Join me on a deep-dive into Valve's Steam Deck APU and discover the secrets of AMD's Van Gogh in high-res detail, with never before seen die-shots from Fritz...

TL;DW:

  • Annotated die shot of the 7 nm AMD Van Gogh by Fritzchens Fritz (https://www.flickr.com/photos/130561288@N04/, which has additional photos)
  • Van Gogh in the Steam Deck contains a disabled 14 core computer vision IP block, possibly DSP from Tensilica. It therefore appears die-identical to the Mero APU for the Magic Leap VR HMD.

Note that the similarity/difference Van Gogh vs. Mero was spotted a year ago in data tables, not via die shots. And reports at the time erred in both the code names and the degree of die-similarity (https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-mero-low-power-zen2-rdna2-apu-has-spotted-running-android-os-for-magic-leap-ar-headset).