AMD revives 7-year-old chip designs for budget laptops

PCWorld reports AMD is reintroducing three mobile processors from 2019-2020, including Ryzen 3 3100U, Ryzen 5 3501U, and Ryzen 4700LE for budget laptops. This strategy addresses rising PC prices by offering significantly cheaper alternatives to current Ryzen AI 400 series chips through select OEMs in limited volumes. Intel is also rumored to pursue similar re-releases, highlighting industry-wide efforts to provide affordable computing solutions for cost-conscious consumers. AMD has resuscitated three mobile chips from 2019 and 2020 to ship to PC makers asking for cheaper processors for budget PCs, the company confirmed. AMD is now offering the AMD Ryzen 3 3100U and the the Ryzen 5 3501U, based on the Zen+ (Ryzen 3000 Mobile / Picasso) architecture it launched in 2019.