Intel had a dominant position on various motherboards for many years, dominating Wi-Fi and Bluetooth controllers. On the one hand, this is a reasonable circumstance for Rocket Lake / Alder Lake solutions, while on the other hand, it is discordant for Ryzen. Insofar as an AMD/Mediatek alliance is concerned, it has been discussed for a little over a year. We even “had fun” with this connection at the time, even though AMD had previously sued Mediatek for patent infringement.
There have even been more direct mentions of Wi-Fi thanks to the Aya Neo portable console’s IndieGogo campaign. The technical data sheet for said console went a bit too far when it included a chip called “RZ608” from AMD, which was supposed to deliver Wi-Fi 6E.
Today, the event is more formally publicized. The debut of AMD’s RZ600 series, based on Mediatek’s Filogic 330P, has been confirmed by AMD and Mediatek. Currently, two components are planned: the RZ608, a “basic” model, and the RZ616, a more ambitious model.
The RZ608 controller will be supplied on a 3 centimeter long M.2 2230 style PCB. Wi-Fi 6 (2.4 / 5 GHz) 2×2 and 6E are being discussed (from 6 GHz to 7.125 GHz). There’s also Bluetooth 5.2 (BT/BLE) on the options.
