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AMD could enter ARM market with Sound Wave APU built on TSMC 3nm process

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283 points walterbell | 1 comments | 31 Oct 25 03:07 UTC | HN request time: 0.206s | source
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pseudosavant ◴[31 Oct 25 17:08 UTC] No.45774291[source]▶
If AMD releases an APU that is just using off-the-shelf ARM Cortex cores, it will be completely uninteresting and won't matter. Lots of companies have done that. I'd love to see them dedicate an amount of resources to an ARM processor that makes it competitive with their Ryzen x86 line.
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1. aneutron ◴[31 Oct 25 19:03 UTC] No.45775505[source]▶
While I agree with the general idea, I think the sales pitch is less "a bunch of ARM Cortex cores" and more "a bunch of RDNA2 cores stuck to the same Cortex cores you're used to".

For things like the automotive industry or industrial applications, it could have some sense. Most are high-margin industries ready to commit to specific architectures.