Subj : AMD could drop support for Windows 10 with Zen 5 Strix Point CPUs
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Wed May 15 2024 12:15:06

AMD could drop support for Windows 10 with Zen 5 Strix Point CPUs  a cold, 
hard reminder the OS is on its way out

Date:
Wed, 15 May 2024 11:13:59 +0000

Description:
Why might this be happening? It seems the answer is fairly simple  blame AI.

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Windows 10s days are numbered  well, we know that, as support runs out next 
year ( with some potentially nasty consequences )  but it seems AMD is 
underlining that with its incoming Strix Point APUs , at least if a fresh 
rumor is right. 

If a well-connected person posting on Weibo is correct  this is seemingly 
Lenovos China manager, as TechSpot reports  then the release of Zen 5-based 
Strix Point chips will witness Team Red drop support for Windows 10 drivers. 

That means these incoming APUs  a fancy term for all-in-one processors, with 
integrated graphics and an NPU bundled up together  will only be good for 
Windows 11 PCs. 

The manager also estimates that the IPC (Instructions per Clock) increase for 
Zen 5 CPUs will be around 10%, which is notably lower than some other 
estimates weve seen thus far (which are more in the 15% to 20% area, or even 
slightly higher). 

Naturally, as this is a rumor from Weibo  not our most favored source for 
speculation  heap on the seasoning with this one. Analysis: Its all about AI 

Windows 10 is, of course, still a lot more popular than Windows 11 . Indeed, 
Microsofts newer OS has struggled to attract users since it was first 
released, and still Windows 11 only has 26% of Windows market share going by 
the latest statistics from Statcounter  with Windows 10 maintaining the lions 
share. 

Even in gaming, Windows 11 might be doing much better than with everyday 
users, but its still behind Windows 10 (albeit the newer platform is closing 
on 50% finally, according to the latest Steam hardware survey). 

So why would AMD look to abandon Windows 10 early  if, indeed, this is 
happening? Well, for starters, Windows 10 is on its way out of the door next 
year, as we already noted (support ends in October 2025). 

Also, as TechSpot observes, Strix Point chips are at least partly about 
pushing hard with AI  and getting close to 80 TOPS (trillions of operations 
per second). And when it comes to AI, Windows 11 is very much where its at  
the revolutionary piece of Microsofts puzzle, purportedly AI Explorer, will 
be introduced with the 24H2 update , and this will need those faster chips 
capable of pushing further with TOPS to make AI functionality run swiftly 
enough. 

In short, we need to remember that Strix Point will be powering AI PCs and 
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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/amd-could-drop-support-for-windows
-10-with-zen-5-strix-point-cpus-a-cold-hard-reminder-the-os-is-on-its-way-out


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