HP's Pavilion Aero 13 starts at $749, all AMD powered - ZDNet

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HP launched its HP Pavilion Aero 13 laptop that will start at $749, feature four colors, have a 90% screen-to-body ratio and weigh in at less than a kilogram.

The HP Pavilion Aero 13 is an all-AMD machine with the latest AMD Ryzen 7 5800U processor with AMD Radeon Graphics. The device has Wi-Fi 6, up to 10.5 hours of battery life and a screen with a 16:10 aspect ratio and 2.5k resolution.

According to HP, Pavilion Aero 13 will be available this month at HP.com and other US retailers in the fall. Key details include:

• A full magnesium aluminum chassis with 4-sided narrow bezel.
• Colors of Pale Rose Gold, Warm Gold, Ceramic White and Natural Silver.
• 400 nits of brightness for sunlight viewing.
• Manufactured with post-consumer recycled and ocean bound plastics.
• Windows 10 with an upgrade available to Windows 11.

Along with the HP Pavilion Aero 13, HP rolled out the M Series monitor line announced at CES 2021. The company's M Series line includes a 24- and 27-inch displays with the HP M24fwa FHD Monitor and HP M27fwa FHD Monitor, respectively. Both monitors feature streamlined design and cable management and integrated dual speakers with availability in July. The 24-inch monitor starts at $229.99, and the 27-inch monitor starts at $289.99.  

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Morning Bell With Jim Cramer: Micron Earnings, Nvidia and AMD - TheStreet

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Stocks rose Tuesday and the S&P 500 set a record intraday high as equities built off the gains that kicked off the week.

TheStreet founder Jim Cramer said that among other things he was keeping an eye on Micron Technology  (MU) - Get Report, which is scheduled to report earnings on Wednesday and Nvidia  (NVDA) - Get Report.

Micron Technology: 'The Most Important One'

Cramer said that he thinks there is still strength in DRAM, still strength in strength in NAND.

"I think Micron is the most important one because the semiconductors are really hanging by a thread," he said.

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In March, Micron reported fiscal-second-quarter revenue and adjusted earnings that exceeded Wall Street estimates.

Cramer also discussed Nvidia  (NVDA) - Get Report, noting that three of the world's largest chipmakers went against other big tech companies and blessed the graphics-chip specialist's proposed acquisition of U.K.-based Arm Holdings. 

Nvidia: 'I'd Like to See Some News Here'

Broadcom  (AVGO) - Get Report, Marvell  (MRVL) - Get Report and Taiwan's MediaTek have become the first Arm customers to publicly support the $40 billion proposed takeover. 

Cramer said "this is very, very important."

"I'd like to see some news here," he said. 

Cramer also said he'd like to see Advanced Micro Devices  (AMD) - Get Report close the deal with Xilinx  (XLNX) - Get Report.

Earlier this month, Dealmaker reported that the European Commission hasn’t raised objections to the semiconductor titan’s proposed $35 billion takeover of  Xilinx.

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AMD Stock Is on the Verge of a Breakout You Don't Want to Miss - Investorplace.com

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Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) stock has been on a tear since last year, with a slew of positive developments, strong revenue growth, and a robust outlook.

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Despite its stellar performance, AMC stock has moved sluggishly in the past few months in comparison to its peers.

The delay in the approval of its Xilinx deal in China and Europe seems to be holding its stock price back.

Hence AMC stock is trading at a fairly reasonable valuation and should break out once it overcomes its regulatory hurdles.

AMD is coming off one of its strongest years in recent memory, with its year-over-year revenue growth at over 57%.

Moreover, its year-over-year EBITDA growth is at an incredible 118%. It enjoys a technical edge over its competitors, such as Intel (NASDAQ:INTC), who have been forced to play catch-up for most of the year.

AMD currently trades at roughly seven times forward sales, which is relatively expensive. However, given its business momentum, robust financials and technical superiority, its valuation is more than justified at this point.

Glittering Financials

AMD recently reported its first-quarter results, where its revenues rose to $3.5 billion, representing a 93% increase from the prior-year period. Consequently, GAAP net income rose shot up to $555 million, representing a 243% growth from year-ago levels.

In comparison, Intel generated $19.7 billion in its first quarter, a 1% decline from the same quarter last year.

More importantly, net income dropped 41% during the period, mainly due to a restructuring charge of $2.2 billion. Additionally, its revenues rose 8% last year compared with 2019.

