The overall quality of the Envy is a good sign for AMD going forward that valued partners such as HP were willing to put this new part into a quality notebook on the higher-end of the sub-$1000 notebook market. While we aren’t focusing on the specifics of the HP Envy notebook here, I will say that it has impressed me along the way through this testing, and has a very premium feel. HP Wide Vision FHD IR Camera with Dual array digital microphoneĨ02.11ac (2x2) Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.2 Comboġ USB 3.1 Type-C Gen 1 (DisplayPort, Power Delivery)

Here’s a breakdown of the exact specifications for this notebook: Additionally, we also wanted to wait a while for the software ecosystem on this new platform to stabilize (more on that later).

So today we are taking a look at AMD’s Raven Ridge, what may be AMD’s first worthy entry into the thin-and-light notebook market.įor our Raven Ridge testing, we are taking a look at the HP Envy x360, which at the time of writing is the only machine to be shipping with these Ryzen Mobile processors (although more machines have been announced and are coming soon). Then, we heard about AMD’s Raven Ridge which aimed to combine a quad-core mobile CPU with Radeon Vega graphics into that same 15W power target.Įven though the excitement over Raven Ridge may have subsided a bit after Intel and AMD’s joint announcement of Vega graphics combined with Intel CPUs in the Kaby-Lake G platform, that is still yet to be released and will reside in a significantly higher class of power usage. First, we had Intel’s launch of its Kaby-Lake Refresh 8 th Generation processors which packed a true quad-core CPU into a 15W package. Overview Can AMD finally be a contender in the thin-and-light market?įor the first time in several years, the notebook market has gotten very interesting from a performance standpoint.

Power Consumption and Software Concerns.

Can AMD finally be a contender in the thin-and-light market?.

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