AMD Confirms 7040HS Phoenix APUs Shipped to OEMs

[GFreeman]

AMD has already announced that its Ryzen 7040HS laptop processors will be shipping in April, missing its original March date. As these are still nowhere to be seen on retail/e-tail shelves, AMD has now confirmed these chips have shipped to OEMs, and it is just a matter of time before these laptops become available.

Speaking to Tom's Hardware, AMD representative confirmed that the company has start to ramp production of Ryzen 7040 series chips, started shipping those chips last quarter, and the first Ryzen 7040HS systems should hit retail/e-tail "over the next several weeks". As said, it appears that AMD's original statement regarding the delay was about shipping those chips to OEMs, rather than OEMs shipping actual products.



AMD's Ryzen 7040 HS-series processors have been announced back at CES 2023, and includes three SKUs, the 8-core/16-thread Ryzen 9 7940HS and Ryzen 7 7840HS, and 6-core/12-thread Ryzen 5 7640HS. All of these SKUs have a 35-45 W TDP.

"We did start to ramp production of those Ryzen 7040 Series [chips]. Our OEM partners have started shipping those systems. Largely, the 7040HS systems. So those should hit e-tail and retail over the next several weeks. We started shipping last quarter, and those systems should be available in the next several weeks", said AMD representative to Tom's Hardware.

Hopefully, these laptops will show up on retail/e-tail shelves sooner rather than later.

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[Space Lynx]

this is possibly the most impressive little APU ever made thus far. I really wanted it for my work laptop, but the deal I got on my 7530u preorder was just too good to pass up. at end of day its just that, a work laptop. so eh

 

[Nichotin]

Looking forward to mini-PCs with RDNA3! It seems to be a good bet in terms of HDMI 2.1 FRL and getting 4k@120 with both HDR and VRR.

 

[unwind-protect]

Exciting little units. I hope the Linux drivers won't take long to appear.

 

[kapone32]

I want my own on a A620 board.

 

[Space Lynx]

I am hoping the Steam Deck 2 has the next variant of this chip, the 8040HS and an OLED 75hz or 90hz screen.

come Lord Gaben! give me the good stuff baby!

 

[LabRat 891]

Any chance for a light(ish) weight laptop, with most of its weight in HSF and battery?

I don't need a full-on 'pro laptop', but I do need a good cooler, dual-channel RAM, decent battery, usable screen, and a modicum of upgradability. Closest I've ever found was a DIY 'kitbash' of an Acer Aspire and Acer Nitro.

 

[Space Lynx]

Any chance for a light(ish) weight laptop, with most of its weight in HSF and battery?

I don't need a full-on 'pro laptop', but I do need a good cooler, dual-channel RAM, decent battery, usable screen, and a modicum of upgradability. Closest I've ever found was a DIY 'kitbash' of an Acer Aspire and Acer Nitro.

we can wish, but I don't think we will see this happen. that is what their new 7530u line and such is for. base model and stand alone midrange line of laptops.

my guess is most of these high end apu laptops will be $999 min price, where as I just paid $340 for my 7530U APU preorder laptop. im not willing to spend a grand for a work laptop. so meh. pretty happy with what i got considering the price i paid.

7530u is no slouch, it can play world of warcraft on medium settings at over 100 fps 1080p. at least from what i saw online.

 

[LabRat 891]

we can wish, but I don't think we will see this happen. that is what their new 7530u line and such is for. base model and stand alone midrange line of laptops.

my guess is most of these high end apu laptops will be $999 min price, where as I just paid $340 for my 7530U APU preorder laptop. im not willing to spend a grand for a work laptop. so meh. pretty happy with what i got considering the price i paid.

7530u is no slouch, it can play world of warcraft on medium settings at over 100 fps 1080p. at least from what i saw online.

Yeah... I've never spent more than $2-300 on a laptop, used or new. Nowadays, paying near or over $1k for something sub-par in (almost) every metric to my desktop and Steam Deck, just isn't attractive.

Looks like I'll be waiting a few years for Phoenix APU laptops to hit the secondary market, then investigate kitbashing again.
(It at least 'looks like' the Acer Nitro series and Aspire series still share parts. Assuming that continues, theoretically I could get a used Aspire 5, and the cooler, etc. from a Nitro 5)

 

[Space Lynx]

Looks like I'll be waiting a few years for Phoenix APU laptops to hit the secondary market, then investigate kitbashing again.
(It at least 'looks like' the Acer Nitro series and Aspire series still share parts. Assuming that continues, theoretically I could get a used Aspire 5, and the cooler, etc. from a Nitro 5)

my 7530u laptop is going to be my work laptop for the next ten years. very happy, i got it for almost half price with my teacher discount.

