AMD’s Zen 5 microarchitecture
In the face of pressure from Intel, AMD has decided to accelerate the development of its Zen 5 processor microarchitecture in order to gain market share.
In its various 2022 presentations, AMD has publicly positioned the launch of Zen 5 in the course of 2024. However, a recent announcement from Gigabyte indicates changes to this schedule.
When discussing the future of its server rigs powered by relatively inexpensive Ryzen desktop processors, Gigabyte clarified
The next generation of AMD Ryzen desktop processors, due later this year, will also be supported on current AM5 platforms, giving customers who buy these servers today the opportunity to upgrade to the successor to the Ryzen 7000 series.
There are no details, of course, but the press release talks about next-gen Ryzen CPUs. These are probably the “Zen 5” chips. Also, since AMD uses the same “CCD” approach for its “consumer” and “server” solutions, it’s likely that the company will consider upgrading to both of these market segments, particularly through new EPYC solutions that come with the Xeon competes Scalable “Emerald Rapids” and Ryzen “Granite Ridge” to face Intel’s next cores “Raptor Lake Refresh” and “Meteor Lake-S”.
Rumor has it that TSMC plans to fine-engrave at 3 nm for the “Zen 5” and increase the number of cores per CCD, currently limited to 8.