The technical edge has mainly driven AMD’s success in CPUs. A few years ago, many had written off the company, but under the leadership of Lisa Su, its fortunes have changed completely.

A series of game-changing decisions have driven share gains against Intel in the CPU department.

Furthermore, AMD has made some great strides as far as free cash flows are concerned. It generated an incredible $832 million in the quarter compared to Intel’s $1.6 billion.

However, considering that Intel generates six times as much revenue as AMD, its performance is lackluster.

AMD/Xilinx Merger

AMD agreed to acquire semiconductor company Xilinx in a $35 billion all-stock transaction late last year. The aim was for both companies to complement each other’s product portfolios, create synergies, and expand AMD’s revenue base.

In addition, the acquisition will give AMD’s data center business a massive boost. Both companies have similar competencies in areas such as artificial intelligence and systems-on-a-chip.

The merger provides access to new markets in the industrial and automotive realms for AMD. Xilinx’s data center business will effectively complement AMD’s robust server capabilities and will enable it to leverage its EPYC technology.

However, the merger had run into regulatory roadblocks in Europe and China. The primary concern of these markets relates to anti-competitive behavior, with the company becoming remarkably powerful.

As it stands, the EU’s top antitrust regulator states it has no objections to the merger. The UK’s antitrust regulator is evaluating the merger proposal and will decide by next month.

However, the approval process in China will take significantly longer than in Europe. The average review period for such deals in the industry is more than 300 days.

Nonetheless, the merger’s approval in the EU and UK will be a major catalyst in itself and should push AMD stock’s price higher.

Bottom Line on AMD Stock

AMD is coming off one of its most successful years, but its stock price momentum has been sluggish overall.

AMD’s merger with Xilinx has stalled in Europe and China, which has slowed down the growth in its stock price. However, these roadblocks are likely to fade away soon, removing any impediments for AMD stock.

AMD stock is a definite buy at this stage, with an incredible outlook ahead and its stellar financial positioning.

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New leak suggests that AMD is about to release two new graphics cards - Digital Trends

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AMD may be about to launch two new Navi 23 graphics cards, according to a new leak. Drivers for the RX 6600 and RX 6600XT have been found in a recent update, suggesting that AMD is likely preparing to release these two GPUs soon. The information comes from a leaker known on Twitter as @KOMACHI_ENSAKA, who posted screenshots of AMD’s recent drivers, including both of the new RX 6000-series cards.

It’s possible that these are the graphics cards AMD was talking about earlier this year at CES 2021, an annual trade show organized by the Consumer Technology Association. During that event, AMD announced that it would be releasing a single-fan GPU in the future. It now seems that the cards in question may in fact have been the Radeon RX 6600 and 6600XT.

We don’t know the full specifications of the upcoming cards just yet, although some information has already been revealed. Part of that knowledge stems from the fact that both of these cards are housing a Navi 23 GPU. Navi 23 comes with a 128-bit memory bus and 2,048 stream processors. The GPU measures 237mm2 and has 11.06 billion transistors. It also utilizes 10 teraflops (TFLOPs) and runs on up to 100 watts of power.

Previous rumors suggest that the AMD Radeon RX 6600XT graphics card will provide 8GB of GDDR6 memory. Assuming this turns out to be true, the 6600 might come with 4GB VRAM. However, there’s a chance that even the RX 6600 will be decked out with the full 8GB. Both models are likely to come with a 32MB AMD Infinity Cache.

It’s possible that the RX 6600 will come with 28 compute units, while the RX 6600XT will have 32. Both the cards will have a 7nm process node. Most of the other specs are pure guesswork at this point. Rumors suggest a 128-bit memory bus for the RX 6600 and a 192-bit for the RX 6600XT, as well as a 16Gbps memory clock with 256GB/s of bandwidth for both models.

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These graphics cards are likely to be the first Navi 23 GPUs for AMD when it comes to the gaming sector. The company already has Navi 23 cards out on the market, but they are found inside mobile devices and high-end workstations. They can also be found inside Tesla’s Model S vehicles. According to Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, the performance of that system will be powerful enough to rival that of Sony’s Playstation 5 consoles.

Like any leak, this should be taken with skepticism, but it does come from a reputable source with a proven track record. Another leak has also recently confirmed that Gigabyte is about to release six custom GPUs from the RX 6600 XT series, further signaling that the cards are almost ready. Given that, as well as the hints from AMD, we are looking at a possible release shortly. All the information put together suggests a simultaneous launch within the next few months.

