AMD Roadmap Update: Kaveri Refresh Landing this Year, Carrizo Might Come to Desktop in BGA

We haven't posted an update on the APU Roadmap front end for a long time and then I thought it was time to practise one. This year AMD volition be taking a leaf out Intel's book and bringing most the 'Kaveri Refresh' platform. On the mobility side of things Carrizo and Carrizo-L will exist landing in BGA Packaging but we likewise have some rather interesting news on that forepart.

AMD Carrizo APU Slide A slide showcasing Carrizo's strengths. @AMD Public Domain

Carrizo APU might come up to desktop (in BGA) thanks to OEMs, Kaveri Refresh coming presently

I think its best we start with the solid road map that has so far been confirmed. Given below is the roadmap of the APU side of things for the year 2022 (and yeah nosotros can ostend now, there doesn't appear to be any mention of Carrizo for desktop in official documents of this year):

Carrizo APU with four Excavator Cores. Full HSA ane.0 Back up and upto 35W TDP for the top cease model. The packaging will be FP4 BGA. The SoC will be fabricated on the 28nm node.
Carrizo-L APU with 4 Puma+ Cores. Full HSA 1.0 Support and upto 25W TDP for the pinnacle end model. The packaging will be FP4 BGA. The SoC will exist fabricated on the 28nm node.
On the Ultra Depression Power side we have Mullins APU Refresh platform with upto 4 Puma cores. SDP will be 2W and packaging will be FT3 BGA. The SoC will be made on the 28nm node.
Finally on the desktop side we will accept Kaveri Refresh platform. At that place are confirmed reports of all the same unreleased SKUs releasing throughout 2022 merely I cannot ostend whether the flagship A10-7850K will be getting a refresh with college clocks etc. In all probability the flagship is staying equally it is with just lower powered models or re-iterations releasing throughout the year. These volition be fabricated on the 28nm node.
The offset 20nm APUs 'Amur' and 'Nolan' are expected by Q3 2022 and volition be targeted at the tablet market.

Now the juicy part. Well, the reliable Expreview.com has recently published confirmation that Carrizo APU will indeed be coming to the desktop side of things. But before you rejoice, listen to the catch; the packaging will stay BGA so information technology volition only come to desktop in the form of welded motherboards. However this plain means that in one case you lot are done with the processor you will have to throw out the motherboard likewise. The reason nosotros are getting this is considering OEMs are aware of the demand for desktop APUs. The same report also states that AMD volition be updating the GCN compages so that Carrizo APU volition have support for Hardware DirectX 12 (feature level 12_0) which is adept news.

Carrizo will manifestly be using a modified 28nm SHP process that results in depression power consumption but likewise is unfeasible for the college functioning desktop applications. It volition be one of the starting time APUs to feature an integrated Southbridge bit (condign an SoC and also why it will exist incompatible with the FM2+ socket regardless of whatever OEM modifications). It seems that AMD will be focusing on breaking the mobility marketplace with an HSA fueled processor capable of playing modernistic games at reasonable settings without draining the battery like a dGPU. The visitor had too previously revealed that information technology volition be focusing on making money this year, so I assume cutting the insane costs associated with taping out (high performance) dies is the reason for conclusion.