Microsoft will offer the Surface Laptop 4 with Intel Tiger Lake-U and AMD Ryzen Renoir APUs, according to a new leak. The Surface Laptop 4 will have a larger battery capacity than its predecessor, but only Intel models will be available with up to 32 GB of RAM and 1 TB of storage.
https://www.notebookcheck.net/New-Microsoft-Surface-Laptop-4-leak-reveals-a-larger-battery-AMD-Renoir-Surface-Edition-APUs-and-favourable-Intel-Tiger-Lake-U-configurations.526939.0.html
I don't understand why Microsoft is wasting time by creating custom vesions of AMD CPU instead of going with the current core offering leading to better performance overall.
Quote from: ariliquin on March 09, 2021, 06:01:16
I don't understand why Microsoft is wasting time by creating custom vesions of AMD CPU instead of going with the current core offering leading to better performance overall.
What the hell are you even on about? "creating custom vesions", what, like you think this is LucasArts Loom or something? Jesus.
They buy a palette of generic, "made-in-China" AMD processors, solder them in a sweatshop next building, then flash a BIOS that says "Special Edition". Here, can you sleep sound now? Has your mystery case been solved, chief AMD advisor?
How do they even sell this thing at double and triple the price of nearly identical Dell and Lenovo laptops?
Maybe a factor is Trade Agreements Act (TAA) Compliance.
Some Surfaces are manufactured for people and organizations who support free trade economies with democratically elected governments.
(Some factories are in countries with non-democratically elected governments. The manufacturer may have to charge a higher price to get the devices assembled in a qualifying country, and for supplies of high-demand parts that are also assembled in such a country.)