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AMD Leads High Performance Computing Towards Exascale and Beyond - HPCwire

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SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 28, 2021 — At this year’s International Supercomputing 2021 digital event, AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) is showcasing momentum for its AMD EPYC processors and AMD Instinct accelerators across the High Performance Computing (HPC) industry. The company also outlined updates to the ROCm open software platform and introduced the AMD Instinct Education and Research (AIER) initiative. The latest Top500 list showcased the continued growth of AMD EPYC processors for HPC systems. AMD EPYC processors power nearly 5x more systems compared to the June 2020 list, and more than double the number of systems compared to November 2020. As well, AMD EPYC processors power half of the 58 new entries on the June 2021 list.

“High performance computing is critical to addressing the world’s biggest and most important challenges,” said Forrest Norrod, senior vice president and general manager, data center and embedded systems group, AMD. “With our AMD EPYC processor family and Instinct accelerators, AMD continues to be the partner of choice for HPC. We are committed to enabling the performance and capabilities needed to advance scientific discoveries, break the exascale barrier, and continue driving innovation.”

AMD HPC Momentum Continues

With the recent launch of the AMD EPYC 7003 Series processor, which provides industry leading performance for HPC workloads1, AMD is continuing to enable its partners and customers to deploy all sizes of clusters, across key research areas including manufacturing, life sciences, financial services, climate research and more.

A 2020 Intersect360 perception study of HPC users’ impressions of CPUs showed that AMD EPYC processors had a 78 percent favorable impression amongst respondents, growing from 36 percent in 20162. In a 2021 study from Intersect360 asking HPC institutions about AMD EPYC penetration within their sites, 23 percent of respondents said they have broad usage of AMD EPYC processors, and an additional 47 percent said they are testing or using AMD EPYC processors at some level3.

Recent systems utilizing AMD HPC solutions include:

• Bulgaria’s EuroHPC Atos BullSequana XH2000 supercomputer, powered by AMD EPYC processors for scientific development in bioinformatics, pharmacy, artificial intelligence, meteorology and more.
• The University of Cambridge’s Cambridge Service for Data Driven Discovery (CSD3) system, with Dell EMC PowerEdge XE8545 servers powered by 3^rd Gen AMD EPYC processors.
• Durham University’s COSMA8 supercomputer with Dell EMC PowerEdge C6525 servers powered by 2^nd and 3^rd Gen AMD EPYC processors.
• Microsoft Azure supercomputers for UK Met Office using 3^rd Gen AMD EPYC processors and next generation AMD EPYC processors in an HPE Cray EX supercomputer, delivering an expected 60 petaflops of advanced supercomputing capabilities for weather and climate research.
• National Center for Atmospheric Research’s supercomputer, powered by 3^rd Gen AMD EPYC processors and the HPE Cray EX supercomputer, supporting the nation’s advanced research and understanding of geosciences.
• The Perlmutter supercomputer from the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory features nodes that include 3^rd Gen AMD EPYC processors in an HPE Cray EX supercomputer that provides four times the computational power currently available at NERSC.
• The Singapore National Supercomputing Centre supercomputer, built by HPE, powered by 3^rd Gen AMD EPYC processors and expected to have a peak theoretical performance of 10 petaflops.

Updates to AMD ROCm Software Support

AMD is introducing its new AMD Instinct Education and Research (AIER) initiative, designed to help scientists, researchers and academics accelerate the performance of their code on AMD Instinct Accelerators. The AIER initiative, based on member requirements, offers remote access to AMD Instinct technologies, the AMD ROCm Learning Center, and ROCm software and support as well as access to technical guidance on AMD software and hardware solutions. In addition to regional Solution Partners, AIER Global Solution Partners include Dell Technologies, Gigabyte, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and Supermicro.

The ROCm open software platform continues to gain industry support and momentum with a growing list of applications, third-party libraries, and frameworks supporting AMD accelerators. The HPC community has embraced HIP as a heterogenous programming model, that developers use to write or adapt their codes to for acceleration on AMD’s GPUs including Gromacs, TensorFlow, and GridTools.

