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Banded Kestrel
General Info
Designer	AMD
Manufacturer	GlobalFoundries
Introduction	April 16, 2019 (announced) April 16, 2019 (launched)
Microarchitecture
ISA	x86-64 (x86)
Microarchitecture	Zen
Word Size	8 octets 16 nibbles 64 bit
Process	14 nm 0.014 μm 1.4e-5 mm
Technology	CMOS
Succession
Brown Falcon River Hawk

Banded Kestrel is codename for AMD series of ultra-low power embedded APUs based on the Zen CPU and Vega GPU microarchitectures serving as a successor Brown Falcon. Banded Kestrel processors are fabricated on GlobalFoundries 14 nm process and incorporate two cores.

Overview

Banded Kestrel is an SoC for the embedded market based on the Zen microarchitecture incorporating a Vega GPU.

Common Features

All Banded Kestrel processors have the following:

• Up to 64 GiB of dual-channel memory
  • Up to DDR4 2400 MT/s
• 8 PCIe lanes (1x8 for GPU + 1x4 for storage)
• 2 cores / 4 threads
• 15 W TDP with configurable TDP-down/up (12 W - 25 W)
• Everything up to AVX2 (i.e., SMM, FPU, NX, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AES, AVX, FMA3, and AVX2), and SHA
• Precision Boost 2, 2-way SMT, mXFR
• Graphics
  • Radeon Vega 3 (Vega)
  • Up to 1.2 GHz

Banded Kestrel Processors

	List of Banded Kestrel-based Processors
	Main processor									GPU
Model	Family	Price	Launched	Cores	Threads	L3	Frequency	Turbo	TDP	Name	Frequency
R1505G	Ryzen Embedded	$ 80.00 € 72.00 £ 64.80 ¥ 8,266.40	16 April 2019	2	4	4 MiB 4,096 KiB 4,194,304 B 0.00391 GiB	2.4 GHz 2,400 MHz 2,400,000 kHz	3.3 GHz 3,300 MHz 3,300,000 kHz	15 W 15,000 mW 0.0201 hp 0.015 kW	Radeon Vega 3	1,000 MHz 1 GHz 1,000,000 KHz
R1606G	Ryzen Embedded		16 April 2019	2	4	4 MiB 4,096 KiB 4,194,304 B 0.00391 GiB	2.6 GHz 2,600 MHz 2,600,000 kHz	3.5 GHz 3,500 MHz 3,500,000 kHz	15 W 15,000 mW 0.0201 hp 0.015 kW	Radeon Vega 3	1,200 MHz 1.2 GHz 1,200,000 KHz
Count: 2

See also

Zen Naples Whitehaven Summit Ridge Raven Ridge Dali Snowy Owl Great Horned Owl Banded Kestrel

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