ASRock Industrial has launched new 4×4 BOX Mini PCs & motherboards that includes AMD’s newest Ryzen 8040 “Hawk Level” APUs.
ASRock Industrial Equips AMD Ryzen 8040 “Hawk Level” APUs Inside 4×4 BOX Mini PCs & Motherboards
The AMD Ryzen 8040 “Hawk Level” APUs had been anticipated to land inside Mini PCs as quickly as they had been introduced and it seems like the primary designs are already being unveiled. ASRock Industrial formally showcased its model new designs which not solely cowl the Mini PC phase however they’re additionally together with Mini-ITX motherboards that includes the identical chips.
The corporate has launched each 4X4 BOX Mini PCs and 4X4 Mini-ITX 1U motherboards that are available two flavors, one with the AMD Ryzen 7 8840U and the opposite with the Ryzen 5 8640U. AMD’s Ryzen 7 8840U options 8 cores, 16 threads, 24 MB of cache and a lift clock of as much as 5.1 GHz with a TDP score of as much as 30W. The Ryzen 5 8640U options 6 cores, 12 threads, 22 MB of cache, a lift clock of as much as 4.9 GHz and a most TDP score of 30W.
By way of GPU, the Ryzen 7 chip comes with a Radeon 780M iGPU with 12 compute models clocked at 2700 MHz whereas the Ryzen 5 chip comes with a Radeon 760M iGPU with 8 compute models clocked at 2600 MHz. Each chips are just about the identical affair as their older Ryzen 7040U SKUs however have a sooner NPU, providing as much as 16 TOPS from the XDNA 1 engine and a mixed 39 (CPU+GPU+NPU) AI TOPS.
Coming to the 2 designs, the ASRock Industrial 4X4 BOX Mini PCs are available a 117.5x110x49 mm chassis with lively cooling know-how. It contains assist for 2 DDR5 SO-DIMM with as much as 5600 MT/s speeds and 96 GB capacities.
For I/O, you get 2 USB 4, 1 USB 3.2 Gen2, 2 USB 2.0, 2 M.2 Key-M (Gen4x4 SSD), and a single M.2 Key E (WIFI6E) slot. There are two LAN ports together with a 1 GbE & 2.5 GbE port whereas show outputs embrace 2 HDMI 1.4b and two DP 1.4a (Kind-C) ports. Energy is offered via a 19V adapter. The 4X4 motherboards are a really comparable affair since they’re the identical models housed throughout the Mini PCs however you may set them up in your system of alternative. The options embrace:
- AMD Ryzen 8040U-Collection
- 2 x 262-pin SO-DIMM DDR5 5600 MHz, as much as 96GB (48GB per DIMM)
- 2 x USB4, 1 x USB 3.2 Gen2, 2 x USB 2.0, 2 x M.2 Key M, 1 x M.2 Key E (WiFi-6E Module)
- 1 x Realtek Gigabit LAN, 1 x Realtek 2.5 Gigabit LAN
- Helps Quad show, 2 x HDMI 1.4b, 2 x DP 1.4a (from Kind C)
- 19V Energy Adapter
- 117.5 x 110.0 x 49mm (4.63″ x 4.33″ x 1.93″), Fanned Barebone
Count on AMD companions to launch extra Ryzen 8040 “Hawk Level” APU-powered Mini PCs, Mini-ITX motherboards and handhelds within the coming yr as they turn into out there round late Q1 2024.
