A new patent has surfaced about the big.LITTLE task transition method that AMD is working on, which will be used in the Ryzen 8000 according to this documentation.
AMD big.LITTLE, Ryzen 8000 CPUs will be the first to use it
AMD will be changing the way its processors are designed. Currently, AMD uses an MCM design that makes it easy for them to create many-core processors by combining dies, which allows them to design different models with more or fewer cores by turning dies on and off.
What leaks out here is a different design where the cores change by combining large, powerful cores and small, efficiency-oriented cores. This design is also widely used in ARM mobile processors and some laptops like those running Snapdragon for Windows 10.
This design is similar to that of Intel’s 12th generation Intel Core Alder Lake processors, which are ready for desktops and laptops.
AMD has not confirmed that it is working on such a design for its upcoming processors, leaks also suggest that the company is working on “Strix Point” chips, which would be Zen 5 APU CPUs.
For now, the Ryzen 8000 series would be the first to implement this kind of big.LITTLE design. Until then, the Ryzen 8000 series would use Zen 5 cores and be built on a 3nm node. We are still a few years away from seeing these CPUs in action, but the future looks to be this type of design from both major manufacturers.