AMD Could Enter ARM Market with Sound Wave APU Built on TSMC 3nm Process
https://www.guru3d.com/story/amd-enters-arm-market-with-sound-wave-apu-built-on-tsmc-3nm-process/
#HackerNews #AMD #ARM #TSMC #3nm #APU #SoundWave #Technology
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some days more than others I perceive the time warp living in a constant state of sensory overwhelm puts me in, and today is one of those days after learning that the 9000G (and presumably GE) series #AMD Ryzen APUs will drop soon.
as a #1LPC user, AMD's 35 and 65 watt APUs are important, especially since Intel just could not compete in thermally-limited applications for so long.
that said, I think I remember looking at a roadmap when the #Ryzen 8000G series came out and thinking that the 9000 series would be hot on its heels, after a couple rounds of long pauses between Zen 2 and Zen 3 #APU products in that class.
some days more than others I perceive the time warp living in a constant state of sensory overwhelm puts me in, and today is one of those days after learning that the 9000G (and presumably GE) series #AMD Ryzen APUs will drop soon.
as a #1LPC user, AMD's 35 and 65 watt APUs are important, especially since Intel just could not compete in thermally-limited applications for so long.
that said, I think I remember looking at a roadmap when the #Ryzen 8000G series came out and thinking that the 9000 series would be hot on its heels, after a couple rounds of long pauses between Zen 2 and Zen 3 #APU products in that class.
Today's real champion is this one. One of my PC Engines APU devices - I don’t remember the exact year I bought it, probably 2017.
It worked at my home as a router/firewall with OPNsense for several months, then in 2018 I installed it at a client’s site, "as a temporary emergency solution". Still running OPNsense, always kept updated, and it hasn’t missed a bit since then.
During a severe thunderstorm, the access point and switch connected to it were fried, but it kept going - silently and reliably. Zerotier, Wireguard, port forwarding, bandwidth graphs - all handled in a hot office, often with the air conditioning turned off during holidays.
It did everything, and it still works.
The client moved to a new location this morning, and the APU was replaced with a more powerful device (in anticipation of a future Internet upgrade). I decided to take it back with me (technically, it’s still mine) - they couldn’t find the power adapter, probably still packed in boxes, but up until 07:30 this morning (the last time I connected to the server behind it via VPN), it was perfectly reliable.
I’ll probably keep using it - I have others - maybe in the office as a file server with two attached drives.
Honor to the device, honor to OPNsense, honor to FreeBSD.
