Upcoming Hardware Launches 2024 (Updated Nov 2024) 414

Upcoming Hardware Launches 2024 (Updated Nov 2024)

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Introduction

In this article, which our team will regularly update, we will maintain a growing list of information pertaining to upcoming hardware releases based on leaks and official announcements as we spot them. There will obviously be a ton of rumors on unreleased hardware, and it is our goal to—based on our years of industry experience—exclude the crazy ones. In addition to these upcoming hardware release news, we will regularly adjust the structure of this article to better organize information. Each time an important change is made to this article, it will re-appear on our front page with a "new" banner, and the additions will be documented in the forum comments thread. This article will not leak information we signed an NDA for.

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Last Update (Nov 7th):With the 2023 update we've added source links to every line instead of the expandable "Sources" section. This will be added only for new and updated entries, not for the old ones.

Older Updates
  • Jul 19th: Updated AMD Ryzen 5000 XT, Updated AMD Zen 5 / Ryzen 9000 Series, Updated Intel Bartlett Lake-S, Updated Intel Arrow Lake, Added Intel Arrow Lake Refresh, Updated Intel Lunar Lake, Updated Intel Panther Lake, Updated NVIDIA Blackwell / GeForce RTX 50, Updated AMD Radeon RX 7700 Non-XT, Updated AMD Radeon RX 7800 Non-XT, Added AMD Radeon RX 7900 Non-XT, Updated Intel Battlemage Architecture, Updated AMD X870 / B850 / B450 Chipsets, Updated Intel 800-Series Chipsets, Added HBM4e Memory, Updated Samsung 1.4 nanometer, Updated Intel CXL Interconnect
  • May 24th: Added AMD Ryzen 5000 XT, Updated AMD Zen 5 / Ryzen 9000 Series, Added AMD Zen 5c, Updated AMD Zen 6, Updated Intel Arrow Lake, Updated Intel Lunar Lake, Updated Intel Falcon Shores, Added Intel Twin Lake, Updated Intel Panther Lake, Updated Intel Granite Rapids, Updated Intel Sierra Forest, Updated Intel Clearwater Forest, Updated NVIDIA Blackwell / GeForce RTX 50, Added NVIDIA Rubin, Updated AMD RDNA 4 / Radeon RX 8000 Series, Added AMD RDNA 5, Updated Intel Battlemage Architecture, Updated DDR6 System Memory, Updated GDDR7 Graphics Memory, Updated HBM3e Graphics Memory, Updated HBM4 Graphics Memory, Updated TSMC 2 nanometer, Updated Samsung 2 nanometer, Added Intel 14A, Added Intel 10A, Added Micron 232-layer 3D NAND QLC Flash, Updated Samsung 290 layer 3D NAND Flash, Updated Samsung 280-layer 3D NAND QLC Flash, Added Samsung 430-layer 3D NAND Flash, Removed canceled Zen 4 for AM4, Intel Rialto Bridge, RTX 4090 Ti, GDDR6+ graphics memory, Removed older processes: TSMC 4 nm, 3 nm, 3 nm+, Samsung 4 nm, Intel 4
  • Feb 12th: Updated AMD Zen 4 for Socket AM4, Updated AMD Zen 5 / Ryzen 9000 Series, Added Intel Bartlett Lake-S, Updated Intel Grand Ridge, Updated Intel Arrow Lake, Updated Intel Lunar Lake, Updated Intel Panther Lake, Updated Intel Granite Rapids, Added Intel Nova Lake, Added AMD Radeon RX 7700 Non-XT, Added AMD Radeon RX 7800 Non-XT, Updated AMD RDNA 4 / Radeon RX 8000 Series, Updated Intel Alchemist+ Architecture, Updated Intel Battlemage Architecture, Updated Intel Celestial Architecture, Added AMD X690E Chipset, Added AMD X870E Chipset, Added AMD X870 / B850 / B450 Chipsets, Updated GDDR7 Graphics Memory, Updated HBM3e Graphics Memory, Updated HBM4 Graphics Memory, Updated TSMC 2 nanometer, Updated Samsung 3 nanometer, Updated Samsung 2 nanometer, Updated Intel 18A, Added Samsung 280-layer 3D NAND QLC Flash, Removed launched products: AMD Zen 4 APUs for Socket AM5, AMD Phoenix 2 APU, Intel Raptor Lake Refresh Mobile, Intel Meteor Lake, Intel Emerald Rapids, GeForce RTX 4070 Super, 4070 Ti Super, 4080 Super, Removed NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050, which was launched as RTX 4060 non-Ti, Removed Zhaoxin Discrete GPU, of which we haven't heard anything for years
  • Oct 27th: Updated AMD Zen 4 APUs for Socket AM5, Updated AMD Phoenix 2 APU, Updated AMD Zen 5 / Ryzen 8000 Series, Updated AMD Zen 6, Added Intel Raptor Lake Refresh Mobile, Updated Intel Meteor Lake, Updated Intel Lunar Lake, Updated Intel Sierra Forest, Added NVIDIA Arm CPUs for Desktop, Added NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super, Added NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super, Added NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Super, Added AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT 10 GB and 12 GB, Updated AMD RDNA 4 / Radeon RX 8000 Series, Updated Intel Battlemage Architecture, Added HBM3e Graphics Memory, Added HBM4 Graphics Memory, Updated TSMC 3 nanometer, Updated Samsung 3 nanometer, Added Samsung 300+-layer 3D NAND Flash, Removed launched products: Ryzen 5 7500F, Ryzen 5 5100, Zen 4 Threadripper, Raptor Lake Refresh, RX 7700 XT, RX 7800 XT, HBM 3 Graphics Memory, Thunderbolt 5, Removed Alder Lake-X "Fishhawk Falls", which seems canceled
  • Aug 16th: Updated AMD Ryzen 5 7500F, Updated AMD Zen 5 / Ryzen 8000 Series, Updated Intel Raptor Lake Refresh, Updated Intel Arrow Lake, Updated Intel Lunar Lake, Updated Intel Granite Rapids, Updated NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Ti / RTX Titan Ada, Updated NVIDIA Blackwell, Updated AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT, Updated AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT, Updated AMD RDNA 4, Added AMD Navi 4c, Updated Intel Battlemage Architecture, Updated GDDR7 Graphics Memory, Updated HBM3 Graphics Memory, Updated HBMNext Memory, Updated Samsung 3 nanometer, Updated Hynix 321-layer 3D NAND Flash
  • Jul 14th: Added AMD Ryzen 5 7500F, Added AMD Ryzen 3 5100, Added AMD Zen 4 APUs for Socket AM5, Added AMD Phoenix 2 APU, Updated AMD Zen 4 Threadripper / Threadripper 7000, Updated AMD Zen 5 / Ryzen 8000 Series, Updated Intel Raptor Lake Refresh, Updated Intel Meteor Lake, Updated Intel Falcon Shores, Updated Intel Arrow Lake, Updated Intel Lunar Lake, Updated Intel Granite Rapids, Updated NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Ti / RTX Titan Ada, Added NVIDIA Ada Next, Updated AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT, Updated AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT, Added Intel 800-Series Chipsets, Updated GDDR7 Graphics Memory, Updated TSMC 3 nanometer, Updated TSMC 1 nanometer, Updated Intel 18A, Updated Hynix 238-layer 3D NAND Flash, Updated PCI-Express 7.0, Removed launched products Zen 4 Phoenix APU, Alder Lake N, NVIDIA RTX 4060 Ti, RTX 4060, Radeon RX 7600
  • May 5th: Updated AMD Zen 5 / Ryzen 8000 Series, Added AMD Zen 5 Threadripper / Threadripper 8000, Added AMD Zen 6, Updated Intel Meteor Lake, Updated Intel Emerald Rapids, Updated NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti, Added AMD Radeon RX 7500 XT, Updated AMD Radeon RX 7600 & 7600 XT, Updated Radeon RX 7700 XT, Added Radeon RX 7800 XT, Added Radeon RX 7950 XT & XTX, Updated Intel Battlemage GPU Architecture, Updated Intel Celestial GPU Architecture, Updated HBM3 Graphics Memory, Updated Samsung 4 nm, Updated Samsung 3 nm, Removed launched products: GeForce RTX 4070, PCIe 5.0 SSDs
  • Apr 6th: Updated AMD Zen 4 APUs, Updated AMD Zen 4 Threadripper, Updated AMD Zen 5 / Ryzen 8000, Updated Intel Emerald Rapids, Updated Intel Sierra Forest, Added Intel Clearwater Forest, Updated NVIDIA RTX 4050, Updated NVIDIA RTX 4060 Ti, Updated NVIDIA RTX 4070, Updated Intel Battlemage, Updated Intel Celestial, Added Kioxia 218-layer NAND, Added Hynix 300-layer NAND, Removed launched products: AMD A620 chipset
  • Mar 15th: Updated AMD Zen 4 APUs, Updated Intel Meteor Lake, Updated Intel Rialto Bridge, Added Intel Falcon Shores, Added Intel Panther Lake, Updated NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070, Updated GDDR7 Graphics Memory, Added Samsung 4 nm Process, Updated Intel 20A Process, Updated Intel 18A Process, Removed launched products: AMD Zen 4 7000X3D
  • Feb 24th: Updated AMD Zen 4 7000X3D, Updated AMD Zen 4 APUs, Added Intel Raptor Lake Refresh, Updated Intel Meteor Lake, Updated Intel Arrow Lake, Added Intel Emerald Rapids, Updated Intel Granite Rapids, Added Intel Sierra Forest, Added Intel Lunar Lake, Added NVIDIA RTX 4060 Ti, Updated NVIDIA RTX 4070, Updated NVIDIA RTX 4090 Ti, Updated AMD RDNA 4, Added Intel Alchemist+ Architecture, Updated Intel Battlemage Architecture, Added AMD A620 Chipset, Updated PCI-Express 5.0 SSDs, Removed launched products: AMD Ryzen 7000 non-X, Intel Core i9-13900KS, Raptor Lake non-K CPUs, Intel Sapphire Rapids / HEDT, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti, Intel Ponte Vecchio, Intel W790, Micron 232-layer 3D NAND Flash, USB4
  • Dec 9th: Updated AMD Zen 4 Ryzen 7000 non-X CPUs, Updated AMD Zen 4 Ryzen 7000X3D CPUs, Added Zen 4 Threadripper, Added Intel Raptor Lake non-K 13th Gen CPUs, Updated Intel Core i9-13900KS, Updated Sapphire Rapids HEDT, Updated Intel Meteor Lake, Updated Intel Ponte Vecchio, Updated GeForce RTX 4060, Updated GeForce RTX 4070, Added GeForce RTX 4070 Ti, Updated Radeon RX 7600 XT and Radeon RX 7700 XT, Updated Micron 232-Layer NAND, Updated GDDR7 graphics memory, Added GDDR6W Graphics Memory
  • Nov 7th: Added AMD Ryzen 7 7700 (non-X), Added AMD Ryzen 7 7000X3D, Updated AMD Zen 4 APUs, Added Intel Core i9-13900KS, Added Intel lower-end 13th Gen CPUs, Updated Intel Sapphire Rapids, Updated Intel Meteor Lake, Updated Intel Arrow Lake, Added NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060, Added NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070, Added NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Ti, Updated TSMC 1 nanometer, Added Samsung 1.4 nanometer, Updated PCI-Express 5.0 SSDs, Updated Toshiba & WD 162-layer NAND, Added Samsung 236-layer NAND Flash, Updated PCI-Express 6.0, Updated USB4, Updated Thunderbolt 5, Removed launched or canceled products: AMD Zen 4 / Ryzen 7000, Intel Raptor Lake, Elkhart Lake, GeForce RTX 3060 Ultra, Ampere Refresh, GeForce RTX 40 Series, AMD Navi 3x, AMD RDNA 3, Intel Arc A770 / A750, Intel 700-Series chipsets, AMD 600 Series chipsets, TSMC 5 / 5+ / 4 nm
  • Aug 25th: Updated AMD Zen 4 / Ryzen 7000, Updated Intel Raptor Lake, Updated Intel Meteor Lake, Updated NVIDIA Ada / Lovelace, Updated AMD Navi 31 / 32 / 33, Updated AMD CDNA 3, Updated Intel Arc A580, A750 & A770, Updated Intel Ponte Vecchio, Updated TSMC 3 nanometer, Updated PCIe 5.0 SSDs, Added Hynix 238-layer NAND, Updated Micron 232-layer NAND, Removed launched products: Intel DG2 discrete GPU / Arch Alchemist, Intel Arc Pro
  • Jul 22nd: Updated AMD Zen 4 / Ryzen 7000, Updated Intel Raptor Lake, Updated Intel Meteor Lake, Updated NVIDIA Ada / GeForce 40
    Updated Intel DG2 Discrete GPU / Arc Alchemist
  • Jul 1st: Updated AMD Zen 4, Updated AMD Zen 4 APUs, Added AMD Zen 4 on Socket AM4, Updated Intel Alder Lake-X, Updated Intel Raptor Lake, Updated Intel Meteor Lake, Updated NVIDIA Ada Lovelace / GeForce 40 Series, Updated AMD RDNA 3, Added Intel Arc Pro Professional Graphics Cards, Updated Intel Z790 / H770 / B760 Chipsets, Updated TSMC 3 nanometer, Updated TSMC 2 nanometer, Updated Samsung 3 nanometer, Updated Intel 4 (7 nanometer), Added PCI-Express 7.0, Removed launched products: GeForce GTX 1630
  • Jun 10th: Updated AMD Zen 4, Added AMD Zen 4 APUs, Updated AMD Zen 5, Updated Intel Raptor Lake, Updated Intel Meteor Lake, Updated Intel Arrow Lake, Updated Intel Sapphire Rapids, Added Intel Rialto Bridge, Updated NVIDIA Ada Architecture, Added NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1630, Updated AMD RDNA 3 Architecture, Added AMD RDNA 4 Architecture, Added AMD CDNA3 Architecture, Updated Intel DG2 / Arc Alchemist, Updated Zen 4 Chipsets, Updated HBM3 Memory, Added Micron 232-layer NAND flash, Updated Toshiba / WD 162-layer NAND flash, Updated PCIe 5.0 SSDs, Updated USB4, Removed launched products: Radeon RX 6x50 XT Series
  • Previous history has been removed to keep the length of this list reasonable

Processors

AMD Zen 5 Mobile [updated]

  • Release Date: Q1 2025 # #
  • Goes up against Intel Lunar Lake #
  • 8c/16t, with 4 Zen 5 cores and 4 Zen 5c cores #
  • Clocks around 4 GHz #
  • 256-bit LPDDR5X memory support # #
  • Up to 40 RDNA 3.5 compute units (2560 cores) #
  • XDNA 2 AI Engine #
  • FP8 platform (15 - 45 W) #

AMD Zen 5 Threadripper / Threadripper 9000 [updated]

  • Release Date: 2025 #
  • Codename: Shimada Peak #
  • Zen 5 architecture #
  • Same socket as Zen 4 Threadripper #
  • 96 Cores #
  • Threadripper gets support for 3D V-Cache memory #

AMD Ryzen 5000 XT [updated]

  • More models coming in the next months
  • Ryzen 5 5600 XT: 6c/12t, 32 MB L3, 65 W, 3.8 GHz base #
  • Ryzen 5 5600T: 6c/12t, 32 MB L3, 65 W, 3.5 GHz base #
  • Vermeer #
  • No iGPU #

AMD Ryzen 9000 X3D Series [added]

  • Ryzen 7 9800X3D already #
  • Release Date: Q1 2025 #
  • Ryzen 9 9900X3D and Ryzen 9 9950X3D: 3D V-Cache on both chiplets #
  • Ryzen 5 9600X3D planned #

AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme [added]

  • Release Date: Unknown #
  • Designed for handheld gaming consoles #
  • Core config: 3+5 #
  • 3x Zen 5 and 5x Zen 5c cores #
  • Based on 4 nanometer Strix Point silicon #
  • RDNA 3.5 #
  • LPDDR5 #
  • 16 CU iGPU #

AMD Zen 5c

  • Release date: Unknown
  • 16 cores per CCD, in a single CCX that shares 32 MB L3 cache #
  • Produced on a more advanced 3 nm node than Zen 5 #

AMD Zen 6

  • Release date: Unknown
  • Codename: Morpheus #
  • Codename: Sound Wave #
  • Codename: Medusa #
  • 10% IPC increase over Zen 5 #
  • New FP16 capabilities #
  • 32-core CCD #
  • Not sure if one CCX or two 16-core CCX's #
  • Server codename: Venice #
  • EPYC uses Socket SP7 #

Intel Arrow Lake "KS" [added]

  • Release Date: 2025 at least #
  • Could be called Core Ultra 9 295K #

Intel Bartlett Lake-S

Intel Grand Ridge

Intel Arrow Lake Mobile [added]

  • Release Date: Q1 2025 at CES #
  • Codename: Arrow Lake-H and Arrow Lake-HX #
  • Core Ultra 9 285H: 45 W, 6P, 8E, 2 LPE cores, up to 5.4 GHz, 8 cores Xe2 iGPU, 24 MB L3 #
  • Core Ultra 7 265H: 28 W, 6P, 8E, 2 LPE cores, up to 5.3 GHz, 8 cores Xe2 iGPU, 24 MB L3 #
  • Core Ultra 5 255H: 28 W, 6P, 8E, 2 LPE cores, up to 5.1 GHz, 8 cores Xe2 iGPU, 24 MB L3 #
  • Core Ultra 3 235H: 28 W, 4P, 8E, 2 LPE cores, up to 5.0 GHz, 8 cores Xe2 iGPU, 18 MB L3 #
  • Core Ultra 3 225H: 28 W, 4P, 8E, 2 LPE cores, up to 5.0 GHz, 7 cores Xe2 iGPU, 18 MB L3 #

Intel Arrow Lake Refresh [updated]

  • Release Date: Unknown
  • Could be canceled #
  • Adds NPU inside SOC tile #

Intel Falcon Shores

  • Release Date: 2025 #
  • Successor to Ponte Vecchio #
  • AI and HPC data center "XPU" #
  • Used to be CPU+GPU, now GPU only #
  • Ethernet, up to 288 GB of HBM3 at 9.8 TB/s #
  • Support for FP8 and FP16 #
  • Combines multiple tiles of various architectures #
  • Up to 1500 W power draw #
  • 5x the perf/watt and 5x more bandwidth than Ponte Vecchio #
  • Won't be able to run on OAM 2.0, because that tops out at 1000 W #

Intel Twin Lake

  • Release Date: Unknown #
  • Successor to "Alder Lake N" #
  • E-Cores only, using "Skymont" architecture #

Intel Panther Lake [updated]

  • Release Date: H2 2025 or H1 2026 #
  • Successor to "Lunar Lake" #
  • Actual processor first displayed in Oct 2024 #
  • Branded "Core Ultra 300 series" #
  • iGPU features Xe3 "Celestial" graphics architecture #
  • AI performance doubled #
  • Uses Intel 18A process #
  • Doubles the core count over Lunar Lake to 16 cores #
  • Multi-tile configuration of 5 tiles. CPU and NPU in "Die 4", Platform control (PCD) in "Die 1", iGPU in "Die 5", two other tiles for structural integrity #
  • Uses Xe3 "Celestial" GPU cores #
  • PTL-U: 4P+0E+4LP, 4 Xe3 cores, 15 W #
  • PTL-H: 4P+8E+4LP, 4 Xe3 cores, 25 W #
  • Could also be 6P+8E+4LP #
  • PTL-P: 4P+8E+4LP, 12 Xe3 cores, 25 W #
  • Another leak says Panther Lake-H SKUs range from 4P+8E+4LP to 6P+8E+4LP, with Xe2 counts between 4 and 12 and TDP between 25 and 45 W #
  • Possibly increased memory capacities (above 32 GB) #

Intel Clearwater Forest [updated]

  • Release Date: 2025 #
  • Intel 18A process #
  • Could utilize Direct 3D Stacking technology #
  • Very big chip #
  • Possibly 288 E-Cores #

Intel Nova Lake [updated]

  • Release Date: 2026 #
  • Successor to Lunar Lake
  • New P-Core "Cobra Core", could also be "Cobra Cove" to follow Intel's naming scheme #
  • Uses TSMC 2 nanometer process for the CPU tile #

Intel Beast Lake [added]

  • Release Date: 2026 or 2027 #
  • Successor to Arrow Lake #
  • Uses Royal Core 1.1 P-Core architecture #

NVIDIA Arm CPUs for Desktop [updated]

  • Release Date: 2025 #
  • NVIDIA plans to build Arm processors for use in desktop computers #
  • Microsoft Windows operating system is supported #
  • Targets high-end segment #
  • Partnered with MediaTek #
  • Uses Blackwell GPU IP #

Graphics / GPUs

NVIDIA Blackwell / GeForce RTX 50 [updated]

  • Release Date: Jan 2025 (CES) #
  • Most of the GeForce 50 stack will release in Q1 2025 #
  • RTX 5090 and 5080: January #
  • RTX 5070 and RTX 5070 Ti: February #
  • RTX 5060 and RTX 5060 Ti: March #
  • B200 and GB200 announced at GTC 2024 #
  • GB202: 24,576 cores, 12 GPC, 8 TPC per GPC, 512-bit, 32/64 GB GDDR7 #
  • GB203: 10,752 cores, 7 GPC, 6 TPC per GPC, 256-bit, 16/32 GB GDDR7 #
  • GB205: 6,400 cores, 5 GPC, 5 TPC per GPC, 192-bit, 12 GB GDDR7 #
  • GB206: 6,144 cores, 3 GPC, 6 TPC per GPC, 128-bit, 8/16 GB GDDR7 #
  • GB207: 2,560 cores, 2 GPC, 5 TPC per GPC, 128-bit, 8/16 GB GDDR6 #
  • No GB204 #
  • RTX 5090: PG144/145-SKU30 GB202-300, 21760 cores, 512-bit GDDR7 32 GB, 600 W #
  • RTX 5090 could require two 16-pin power connectors #
  • RTX 5090D and 5080D planned for Chinese market #
  • RTX 5080: PG144/147-SKU45, GB203-400, 10752 cores, 256-bit GDDR7 16 GB, 400 W #
  • RTX 5060 Mobile: 8 GB GDDR7, 28 Gbps #
  • Also just "B100" #
  • 512-bit memory interface on flagship GPU #
  • GDDR7 memory on top Blackwell GPUs #
  • GDDR7 speeds up to 32 Gbps #
  • Uses TSMC 3 nm process #
  • GeForce 50 chips could use TSMC 5 nm process called "4N" #
  • GB100 could be an MCM design #
  • GB203 uses 256-bit memory interface #
  • NVIDIA is testing designs with power ranges of 250 to 600 W #
  • RTX 5090 uses the huge cooler that we saw in leaks for RTX 4090 Ti #
  • Micron presentation suggests that RTX 5090 is +42% faster than RTX 4090 #
  • B100: $30,000+ per chip, GB200 $60-$70k per unit #
  • Laptop GPU: N22W #

NVIDIA Rubin

  • Release Date: Q4 2025 #
  • Successor to "Blackwell" #
  • Named after the scientist Vera Rubin #
  • Flagship GPU: R100, built on TSMC 3 nm EUV, chiplet design, CoWoS-L with HBM4 #
  • Grace Ruben GR200 could be 3 nm #

AMD Radeon RX 7300 and 7400 [added]

  • Release date: unknown
  • Uses Navi 33 GPU #

AMD Radeon RX 7500 XT

  • Release date: unknown
  • Uses 6 nm Navi 33 GPU #

AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT 10 GB and 12 GB

  • Release date: unknown
  • PowerColor has registered such models with the EEC #

AMD Radeon RX 7650 GRE [added]

  • Release date: unknown
  • Based on 6 nm Navi 33 (not 5 nm Navi 32) #
  • Maybe higher clocks, because Navi 33 already maxed out on RX 7600 Series #

AMD Radeon RX 7700 Non-XT

  • Release date: unknown
  • Uses Navi 32 GPU #
  • Acer filed some product names #

AMD Radeon RX 7800 Non-XT

  • Release date: unknown
  • Uses Navi 32 GPU #
  • Acer filed some product names #

AMD Radeon RX 7900 Non-XT

  • Release date: unknown
  • Acer filed some product names #

AMD Radeon RX 7950 XT / XTX

AMD RDNA 4 / Radeon RX 8000 Series [updated]

  • Release Date: Possibly canceled #
  • Embraces chiplet design even more #
  • Separate dies for Shader Engines (SED) and Multimedia & IO (MID) #
  • