AMD Doubles the Number of CPU Cores It Offers In Chromebooks (arstechnica.com) 23
AMD announced the Ryzen 5000 C-series for Chromebooks today. "The top chip in the series has eight of AMD's Zen 3 cores, giving systems that use it more x86 CPU cores than any other Chromebook," reports Ars Technica. From the report: The 7nm Ryzen 5000 C-series ranges from the Ryzen 3 5125C with two Zen 3 cores and a base and boost clock speed of 3 GHz, up to the Ryzen 7 5825C with eight cores and a base clock speed of 2 GHz that can boost to 4.5 GHz. For comparison, Intel's Core i7-1185G7, found in some higher end Chromebooks, has four cores and a base clock speed of 3 GHz that can boost to 4.8 GHz.
On their own, the chips aren't that exciting. They seemingly offer similar performance to the already-released Ryzen 5000 U-series chips. The Ryzen 5000 C-series also uses years-old Vega integrated graphics rather than the upgraded RDNA 2 found in Ryzen 6000 mobile chips, which, upon release, AMD said are "up to 2.1 times faster." But for someone who's constantly pushing their Chromebook to do more than just open a Chrome tab or two, the chips bring potentially elevated performance than what's currently available.
On their own, the chips aren't that exciting. They seemingly offer similar performance to the already-released Ryzen 5000 U-series chips. The Ryzen 5000 C-series also uses years-old Vega integrated graphics rather than the upgraded RDNA 2 found in Ryzen 6000 mobile chips, which, upon release, AMD said are "up to 2.1 times faster." But for someone who's constantly pushing their Chromebook to do more than just open a Chrome tab or two, the chips bring potentially elevated performance than what's currently available.
Cores the new market speak (Score:2)
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What the hell are you talking about? AMD has been selling 16c desktop CPUs since 2019, with no problems even remotely close to what you describe.
The featured CPU is likely a repurposed Cezanne mobile die with great core-to-core latency. Honestly your comments show you know nothing about modern desktop or mobile x86 CPUs.
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Correction, looks like these C-series chips are actually Barcelo [anandtech.com]. Not that there's a whole lot of difference but, still.
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that use it more x86 CPU cores than any other Chromebook
Our razors^HChromebooks now use three^Hfour^Hfive^Hsix^Hseven blades^Hcores!
8 cores on a chromebook? (Score:3)
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I don't see your point.
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Only really useful for gaming? What?!?!
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So you can run web page ads more efficiently?
Close. The ads run more quickly, but at the same low efficiency.
You have to understand Chromebooks (Score:5, Informative)
You can simultaneously run ChromeOS, Android, Linux, and Windows apps on a Chromebook. I routinely run 3 of those 4 OS containers in my daily use. Some apps are only available in a specific OS, others are just better in one than the other. A Chromebook sports the most diverse integrated platform out there, bar none. So yeah, I'll take those extra cores. You bet I will. Stop thinking Chromebooks are only low-end. They're not.
Re: You have to understand Chromebooks (Score:3)
I run Debian and Chrome OS at the same time. In Debian I run IntelliJ ultimate. All on 4 gigs of RAM. I would buy an amped up Chromebook.
What software are you using (Score:2)
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2016 called, they want their trope back.
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More like 2006.
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Nah, AMD's lineup in 2016 was awful. Carrizo in the laptop world and a slew of aging/bad products on the desktop, with no real server market share - around 1% or less. They nearly went bankrupt and exited the x86 market entirely.
Chromebooks need memory, not CPUs. (Score:2)
There are already plenty of adequate CPUs available for Chromebooks. Which are then paired with 4GB of memory to make sure they don't get too useful.