Tuesday, February 20th 2024
Zen 6 & RDNA 5 Linked to AMD "Medusa" Ryzen Client CPUs
The mysterious Zen 6 "Morpheus" processor architecture was leaked accidentally by an AMD engineer's LinkedIn profile—news outlets picked up on this information last April. Naturally, Team Red's next priority is Zen 5—the latest reports suggest that two different chiplet designs are penciled in for mass production within the second quarter of 2024. Last September, insiders claimed that a proposed EPYC 9006 "Venice" CPU series was based on the sixth-gen microarchitecture. Everest/Olrak_29 has revealed various bits of speculative material regarding futuristic "Ryzen Client" processor designs since the start of 2024.
The latest postings to social media posit that AMD has selected an RDNA 5-based integrated graphics solution (possibly occupying a tile), thus "skipping RDNA 4" on their "Medusa" lineup of Ryzen Client processors. Leaked Microsoft documents revealed that its Xbox hardware design division was considering RDNA 5 for next-gen console specs. Medusa's CPU aspect is allegedly populated by Zen 6 "Morpheus" cores—as claimed in a January tweet. A new package design was also riffed on at the time: "Yes, I have teased this before...Medusa will use 2.5D interconnect with a much higher bandwidth," instead of a "traditional" multi-die design. Industry speculation has AMD's Zen 6 client architecture linked to a loose 2025/2026 launch window.
Sources:
Everest/Olrak29 Tweet, VideoCardz, Wccftech
The latest postings to social media posit that AMD has selected an RDNA 5-based integrated graphics solution (possibly occupying a tile), thus "skipping RDNA 4" on their "Medusa" lineup of Ryzen Client processors. Leaked Microsoft documents revealed that its Xbox hardware design division was considering RDNA 5 for next-gen console specs. Medusa's CPU aspect is allegedly populated by Zen 6 "Morpheus" cores—as claimed in a January tweet. A new package design was also riffed on at the time: "Yes, I have teased this before...Medusa will use 2.5D interconnect with a much higher bandwidth," instead of a "traditional" multi-die design. Industry speculation has AMD's Zen 6 client architecture linked to a loose 2025/2026 launch window.
6 Comments on Zen 6 & RDNA 5 Linked to AMD "Medusa" Ryzen Client CPUs
Even 8700G/5700G are virtually the same die size.I agree that the speculation is pretty far out. The language of the rumor is pretty interesting though. Not sure if "2.5D" is referring to a Fanout Link/Infinity Link type solution, or something new.
Also, low power cores on the iGPU tile would be taking a page out of Meteor Lake's book. Not sure how that affects this rumor's reliability, honestly.
AMD ZEN 6 - Brand New Micro- Architecture
Next Gen Interconnect (Infinity Link)
* Higher Bandwidth
* Lower Latency
* Increased Energy Efficient
* 32 Core CCX design
* Stack CCDs on top of IODSs?
* New Socket AM6? Though I would prefer if they remain on Socket AM5 as its only about 2 years old. Depends on ZEN 6 release I suppose. And PCIe Gen 5 and DDR5 is pretty new too.
AMD Zen 6 will use Radeon GPU interconnection technology on Ryzen CPUs
And this person seems to know quite a lot on AMDs pathway to ZEN 6.
Its worth the view.
AMD ZEN 6 — Next-gen Chip-lets & Packaging