AMD is seeking to continue the success of the Zen CPU architecture. The company has hinted at two new generations of Zen chips in the future.
The Zen architecture has been a big success for AMD. The Ryzen desktop CPUs have allowed the company to take big bites out of Intel’s market share. TheAMD Ryzen 7800X3Dis stillour pick for the best gaming CPU, for instance.
During AMD’s Zen 5 tech day, the firm revealed that it intended to stick with the Zen branding for at least two more generations. A ‘Leadership CPU roadmap’ showed plans for Zen 6 and Zen 6c architectures. This is the first time that AMD has confirmed Zen 6 as a successor to Zen 5.
AMD CTO Mark Papermaster confirmed that a dedicated team within AMD was already hard at work on Zen 7.
There were some questions raised byComputerBase. The outlet asked about how long AMD would keepsupporting the AM5 socket, considering the revelations about the Zen 6 and 7. One engineer during an engineering roundtable indicated that “four generations” of CPU would be supported by socket AM5.
The gap between Zen 4 andZen 5was roughly 22 months. If a similar cycle is maintained for Zen 6, it would be reasonable to expect that AM5 would still be supported by Zen 6 chips. Zen 7, however, would likely use whatever successor socket AMD has planned.
A new socket type would be a logical point to switch over to DDR6 memory and the PCIe Gen 6 standard. Few details on what AMD has planned for Zen 6 are currently available. Although consideringAMD’s success with APUs, it could incorporate the RDNA 5 graphics architecture.
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Rebecca Hills-Duty was a Tech Writer on Dexerto’s UK Team, specializing in PC components, VR, AMD, Nvidia and Intel. She has previously written for UploadVR and The Escapist, hosts a weekly show on RadioSEGA and has an obsession with retro gaming.