HIGHLY RECOMMEND the HP brand. man... mine is quality. really top notch compared to most laptops I have seen. I am very impressed. both ram slots on it are easily upgraded with only 4 screws needed to be undone, keyboard feels solid on it. lot of attention to detail as well.

 

[LabRat 891]

my 7530u laptop is going to be my work laptop for the next ten years. very happy, i got it for almost half price with my teacher discount.

HIGHLY RECOMMEND the HP brand. man... mine is quality. really top notch compared to most laptops I have seen. I am very impressed. both ram slots on it are easily upgraded with only 4 screws needed to be undone, keyboard feels solid on it. lot of attention to detail as well.

WOW! Things have changed, or you got one of the few 'consumer' HPs that are based off ProBooks.

I used to sell and service PCs from the Win7-Win10 era.
HP Pavilion laptops were reliably the hardest to maintenance, most shoddily-built, and the most underperforming(for specifications) systems we sold. (barring a couple generations of Toshiba, but they were usually really easy to 'get into')
Conversely, there was a marked difference in HP's ProBooks and other 'biz/pro' lineup; they were spendy, but they were built well, and as simple to maintenance as Lenovo's ThinkPads.

 

[david salsero]

we can wish, but I don't think we will see this happen. that is what their new 7530u line and such is for. base model and stand alone midrange line of laptops.

my guess is most of these high end apu laptops will be $999 min price, where as I just paid $340 for my 7530U APU preorder laptop. im not willing to spend a grand for a work laptop. so meh. pretty happy with what i got considering the price i paid.

7530u is no slouch, it can play world of warcraft on medium settings at over 100 fps 1080p. at least from what i saw online.

There are many here: www.pcgarage.ro/notebook-laptop/filtre/procesor-nucleu-phoenix/
Many more along with many handheld consoles are expected by the end of the year with Zen 4 7040

 

[Space Lynx]

WOW! Things have changed, or you got one of the few 'consumer' HPs that are based off ProBooks.

I used to sell and service PCs from the Win7-Win10 era.
HP Pavilion laptops were reliably the hardest to maintenance, most shoddily-built, and the most underperforming(for specifications) systems we sold. (barring a couple generations of Toshiba, but they were usually really easy to 'get into')
Conversely, there was a marked difference in HP's ProBooks and other 'biz/pro' lineup; they were spendy, but they were built well, and as simple to maintenance as Lenovo's ThinkPads.

HP has changed. I used to have a 8th gen Intel work laptop, and it was a nightmare.

HP has changed a lot to be more user friendly. at least with my 7530u laptop that just came out they did.

There are many here: www.pcgarage.ro/notebook-laptop/filtre/procesor-nucleu-phoenix/
Many more along with many handheld consoles are expected by the end of the year with Zen 4 7040

price. price. price. that's all we are talking about here. my guess is they won't cost 340 bucks like my 7530u apu laptop.

 

[LabRat 891]

There are many here: www.pcgarage.ro/notebook-laptop/filtre/procesor-nucleu-phoenix/
Many more along with many handheld consoles are expected by the end of the year with Zen 4 7040

Somewhat helpful, for seeking out a unit and keeping an eye on who's making Phoenix-equipped units. Sadly, US-availability and WW-availability is quite different.

Being that Phoenix is a 'economical' APU, we should soon start seeing some Acer, generic, and other more 'budget-friendly' units with it. (Or, like the last couple generations, US 'Partners' will gimp importing the new models, to try and keep the price up on the old.)

 

[Space Lynx]

Somewhat helpful, for seeking out a unit and keeping an eye on who's making Phoenix-equipped units. Sadly, US-availability and WW-availability is quite different.

Being that Phoenix is a 'economical' APU, we should soon start seeing some Acer, generic, and other more 'budget-friendly' units with it. (Or, like the last couple generations, US 'Partners' will gimp importing the new models, to try and keep the price up on the old.)

I hope you are right. I still don't think we will see anything with a 7040 costing less than $849. and that is fair enough, but ruins the use case for me. if going to spend that much, you might as well spend $999 and get a rtx 4050 laptop. they sell for that.