AMD Launches Ultra-Low-Power Ryzen Embedded APUs: Starting at 6W

While it doesn’t get the same attention as their high-profile mobile, desktop, or server CPU offerings, AMD’s embedded division is an important fourth platform for the chipmaker. To that end, this week the company is revealing its lowest-power Ryzen processors ever, with a new series of embedded chips that are designed for use in ultra-compact commercial and industrial systems.

The chips in question are the AMD Ryzen Embedded R1102G and the AMD Ryzen Embedded R1305G SoCs. These parts feature a 6 W or a configurable 8 W – 10 W TDP, respectively. Both SoCs feature two Zen cores with or without simultaneous multithreading, AMD Radeon Vega 3 graphics, 1 MB L2 cache, 4 MB L3 cache, a single channel or a dual-channel memory controller, and two 10 GbE ports.

AMD Ryzen Embedded R1000-Series APUs
AnandTech	Cores Threads	Base Freq	Turbo Freq	L2	L3	GPU SPs	IGP Freq	DRAM	TDP
Ryzen Embedded R1606G	2C / 4T	2600	3500	1MB	4MB	192	1200	Dual Channel with ECC	12W – 25W
Ryzen Embedded R1505G	2C / 4T	2400	3300	1MB	4MB	192	1000	Dual Channel with ECC	12W – 25W
Ryzen Embedded R1305G	2C / 4T	1500	2800	1MB	4MB	192	1000	Dual Channel	8W – 10W
Ryzen Embedded R1102G	2C / 2T	1200	2600	1MB	4MB	192	1000	Single Channel with ECC	6W

AMD says that a low TDP and reduced number of supported DIMMs (in case of the R1102G) enable system makers to simplify their designs and make them cheaper as compared to machines that run AMD’s higher performing and higher TDP Ryzen Embedded processors.

AMD’s first customers to use the Ryzen Embedded R1102G and the Ryzen Embedded R1305G SoCs will be Kontron, which has a scalable D3713-V/R Mini-ITX platform, and Simply NUC, which has its Red Oak miniature PC. Other makers may get a 4×4 motherboard from Sapphire based on AMD’s new Ryzen Embedded R1000-series APUs.

Both ultra-low-power AMD Ryzen Embedded APUs will be available for the next 10 years, meaning availability will stretch all the way till 2030.

Source: AMD