AMD’s next-gen Strix Point laptop chips might be delayed if the latest chatter on these incoming Zen 5 processors bears out.

Moore’s Law is Dead (MLID) on YouTube has come into possession of a leaked slide purportedly from AMD (as provided by a source, but manipulated to protect that person’s identity).

It shows a new laptop roadmap for AMD’s incoming chips, and the disappointing news is that some Zen 5 mobile silicon has been pushed back – albeit only slightly (though the very top processors are further delayed).

Add salt appropriately with all this, naturally, but the contention is that Strix Point – which is Zen 5 CPU cores plus RDNA 3 refresh graphics cores (known as RDNA 3.5) – is now set to release late in the summer of 2024. (Presumably August, then, though no firm date is mentioned, and it’s obviously too far away to be sure about the exact month, anyway).

Previously, those Strix Point chips (the successor to current Phoenix APUs) were expected to debut in early summer, or around the middle of the year, so this is only a slight slide of a month or two maybe.

The bigger worry is that Strix Point Halo, the top-end chips here (that AMD calls the ‘elite’ level as opposed to ‘premium’) has reportedly been pushed back to 2025 (from the second half of 2024).

Those APUs are expected to really push Zen 5 mobile, offering a flagship with 16 cores where Strix Point is rumored to top out at 12 cores. Strix Point Halo is also set to offer a hefty 40 graphics cores to boot, meaning integrated graphics performance should truly fly (compared to 16 graphics cores for Strix Point if previous rumors are right – this spec isn’t actually provided on the new leaked slide, though).

If you want to check out the slide yourself, it pops up at 5:20 in the below video clip, with MLID’s theories and discussion around the apparent delays following.