AMD Has Some Linux Fixes For Older "Picasso" Ryzen Laptops On The Way

[phoronix]

Phoronix: AMD Has Some Linux Fixes For Older "Picasso" Ryzen Laptops On The Way

While AMD Zen 4 "Dragon Range" and "Phoenix" laptops are imminent, for those using an older AMD Picasso laptop design from 2019, there are some new Linux fixes on the way for enhancing that older Zen+ experience...

https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-Picasso-Linux-Fixes-2023

[caligula]

Funny how these new laptops might not even have S3 support anymore. The new management option drains the battery in few days.

[skeevy420]

Michael

about for years old

[nranger]

Funny how these new laptops might not even have S3 support anymore. The new management option drains the battery in few days.

Well if we try to be optimists, AMD selling "old" cpus now with their new mobile naming scheme (e.g. '7735U' is a 2023 part but using Zen3 and RDNA2) means we might continue to get support and updates for longer.

Heck, they're still selling new parts with Vega graphics. So hopefully that means driver improvements will continue for late GCN parts well into the future.

[mathieu.cossette]

about time AMD !

[luno]

4 years is not that old , not everyone refresh their computer every year , many developing country don't get latest gen hardware at all, so this is good start, I expect atleast 5-10 years from any hardware company

[kn00tcn]

4 years is not that old , not everyone refresh their computer every year , many developing country don't get latest gen hardware at all, so this is good start, I expect atleast 5-10 years from any hardware company

5-10 years of what? aside from security updates, having bugs or missing features enabled years after launch makes it look like a product was poorly made to begin with

[caligula]

4 years is not that old , not everyone refresh their computer every year , many developing country don't get latest gen hardware at all, so this is good start, I expect atleast 5-10 years from any hardware company

Also supply channels won't immediately offer the latest gen for all companies and for the public sector. Some companies still buy e.g. 11th gen (2020) Intel laptops. The latest are 12th gen. Availability of 13th gen laptops is 404.