AMD unleashes Ryzen 7000 laptop CPUs with drastically different architectures

AMD launched its Ryzen 7000 family of mobile processors at CES 2023 with a family spread across four different processor architectures--and with a new AI effort, Radeon XDNA, ushering in a future driven by artificial intelligence. Recall last September when AMD introduced its new processor naming scheme. Now, that formula is more important than ever to decode the five Ryzen 7000 Mobile series--the Ryzen 7045, Ryzen 7040, Ryzen 7035, Ryzen 7030, and Ryzen 7020--and the Zen 4, Zen 3, Zen 3, and Zen 2 processor architectures spread between them. AMD also refers to them by their platform, too: the U-series chips for thin-and-light notebooks between 15 and 28 watts, the Ryzen HS series for 35W to 45W thin enthusiast notebooks, and the Ryzen HX series for 55W ultra enthusiast notebooks. AMD's new mobile offerings are headlined by "Dragon Range," the "extreme laptop gaming CPU" that AMD actually pre-announced last year.