Believe it or not, AMD has already begun work on Zen 7 CPUs that are three generations into the future

Date:
Wed, 17 Jul 2024 09:45:32 +0000

Description:
Excited about Ryzen 9000 CPUs? Forget them, AMD is already working on Zen 7 chips that wont arrive until 2028.

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AMD is already working on Zen 7 processors, which will be two generations after next-gen Zen 5 CPUs.

Its pretty eye-opening to hear that development is already underway for a processor family three whole generations into the future, but of course, this is just the very initial stages of design for Zen 7, no doubt. (Sketched on paper napkins, possibly).

This revelation came from AMDs CTO Mark Papermaster, at Team Reds Zen 5 Tech Day (as VideoCardz highlighted), where the exec also publicly confirmed that Zen 6 will be the successor generation to Ryzen 9000 (Zen 5) for the first time.

Sadly, what we didnt get is any indication of a timeframe even a vague one for the arrival of Zen 6 processors (and obviously nothing on Zen 7 yet, either, as that is still a long, long way off).

Naturally, the Zen 5 Tech Day was mostly about, er, Zen 5, and we learned
some interesting new nuggets of info on the Ryzen 9000 CPUs which are about
to debut (with four initial models). That includes confirmation of the
release date as July 31, a nifty new overclocking feature for Zen 5, and perhaps most notable of all, fresh details on how the Ryzen 9700X is likely
to perform with positive news on that front for the workhorse CPU. (Image credit: AMD) Analysis: CPUs thatll be powering PCs at the close of the decade

Going by AMDs typical release cadence, the Zen 6 processors that follow Ryzen 9000 will likely turn up in the middle of 2026, or just before maybe late Q2
and so Zen 7 might arrive early Q2 in 2028. Thats just logical guesswork, of course, but it likely wont be too far off.

So, to put this in perspective, AMD has already begun work on the Ryzen processors thatll be the mainstays of your average desktop PC at the turn of the decade (just before Zen 8 arrives, in theory).

Another pertinent piece of info to crop up here concerns chipset support, specifically how long the current AM5 chipset will be kept alive by AMD.

Team Red confirmed that itll be supported until at least 2027, or beyond, meaning that if you buy a new AMD (AM5) motherboard now, itll be good not
just for Ryzen 7000 and 9000 CPUs, but itll also be compatible with the following generation, Zen 6 but maybe not Zen 7. With Zen 7, AMD may change the CPU socket, meaning youll need to buy a new motherboard (featuring that tweaked socket) to use one of the Zen 7 familys speedy new processors . You might also like AMD, I love you, but please stop releasing products nobody needs What is a processor: Your CPU explained in plain terms These are all
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