Additionally, PyTorch for ROCm is now available as an installable Python package and includes full capability for mixed-precision and large-scale training using AMD’s MIOpen and RCCL (communications) libraries. This innovation provides a new option for data scientists, researchers, students, and others in the community to get started with accelerated PyTorch using AMD GPUs. Most recently, CuPy, an open-source array library with Python, has expanded its traditional GPU support with the introduction of version 9.0 that now offers support for the ROCm stack for GPU-accelerated computing.

Commitment to Advancing Research

Last year, AMD announced its HPC Fund for COVID-19 research, which included a donation of systems powered by AMD EPYC processors and AMD Instinct accelerators to provide researchers with petaflop-scale compute power to fight the pandemic. With over 12 petaflops of capacity awarded to-date, AMD has since delivered HPC capabilities to 23 institutions across seven countries including Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), New York University (NYU), Rice University, University of Texas at Austin and University of Toronto.

“From COVID-19 research to analyzing genome architectures, AMD CPU and GPU processors help the Center for Theoretical Biological Physics to run some codes from 1,000 to 10,000 times faster than before,” said Peter Rossky, the Harry C and Olga K. Wiess Professor of Natural Sciences. “The ability to run parallel simulations on this game-changing equipment enables the full analysis of one chromosome in as little as 20 minutes – research that used to take up to a month to complete. These accomplishments come just months after adding the high-performance computing capabilities from AMD, and we expect adoption across our researcher community to grow exponentially.”

Visit the AMD virtual booth at ISC 21 to learn more about AMD solutions for HPC and talk with AMD experts.

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For more than 50 years AMD has driven innovation in high-performance computing, graphics and visualization technologies ― the building blocks for gaming, immersive platforms and the datacenter. Hundreds of millions of consumers, leading Fortune 500 businesses and cutting-edge scientific research facilities around the world rely on AMD technology daily to improve how they live, work and play. AMD employees around the world are focused on building great products that push the boundaries of what is possible. For more information about how AMD is enabling today and inspiring tomorrow, visit the AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) website.

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This AMD mini PC kit is likely made out of b0rked PS5 chips - PC Gamer

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AMD silicon lies at the heart of the Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, and PlayStation 5, which means the red team is hard at work to produce as much RDNA 2 and Zen 2 silicon as it can to meet demand. In doing so, it is likely amassing quite the collection of broken chips, those with a few (or a few million) transistors off the norm. The chips that don't quite make the cut may end up in this desktop kit before you: the AMD 4700S.

The AMD 4700S is nearly the complete package for a PC (via Videocardz). Under the included cooler lies an AMD Zen 2-powered CPU, an eight-core chip, which puts it in line with the latest consoles and some Ryzen CPUs. Alongside that is the tell-tale sign of this chip's console origin: it comes with either 8GB or 16GB of GDDR6 memory.

Modern consoles use shared memory pools, namely GDDR6 today, which isn't something you'd find on any gaming PC. While GDDR6 offers plenty of bandwidth for GPUs, DDR4 is much better suited to the task of general system memory thanks to low latencies. So there's no real reason for AMD to produce a desktop kit with GDDR6 memory unless it already had the chips lying around.

From what I can tell eyeing up images from Disclosuzen on Twitter (via TechPowerUp), the memory must be located on the underside of the motherboard, beneath the extended rear heatsink. That doesn't give the memory the optimal cooling solution, although this machine is hardly at the forefront of PC performance anyways.

With the memory likely located on the underside of the PCB, this looks the part of the PS5 SoC. Twitter leaker rogame also spots matching traces between the 4700S and the PS5, suggesting this chip may have once been destined for Sony's console. Perhaps AMD and Sony's chipmaking agreement has some stipulation in it whereby AMD can use or purchase chips Sony has no use for, but we can't say for sure.

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Note the lack of Ryzen branding here too—this isn't technically a Ryzen product despite sharing the Zen 2 architecture with AMD's Ryzen 3000 chips. AMD's 4700S page does feature the painted circle logo I had assumed to be the Ryzen logo, but perhaps it's representative of the Zen architecture instead. Either way, AMD is clearly trying to avoid the Ryzen brand here.

To build out the entire kit, the CPU and memory are paired with a fairly basic motherboard. It features two SATA ports, a 1Gbps LAN port, eight USB ports, basic audio out from the I/O, and a couple of headers for extra USB connections. There's no M.2 NVMe port, however, and only one PCIe 2.0 x4 slot for a single GPU.

