Next-generation AMD Ryzen 8000 (Strix Point) APU has surfaced on the MilkyWay@home database.
Ryzen 8000 Strix Point APU Comes Forth With 12 Zen 5 Cores : Read more
Ryzen 8000 Strix Point APU Comes Forth With 12 Zen 5 Cores : Read more
The APU's full name is "Strix Point", which sounds like a geographical feature. A "point" is basically a peninsula.After seeing this, I wondered if AMD was in danger of getting sued by ASUS. Then I wondered "WTF is a Strix anyway?" and was kinda surprised by the answer:
"The strix (plural striges or strixes), in the mythology of classical antiquity was a bird of ill omen, the product of metamorphosis, that fed on human flesh and blood. It also referred to witches and related malevolent folkloric beings."
Crazy, eh? 😊