memory with Strix Halo is expected to target the notebook workstation market with the chip, not just gaming laptops.
Pricing for Strix Point chips is rumored to be twice as much, causing GPD to scaled back to keep costs of laptop bill-of-materials to a reasonable level.
If Strix Point chips are expensive, what sort of financial toll will Strix Halo exact? This is fueling fears that Halo will be prohibitively expensive.
The integrated RDNA 3.5 graphics on Strix Halo is speedy and supercharged but laptop makers are concerned with the price of the upcoming chip.
We can’t get too carried away with rumors, but there is now a concern around the future of handhelds pepped up by Strix Halo and how expensive this silicon might make thin-and-light gaming laptops.
It is clear that the CPUs will be powerful, but the concern is whether its pricing will be too high and the resulting financial toll for users.