--- title: AMD "Low Power" CPU Core Type Patches Queued Ahead Of... description: AMD's new 'low power' CPU core type (TOPO_CPU_TYPE_LOW_POWER) patches are queued for the Linux 7.3 kernel, set to land during the merge window in late August.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/amd-low-power-cpu-core-type-patches-queued-ahead-of-linux-7-3-ueryqmili twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: AMD "Low Power" CPU Core Type Patches Queued Ahead Of Linux 7.3 | daily.dev og:description: AMD's new 'low power' CPU core type (TOPO_CPU_TYPE_LOW_POWER) patches are queued for the Linux 7.3 kernel, set to land during the merge window in late August.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/amd-low-power-cpu-core-type-patches-queued-ahead-of-linux-7-3-ueryqmili og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/uerYqMiLI.png og:image:alt: AMD "Low Power" CPU Core Type Patches Queued Ahead Of Linux 7.3 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # AMD "Low Power" CPU Core Type Patches Queued Ahead Of Linux 7.3 **[Phoronix](https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary AMD's new 'low power' CPU core type (TOPO_CPU_TYPE_LOW_POWER) patches are queued for the Linux 7.3 kernel, set to land during the merge window in late August. This introduces a third core type alongside performance and efficiency cores, enabling proper identification of low-power cores expected on upcoming AMD Zen 6 client platforms. Previously, these cores were recognized only as 'unknown' in Linux. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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