The hackers got access to the materials of laptop manufacturer Clevo and learned about the time and details of the release of NVIDIA RTX 50xx mobile graphics cards, new generation Intel and AMD processors, and laptops with them.
NVIDIA graphics cards
NVIDIA is planning up to six variants of RTX 50xx notebook graphics cards. The new generation, codenamed GN22, will appear in the form of specific products in 2025. This was revealed by Clevo’s roadmaps, which were obtained by hackers.
The RTX 50xx series will be available in six variants codenamed X11, X9, X7, X6, X4, and X2, from the best to the slowest graphics card. Clevo has divided them into two groups of three variants. This means that GB203 and GB205, as well as GB206 and GB207, are two lines that may not be compatible in terms of pins.
At the same time, NVIDIA will not stop producing RTX 4050, RTX 3050, and RTX 2050 graphics cards. These models will continue to be sold in 2025, but the RTX 2050 seems to be finally replaced by the RTX 3050 4GB.
The most interesting detail concerns memory configurations. NVIDIA does not plan to release 6GB graphics cards in the RTX 50xx GPU series for laptops, instead, it plans three 8GB variants. There will also be two 16GB models and one 12GB model. All of them will use GDDR7 memory. Other documents claim that NVIDIA will lower the maximum TGP for some models.
The roadmap confirms that the NVIDIA RTX 50xx series of laptop GPUs will be released in 2025. Production of GN22 Board 1 will begin in January 2025, and GN22 Board 2 — in March 2025.
Intel and AMD’s next-generation processor roadmap has also been revealed, showing when to expect Arrow Lake, Panther Lake, Strix, Krackan, and Fire Range chips on laptops.
Intel processors
Inte is planning to move its high-end HX series to the Arrow Lake-HX processor family, with 8 high-performance Lion Cove cores and 16 energy-efficient Skymon cores. These chips will be similar to the desktop Arrow Lake-S. They are expected to be released around the fourth quarter of 2024 – first quarter of 2025.
The processors will be available with a TDP of 55W. Intel is also preparing an update to the Arrow Lake-HX, which should offer new specifications and additional TOPS for artificial intelligence. The Arrow Lake-HX Refresh line is expected to debut by CES 2026.
AMD processors
Most of AMD’s new next-generation processors will be launched in 2025. The top-end Fire Range processors on the Zen 5 architecture will be similar to the Ryzen 9000 Granite Ridge. The family of chips will retain 16 cores and will also have X3D variants that will be enhanced with 3D V-Cache.
The Strix Halo processors will have 16 Zen 5 cores and 45-50 TOPS, while the Strix Point family, officially announced as the Ryzen AI 300 series, will have a configuration of 12 cores and 50 TOPS.
The Strix Point chips will be available as early as July 2024 and until 2025. Finally, Krackan Point processors will have only 8 cores, but will retain the same 50 TOPS. The Strix Point and Krackan chips will be compatible with FP8 (LPDDR), Strix Halo with FP11 (LPDDR5), and Fire Range with FL1 (DDR5).
Sources: Dominic Alvieri, VideoCardz, Wccftech