AMD says it took four goes to get its new Strix Halo uber APU right and that included designing new CPU dies that 'put Threadripper in the palm of your hands'

AMD Strix Halo.

AMD's new Strix Halo uber APU for laptops was already pretty interesting, what with its 256-bit memory bus and monster sized iGPU. Now it turns out that its gestation was a little unusual, with AMD needing four goes at it to get it right and adding some trick tech to its CPU dies in the process.

In an interview with website Chips and Cheese, AMD Senior Fellow Mahesh Subramony revealed some new details about Strix Halo's inner workings. Subramony says AMD "took four iterations" to get Strix Halo right.