"Display support for the CPUs allows for two 4K monitors through DisplayPort over Type-C, an additional 4K monitor if Thunderbolt is used, and a fourth monitor if USB 4.0 used. AMD has designed Renoir to not need additional chips to detect which way a Type-C is connected – that is all handled on die. With the display and USB support, the processor allows for concurrent USB 3.2 and DisplayPort use, with the peak DP v1.4 8.1G HBR3 standard in play using display stream compression (DSC)."
Which begs the question what does in-built mean? The Showcase Notebook Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 does not include USB 4 or Thunderbolt 3 so these modes will probably need additional chips.
...i want this 8-core chip with 32GB of LPDDR4X in a 13" Notebook that has 2 Thunderbolt 3 Ports and a matte Full-HD Touchscreen.
There is very unclear support for existing Thunderbolt-over-Type-C devices under USB4, and it is likely your devices will stop working.
Please wait until USB4 and USB4-based solutions start shipping before you start adopting it, else you're going to be stuck with a bunch of devices that are no longer being supported, or cannot be cross-supported across Thunderbolt 3 and USB4 variants.
There is, actually Thunderbolt 4. It is in no way dead. To what extend this is different to TB3 is unclear yet.
>it has been absorbed into the official USB4 standard.
Not Strictly true. TB is not a mandatory part of USB 4 standard. Which means you will likely have lots of USB 4 controller without TB support. ( Cause It will be cheaper )
>There is very unclear support for existing Thunderbolt-over-Type-C devices under USB4
It will work as long as your USB4 has support and certified with TB. You will have to use a TB cable ( which you should have if you are already using it ) instead of any USB-C cable.
How exactly will TB certification works without involving Intel is still unclear.
These recent Intel laptops often have really dicey real-time performance because of how aggressively their clock speeds are controlled.
For someone who does mixed multimedia work, a Ryzen 4000 2-in-1 would be amazing. All those cores are perfect for real-time audio work, rendering and 3d stuff.
I can't help but remember Intel's practices in the past. So I'll vote with my wallet and go with OEMs that give both Intel and AMD an equal chance. Hopefully if enough people do that OEMs will find any backroom dealings less attractive.
I don't even care about the performance to be honest, I'm sure it will be adequate and I simply don't want Intel anymore.
With all the mitigations applied, I've lost the performance gain of the last two Intel laptop generations I had.
The integrated intel gpu is ok performance-wise, but being on linux I'm also tired of their development model: there's a fresh new driver/engine being developed every year, and it always buggy. It's true that intel always gets the latest kernel features first, but by the time is stable and it _works_, it gets deprecated in favor of a new buggy one. Way to go!
I've been using top-of-the-line lenovo laptops for a decade now. This has been the same every year, year after year, and I'm tired.
As for Ryzen, I just bought their budget laptop, E485 (with Ryzen 2200u+SSD+FHD screen) last year. I was waiting patiently for Thinkpad deal to come, it was worth to wait, as my aging SL410 was still working. It has been matching my expectation so far: affordable, snappy enough, and good battery.
As for Thinkpad models, I find that their budget ones are sufficient for my startup and personal usage, as I do not use enterprise-level features, like those in T series (that I used during my corporate lives).
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Isn't it more like AMD dropped the embargo (partially) because Lenovo, ASUS and others wanted to get their devices out?
when i replace this eventually, I'll be looking at AMD again, more than likely. Really solid.
But had a quick look from the UK and plenty here for next day delivery.
Even some fancy ones like: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Zephyrus-GA401IV-GeForce-Graphics-W...
So technically they are available in the EU, just a slowly transitioning supply due to logistical human malware factors comming into play.
