RDNA 5+ Reportedly Arrives in 2029 With AMD’s Zen 7 “Grimlock” APUs

[David_Schroth]

If you were hoping RDNA 5 graphics would trickle down to mainstream laptops quickly, a well-known AMD leaker has some disappointing news. In a NeoGAF thread, a user guessed that RDNA 5 might reach ordinary APUs around 2028. Kepler_L2 replied with a short correction: “RDNA5+ in 2029 with Grimlock.” In other words, the mainstream mobile […]

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[Marees]

guys, laptop OEMs are very strict with their timelines. absolutely nothing can stop them, including Covid / Ramageddon etc.

this is the expected time line

1. CES (Jan) 2027
   1. Medusa Point 1 on 128 gb lpddr5x socket FP10 (monolithic soc with RDNA 4m igpu)
   2. Medusa Point 1 high on 128 gb lpddr5x socket FP10 (monolithic soc with RDNA 4m igpu plus additional CPU ccd)
   3. Medusa Point 2 on 128 gb lpddr5x socket FP10 (cut down medusa point 1)
2. latter half of 2027
   1. Medusa Point 3 (baby/BB medusa aka BumbleBee) — probably new economical socket bare minimum CPU / igpu (RDNA 4m monolithic SoC)
3. CES (Jan) 2028
   1. Medusa Premium on 128 bit lpddr5x socket FP10 (chiplet based with 24 CU AT4 RDNA 5 chiplet)
   2. Medusa Halo on 384 bit lpddr6 socket FP12 (chiplet based with 48 CU AT3 RDNA 5 chiplet)
4. CES (Jan) 2029
   1. Grimlock point 1,2,3,&4 (monolithic Zen7 SoC with integrated RDNA 5+ igpus)
5. CES (Jan) 2030
   1. Grimlock halo & mini halo (chiplet based zen 7 apus with RDNA 6 chiplets)