AMD Soundwave Arm APUs reportedly headed to Microsoft Surface laptops

AMD is preparing its first Arm-based APUs in over a decade, codenamed Soundwave, for Microsoft Surface laptops. The 3nm chip is said to pack at least 6 Arm cores in a 2+4 layout, a 4-core RDNA 3.5 GPU, 16 MB cache and a 5–10W TDP, with a possible 2027 launch under $999 to counter the MacBook Neo.

• Soundwave: 6 Arm cores in 2+4 config and a 4-core RDNA 3.5 GPU
• 5–10W TDP, 16 MB cache, BGA 1074 socket in a 32x27mm package
• Laptop price expected under $999, launch possibly in 2027
• Current Surface models on Snapdragon X2 and RTX Spark start at $1149 and $1299