You'll have to provide one of those yourself, though. This kit doesn't come with any form of GPU. If this were a chip ripped right out of a console, it would feature a working RDNA 2 GPU with a beefy compute unit count—56, 36, or 20, depending on the console—yet here that's been entirely disabled, meaning a graphics card of some description is required.

It's a shame really, an APU with console graphics would be immense.

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There are only a few graphics cards listed with official compatibility with the 4700S: AMD's RX 500-series and Nvidia's GT 710, 730, and GTX 1050, 1050 Ti, and 1060. Further compatibility is not specified, but it's likely the board's low PCIe bandwidth is to blame for the GPU restrictions. You can read up on the system's specs within its installation and warranty booklet (PDF warning).

Not that you'd want to build a gaming PC around this board anyways. We suspect its performance wouldn't be quite up to scratch with the latest gaming machines.

In graphics cards, wafers that don't quite make the grade are generally why we end up with cards like the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti, built with a slightly less capable version of the GA104 GPU which would otherwise go into an GeForce RTX 3070. Microsoft will employ the same tactic with chips that don't making the cut for the Xbox Series X, instead finding a home in the Xbox Series S. But if you ever wondered what happens to all the disused chips and non-functional parts with no clear use in console-land, the AMD 4700S should give you some idea of where they end up.

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AMD Is a Good Tech Stock Trading at a Discount - Sports Grind Entertainment

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It might seem astounding, but Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) is trading at a very attractive price point. Yes, AMD stock, the one that has outperformed the S&P 500 by 1,560% and its sector by 1,400% in the last five years.

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Technology as a sector still looks like a buy after a recent rebound. However, AMD has strangely bucked the trend. Shares of the American multinational semiconductor company are down 6% year-to-date. In comparison, Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) is up 46% during the same period.

AMD has rolled out highly competitive lines of chips in the last few years, leading to a bonanza in terms of EPS and sales.

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The company also generates a healthy amount of revenue from cloud computing and the related data center buildout. When you combine that with dividend growth of 6.8% in the last five years, you have all the makings of a world-beater. Why we do not see more people pouring capital into this stock at this time is amazing.

But then again, it means you can pick this up at a relative discount. But the window might be closing soon.

AMD Stock Is a Leader in Its Sector

Advanced Micro Devices is a leading producer of central processing units (CPUs) and graphics processing units (GPUs) used in data center servers, PCs, and videogame consoles. So, when you purchase this stock, you are getting exposure to several high-growth areas.

Historically, the company lagged in Intel (NASDAQ:INTC). But it is now dominating its rival because of innovative chip designs and manufacturing issues at Intel.

Much of the credit goes to the leadership of CEO Lisa Su, who took the helm in 2014. At that time, many investors believed AMD could file for bankruptcy soon.

However, under the leadership of Su, the company made a series of outstanding technical decisions leading to eventual victory against Intel. Along the way, the market cap grew to more than $102 billion from about $2 billion in 2014.

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In the last five years, the top line and bottom line have increased by 30.1% and 48.5%, respectively. On the back of this excellent operating performance, AMD’s cash position has increased sharply to $2.3 billion last year, from $1.5 billion in 2019.

AMD currently does not pay a dividend. But having so much cash at its disposal means the tech giant can create shareholder wealth through buybacks and accretive acquisitions or mergers.

Stock Buyback Plan

In May, Advanced Micro Devices announced a $4 billion stock buyback plan, its first repurchase authorization since 2001.

According to a statement from the company, the stock buyback program will be funded by cash from operations and has no termination date.

“Our strong financial results and growing cash generation enable us to invest in the business and begin returning capital to our shareholders,” Su said.

AMD stock rose as much as 3.4% on the announcement. It is not surprising. Whenever companies return wealth to shareholders, stock price appreciations will naturally follow. And with such a large war chest, one can expect such moves to continue in the future.

What Does the Future Hold For AMD?

AMD is a fast-growing semiconductor company operating in the attractive personal computer and data center markets space. In the next few years, the company should continue growing profits at an excellent pace. The best thing is its involvement in high-growth sectors.

Artificial intelligence, big data analytics, cloud computing, and data centers, all these areas will continue to grow exponentially moving forward.

In addition, its GPU chips power Microsoft’s (NASDAQ:MSFT) new Xbox and Sony (NYSE:SONY) PlayStation console upgrade cycle. And that’s not all. The potential release of a new Nintendo (OTCMKTS:NTDOY) Switch later this year equals further cash for AMD.

