AMD hopes to provide stiffer competition to Intel’s Skylake with its new “7th Generation” processor for laptops and desktops.

The new AMD processors, code-named Bristol Ridge, will initially ship in dual-core and quad-core configurations. A Bristol Ridge processor will first appear in HP’s Envy X360 laptop, and PCs with FX and A-series chips will follow later this year.

The chips will succeed last year’s PC processors code-named Carrizo. Bristol Ridge’s architecture is similar to that of Carrizo, but incremental improvements will help laptops deliver faster performance and longer battery life. AMD will spill more details on the 7th Generation chips at the upcoming Computex conference in Taipei.

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