AMD Ryzen PRO 8040 Series and AMD Ryzen PRO 8000 Series bring advanced x86 processor-driven AI PCs to commercial users.
SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 16, 2024 — Today, AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) announced the launch of new products, expanding its commercial mobile and desktop AI PC product portfolio, providing business users with outstanding productivity and premium AI and connectivity experiences. The all-new AMD Ryzen PRO 8040 Series mobile processors are advanced x86 processors designed specifically for commercial laptops and mobile workstations. Additionally, AMD also announced the AMD Ryzen PRO 8000 Series desktop processors, the first AI desktop processors tailored for commercial users, aimed at delivering leading performance with low power consumption.
With AMD Ryzen AI embedded in select models, AMD is further extending its leadership in AI PCs. By leveraging CPU, GPU, and dedicated on-chip neural processing units (NPUs), the new Ryzen AI processors offer higher dedicated AI processing capabilities compared to previous generations, with up to 16 dedicated NPU TOPS (trillion operations per second) and an overall compute power of 39 TOPS. Commercial PCs equipped with the new Ryzen AI processors will help transform user experiences, providing next-generation performance for AI-enabled collaboration, content creation, and data and analytics workloads. With AMD PRO technology, IT administrators can unlock enterprise-grade manageability features, simplifying IT operations within organizations, accelerating PC deployments, and providing built-in security features from chip to cloud to defend against sophisticated attacks, while delivering exceptional stability, reliability, and platform longevity for enterprise software.
Jack Huynh, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Computing and Graphics at AMD, stated, "AMD offers a comprehensive AI technology portfolio to meet the needs of modern businesses. As we continue to expand our leadership in AI PCs, we're bringing higher performance and efficiency to a variety of desktop and mobile PCs. Our latest PRO series processors set a new standard for high-end computing experiences and help businesses deploy AI capabilities on their PCs through leading performance and security."
The AMD Ryzen PRO 8040 Series mobile processors power high-performance professional laptops and mobile workstations
As enterprise customers seek to deploy AI within their PC fleets, the AMD Ryzen PRO 8040 Series mobile processors deliver efficient and uncompromising processing performance for the most demanding business and AI workloads. These processors feature up to 8 high-performance cores, built on an advanced 4nm process and "Zen 4" architecture. Additionally, PCs equipped with Ryzen PRO 8040 Series processors will be among the first to adopt WiFi-7 technology, providing leading connectivity and setting new industry standards.
The top-of-the-line product in this series is the AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 8945HS, featuring 8 cores, 16 threads, 24MB cache, and Radeon 780M graphics. These processors offer powerful processing capabilities designed for resource-intensive applications, capable of handling graphically demanding workloads such as 3D rendering, video encoding, and photo editing in technical computing, multimedia content creation, and independent display scenarios.
The new Ryzen PRO 8040 Series mobile processors are expected to be available from OEM partners including HP and Lenovo starting in the second quarter of 2024.
The AMD Ryzen PRO 8000 series commercial desktop processors are the first desktop processors to support AI.
Equipped with AI-specific engines on select desktop processors, the Ryzen PRO 8000 series provides an immersive AI experience with incredible power efficiency. Featuring up to 8 high-performance "Zen 4" cores built on a leading-edge 4nm process, it sets new standards for speed and efficiency in daily business operations.
Desktops powered by AMD Ryzen PRO 8000 series processors support DDR5 and PCIe 4, enabling lightning-fast data transfer and smoother workflows. They offer quicker access to critical business applications and data, and some processor models support next-gen Wi-Fi 7 connections.
The flagship product in this series is the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8700G processor, offering 8 high-performance cores, 16 threads, 24MB cache, and integrated AMD Radeon 780M graphics. It delivers higher performance with lower power consumption, meeting the demands of various professional workloads.
The all-new Ryzen PRO 8000 series desktop processors are expected to be available from OEM partners HP and Lenovo, as well as select channel partners, starting in the second quarter of 2024.
AMD Ryzen PRO technology and Ryzen AI provide multi-layer security and AI capabilities for enterprises.
AMD PRO technology offers enterprise-level manageability for users; embedded directly into hardware, operating systems, and system layers, it incorporates powerful multi-layer security technologies. With extensive partner support, AMD PRO technology helps IT decision-makers exceed modern security requirements, providing users with continuous defenses against complex attacks.
Additionally, AMD Ryzen PRO processors integrate Microsoft Pluton security processor, delivering outstanding protection from chip to cloud. This helps safeguard user certificates, identities, personal data, and encryption keys on Windows 11 PCs.
By the end of 2024, over 150 AI-driven ISVs are expected to bring new experiences on Ryzen AI. Commercial users can leverage Ryzen AI to create professional documents, letters, and business presentations with key points summarized and email responses generated, saving valuable time. Ryzen AI also enables users to collaborate with AI tools, assist in coding with AI personal assistants, and enhance graphics and video quality with features like sharpening and noise reduction.
OEM partners are introducing more Ryzen PRO 8040 series laptops and Ryzen PRO 8000 series desktops.
AMD OEM partners, including Lenovo and HP, are rolling out more laptops, mobile workstations, and desktops featuring AMD Ryzen PRO 8040 and 8000 series processors. These products offer incredible energy efficiency, performance, and AI readiness suitable for all types of business users. Additionally, industry partner Microsoft continues to expand Microsoft Copilot functionality, bringing more AI capabilities to AMD-powered Windows systems and unlocking new features for productivity, security, and everyday business use.
At this year's HP Amplify Partner Conference, HP announced a range of commercial desktops, workstations, and laptops, including products featuring AMD PRO series processors. These include the HP EliteBook 805 series G11 laptops, HP EliteBook 605 series G11 laptops, HP ProBook 405 series G11 laptops, HP Elite Desktop 805 G9, HP ZBook Power G11, and HP ZBook Firefly G11, all featuring AMD Ryzen PRO 8000 or 8040 series processors. HP and AMD are collaborating to enhance AI capabilities for the present and future. Leveraging HP's expertise in high-end workstation computing solutions and AMD's leading technology, the collaboration aims to drive AI readiness and AI creation.
Guayente Sanmartin, HP's Senior Vice President and President of the Business Systems and Display Solutions department, stated, "At HP, we will continue to lead the new era of personalized computing, shaping the future of technology in partnership with industry leaders like AMD. Through ongoing collaboration, we are excited to introduce the latest HP Elite and Pro PCs and HP Z series mobile workstations, offering customers high-performance computing solutions tailored for AI workflows."
Earlier this year, Lenovo launched the ThinkPad T14 Gen 5 featuring AMD Ryzen PRO 8040 series processors. Today, Lenovo expands its desktop product portfolio, including the ThinkCentre M75s Gen 5, ThinkCentre M75q Gen 5, and ThinkCentre M75t Gen 5, all featuring AMD Ryzen PRO 8000 series processors.
Sanjeev Menon, Lenovo's Vice President and General Manager of the Global Desktop Business in the Intelligent Devices Group, said, "The strong partnership between AMD and Lenovo enables us to deliver cutting-edge technology to customers. Our latest Lenovo ThinkCentre commercial desktops feature AMD Ryzen PRO 8000 series desktop processors, harnessing AI to deliver exceptional performance and flexibility, while offering more choices for business users to meet their needs. In fact, a recent Lenovo survey showed that nearly half of the chief information officers surveyed are urgently looking to integrate AI into their business operations, and these new ThinkCentre desktops will strive to make that possible."
James Howell, Microsoft's Windows General Manager, said, "At Microsoft, we will continue to drive the momentum of AI PCs, bringing more use cases and features to help modern professionals increase productivity. We are collaborating with AMD to further optimize performance and security features on Windows 11 desktops and mobile systems powered by AMD Ryzen."
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