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In other news : 7040U mobile series is still very rarely spotted in the wild.
There are very few 7040U models available and they are already moving to 8040U.
It’s like there is one guy making all the 7840U chips by hand, and he is in Europe so took a month of the summer off.
TSMC can only make so many chips. Laptop chips are low margin compared to server and AI. AMD is gonna chase the money. Thats why all you get is Intel. Intel makes their own chips and isn’t as sought after these days.
7040U is quite easy to get, as long as you go for a portable gaming device rather than a laptop.
There are many 7040u devices. But they are used with handheld gaming systems like the ROG Ally and Lenovo Legion Go.