Separately, the company and Alphabet’s (NASDAQ:GOOG, NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google Cloud recently announced Google would offer cloud computing services based on AMD’s “Milan” server chip, released in March, further denting rival Intel’s market share.

The move caught the attention of investors in general, but Redditors also noticed. Mentions of the company exploded after the news broke. I recommend you check out Brenden Rearick’s excellent piece for more on this and the Google announcement.

Grab the Discount Offer

Overall, there is much to like about AMD stock. However, astoundingly despite all of its amazing progress, the stock continues to trade at a relative discount this year, making it one of the rare attractively priced tech stocks with excellent fundamentals.

But, considering Redditors are interested in this one, I expect shares to skyrocket soon enough. And even if that does not happen, this is a solid enough stock on its own merits.

So, buy this one before it shoots to the moon.

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Faizan Farooque is a contributing author for InvestorPlace.com and numerous other financial sites. Faizan has several years of experience analyzing the stock market and was a former data journalist at S&P Global Market Intelligence. His passion is to help the average investor make more informed decisions regarding their portfolio.

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AMD Quietly Launches Recycled Xbox Series X APU As 4700S Desktop Kit - Tom's Hardware

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AMD has silently launched the AMD 4700S eight-core processor desktop kit. This chip consists of an Xbox Series X APU that suffered from defects during the manufacturing process, making it unsuitable for use in the Xbox. Although we've known about the kit for some time, the chipmaker has finally listed it on its website with its full specifications.

The AMD 4700S desktop kit is an integrated solution, meaning that you'll find almost everything you need for a full system crammed onto the small mini-ITX motherboard — processor, memory, and cooling. The motherboard leverages the A77E fusion controller hub (codename Bolton-E4) that's geared towards embedded platforms.

AMD listed the processor as the AMD 4700S with eight Zen 2 cores. There are no signs of any Ryzen branding, but we already know that the chip is an eight-core, 16-thread APU with a disabled or defective iGPU. Unfortunately, AMD didn't specify the chip's clock speeds. However, Geekbench 5 benchmarks have pointed to a 3.6 GHz base clock and a 4 GHz boost clock. AMD offers the 4700S desktop kit with either 8GB or 16GB of GDDR6 memory. Once again, the chipmaker didn't list the speed of the GDDR6 memory chips.

The AMD 4700S lacks display outputs, so you'll have to pair the motherboard with a discrete graphics card. Like any normal mini-ITX motherboard, the AMD 4700S only supplies one PCIe x16 expansion slot, which is restrained to a x4 signal. This means that the list of supported graphics cards is very limited as well.

The AMD 4700S is compatible with the Radeon 550, RX 550, RX 560, RX 570, RX 580 and RX 590. On the Nvidia side, the AMD 4700S supports the GeForce GT 710, GT 1030, GTX 1050, GTX 1050 Ti and GTX 1060.

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AMD 4700S Desktop Kit (Image credit: Disclosuzen/Twitter)

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AMD 4700S Desktop Kit (Image credit: Disclosuzen/Twitter)

There are only two SATA III ports for storage on the AMD 4700S, though, so you won't be able to leverage high-speed M.2 SSDs on this motherboard. It also has a Gigabit Ethernet port and three 3.5mm audio jacks. The first is based on the Asix AX88179 Gigabit Ethernet controller, while the latter is based on the Realteck ALC897 audio codec.

The AMD 4700S is pretty generous on connectivity. You receive four USB 2.0 Type-A ports, three USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps) Type-A ports, and one USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps) Type-A port. Additionally, the motherboard comes equipped with one USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps) header to expand the number of USB ports further.

The motherboard draws its power from 24-pin and 8-pin EPS power connectors. AMD recommends a 250W power supply as the minimum but suggests you feed the motherboard with a 300W unit. Do note that power requirements will differ, depending on which graphics card you plan to plug into the AMD 4700S.

AMD only provides drivers for Windows 10, meaning the AMD 4700S isn't compatible with prior versions of Windows, much less Linux.

Since it's just a listing, AMD didn't reveal the pricing or availability for the AMD 4700s desktop kit. The chipmaker backs it with a limited two-year hardware warranty. We've seen it retail for roughly $317.38 at a Finnish store. However, we'll have to wait until the desktop kit is available here to get the U.S. pricing.

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June 26, 2021 at 09:01PM
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