According to the report, McAfee told reporters after the meeting that the Ryzen 7040U series processor with a built-in AI engine was designed in deep cooperation with Microsoft. Intel will also adopt the same cooperation model to add VPU units to the new generation of processors.

McAfee pointed out that under the artificial intelligence computing framework provided by Microsoft, the software can choose AMD’s Ryzen AI engine or Intel VPU for accelerated computing through compilation. For developers, the software can automatically select different accelerators, so compatibility will not be affected.

The specifications of the Ryzen 7040U series processor attached are as follows:

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Tom’s Hardware’s Andrew E. Freedman consulted AMD officials with this question and got a response that the two have obvious similarities, but AMD engineers have tweaked the Z1 APU.

AMD PR Manager Matthew Hurwitz’s response is as follows:

The Ryzen Z1 series was designed specifically for gaming handhelds.

AMD engineers validated a new power range and optimized the voltage profile specifically for gaming scenarios to achieve this goal.

The Ryzen 7040 series and Ryzen Z1 series have similar technology building blocks (also based on Zen 4 and RDNA 3), but are targeted at different usage scenarios. In addition, the Ryzen Z1 series does not have the XDNA AI engine.

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