AMD introduces Ryzen Embedded V2000 processors with up to eight Zen 2 cores
AMD is releasing its Ryzen Embedded V2000 processors. These embedded chips have up to eight cores with SMT and are based on the Zen 2 architecture. The processors can be used by manufacturers in, for example, mini-PCs or for edge computing.
AMD comes with four chips in the Ryzen Embedded V2000 series. There are variants with six and eight cores and all variants support simultaneous multithreading. The Ryzen Embedded V1000 line-up consisted of quad cores only. The new V2000 chips are made up of Zen 2 cores, which are made in a 7nm process.
The previous Ryzen Embedded V1000 chips still used the original Zen architecture, which was introduced in the Ryzen 1000 desktop processors in March 2017. According to AMD, the new V2000 socs perform up to 30 percent better in single-threaded applications and the performance per watt has doubled over the previous generation.
| Fashion model | Tdp | Cores / threads | Clock speed | Boostclock | GPU | GPU speed | L2 Cache | DRAM ECC |
| V2748 | 35-54W | 8/16 | 2.9 GHz | 4.25 GHz | Vega 7 | 1.6 GHz | 4 MB | 3200 |
| V2546 | 35-54W | 6/12 | 3.0 GHz | 3.95 GHz | Vega 6 | 1.5 GHz | 3 MB | 3200 |
| V2718 | 10-25W | 8/16 | 1.7 GHz | 4.15 GHz | Vega 7 | 1.6 GHz | 4 MB | 3200 |
| V2516 | 10-25W | 6/12 | 2.1 GHz | 3.95 GHz | Vega 6 | 1.5 GHz | 3 MB | 3200 |
The Ryzen Embedded V2000 series also features integrated Radeon GPUs, with up to seven compute units. That is less than in the V1000 chips, but AMD states that the GPU performance is up to 40 percent better in its new socs due to the higher GPU clock speed. The GPUs are comparable to those of the Ryzen 4000U laptop processors and based on the Vega architecture.
AMD also talks about some security features for its V2000 series. For example, the new chips support AMD Memory Guard, a function that is normally reserved for Ryzen Pro CPUs. This encrypts the memory by default, which should prevent cold boot attacks, for example. Secure boot is also supported. Furthermore, the chips will get 20 PCIe 3.0 lanes, where the other Zen 2 CPUs from AMD have PCIe 4.0. The processors support up to four 4k60 displays.
It is not yet known when the first products will be shipped with Ryzen Embedded V2000 processors. AMD does report that various manufacturers are working on products based on the SOCs. For example, AMD speaks in its announcement about the arrival of mini-PCs with these chips. ASRock Industrial and Sapphire, among others, would work on such computers. The V2000 processors could also be used in IoT devices. With the V1000 series, AMD also mentioned slots, medical equipment and gaming set-top boxes as a usage scenario.