Leaked product slides have showcased what AMD has up its sleeve for the Ryzen 6000 series of mobile processors. The series will feature RDNA 2 iGPUs and up to 8 CPU cores based on a new 6 nm process. The Zen 3+ architecture will be available across ten H-series and U-series SKUs, including the Ryzen 9 6980HX and the Ryzen 7 6800U.
https://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-Ryzen-6000-mobile-processors-to-launch-with-up-to-8-CPU-cores-and-RDNA-2-GPUs-but-no-Thunderbolt-4-support.589793.0.html
USB 4 can have feature parity(*) with TB3, so these are great news!
(* - manufacturers may opt-out of supporting those modes, mostly due to product segmentation).
AMD is bridging the gap to Intel where it was most lagging behind: IO and the aging GPU. In turn, Intel is also likely to bridge the gap to AMD where it was most lagging behind: raw multicore performance.
2022 is going to be a very interesting year for laptops! Intel still keeps some features, while AMD still has a better fab node on its side. It's game on, we have competition!
like the other guy say, this is good/bad, but AMD staying on USB 4 means some OEM might just put some simple USB-C ports and call it a day.
So, while a step in the right direction, this might blow in their face.
Yeah...oh no, they won't support Intel's proprietary connection!!!!
Assuming USB4 is implemented, it's the same damn thing...but more open.
I do like that TB4 is finally not lying about 40gbps with display like TB3 was though.