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What you should probably know
AMD has just unveiled its Ryzen 8040-Series processors.
AMD also compared its new chips to the existing Intel Core i9-13900H.
Testing by AMD was done with a system with a Ryzen 9 8940H.
Content creators should see up to a 1.4x increase in performance when using the Ryzen 8040 Series as well.
All about AI
AMD focused heavily on AI in its announcement of the Ryzen 8040 Series.
Artificial intelligence has become increasingly important for creative work, gaming, and even general computing.
AMD already has AI in a variety of processors, including EPYC chips and the Ryzen 7040 lineup.
The company continued that trend with its Ryen 8040 Series.
All but two of the Ryzen 8040-Series processors have an NPU dedicated to AI.
Ryzen CPUs are built to accelerate AI workloads as well.
Similarly, AMD Radeon graphics are optimized for parallel processing of AI workloads.
Software makers are on board as well, such as Adobe, Microsoft, and MAGIX.
Ryzen 8040-Series chips have XDNA NPUs.
XDNA will arrive with AMD’s “Strix Point” chips that are set to launch later in 2024.
