As Computex 2023 kicks off, various brands take the stage with their latest advances in technology and innovation. AMD is one of those companies and has announced its new Ryzen XDNA AI technology that was showcased at a major tech event.

AMD Ryzen XDNA AI technology demonstrated on laptops at Computex 2023

Team Red is preparing to prepare an operating system and a software ecosystem for the native execution of AI-related tasks on PC with the help of new technology. The Ryzen XDNA AI engine was found to be running on ASUS Strix Scar 17 gaming laptop equipped with Eyzen 9 7940HS SoC and Radeon 780M graphics. The XDNA AI engine is a custom accelerator that resides mainly on a die with CPU cores.

As the name suggests, this technology will aim to perform artificial intelligence-based workloads such as audio, video and photo processing. It’s usually a less intense task, but with the new AI engine, it’s more energy efficient than using a CPU or GPU. In other words, it will help increase productivity and also save battery life. During the Computex 2023 event, the XDNA AI engine was seen working on facial recognition tasks.

The engine can handle up to 4 simultaneous AI threads and supports INT8 and bfloat16 instructions. AMD also claims that XDNA AI is faster than the neural engine found in Apple’s M2 processors. We can expect this technology to be used in several future products. Stay tuned for more.