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- Mar 31, 201890% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Intel Teams Up With AMD for New 8th-Generation Processors With AMD GPUs
- On 6 November 2017 Intel and AMD announced 8th-generation H-series Intel mobile processors paired with a semi-custom AMD Radeon GPU and stacked second-generation HBM2 in a single package[1][4]
- The aim is thin, light laptops that can game, helping compete with Nvidia; AMD's Scott Herkelman said it expands the installed base for Radeon GPUs[1][4]
- Intel expected the product to launch in the first quarter of 2018[1][4]
- At CES 2018 HP's 15-inch Spectre x360 offered the new Kaby Lake-G chip with Radeon RX Vega M graphics, from $1,369.99 on 18 March[3]
Notable features
- The package uses Intel's Embedded Multi-Die Interconnect Bridge (EMIB), cutting the silicon footprint to less than half that of standard discrete components, and is the first consumer product to use EMIB[1]
- Intel developed drivers to coordinate temperature and power sharing across the package[1]
- Released in Q1 2018 as Kaby Lake G, the line (Core i7-8809G, 8709G, 8706G, 8705G and Core i5-8305G) pairs Intel HD 630 integrated graphics with a Radeon RX Vega M GH (100 W package) or GL (65 W) discrete chip; the top i7-8809G has four cores and eight threads at 3.1 GHz base, 4.2 GHz turbo, with 8 MB of L3 cache[2]
- The Radeon GPU links to the CPU over an on-package PCI Express connection and to its HBM2 through EMIB; the Vega M GH has 24 compute units (1,536 shaders) at up to 1,190 MHz and the GL 20 (1,280) at up to 1,011 MHz, with 4 GB of HBM2 on a 1,024-bit bus at 204.8 and 179.2 GB/s[2]
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- [1]90%macrumors.com/2017/11/06/intel-8th-generation-processors-amd-gpusmacrumors.com· Posted Nov 8, 2017· Starts Mar 31, 2018 ✓· 0% of score
Happened as dated, per macrumors.com: "…nes that use the new technology will be released in the first quarter of 2018. Get weekly top MacRum…"
- [2]77%Kaby Lake - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org· Added Sep 22, 2026· 100% of score
Wikipedia's Kaby Lake article lists the 8th-generation Kaby Lake G processors (release Q1 2018; i7-8809G 4 cores/8 threads, 3.1/4.2 GHz, 8 MB L3, 100 W with Radeon RX Vega M GH) and the Vega M GH/GL GPU specs with 4 GB HBM2 at 204.8/179.2 GB/s, linked via EMIB.
- [3]75%15-inch HP Spectre x360 Gets New Graphics Options, Number Padlaptopmag.com· Published Jan 8, 2018· 0% of score
LaptopMag covers a related but distinct product, the HP Spectre x360, confirming "the newly announced Intel Kaby Lake-G chip with built-in Radeon RX Vega M graphics" would ship around 18 March 2018 - tangential corroboration of the Intel-AMD[4] chip's Q1 2018 arrival rather than the pin's own November 2017 announcement.
- [4]75%AMD Delivers Semi-Custom Graphics Chip For New Intel Processorir.amd.com· Published Nov 6, 2017· 0% of score
AMD's own investor-relations release, dated 6 November 2017, confirms the semi-custom GPU partnership itself, describing "an Intel Core processor, semi-custom Radeon graphics chip, and second generation High Bandwidth Memory (HBM2) into a single package," the original announcement the pin's stored Q1 2018 date follows.
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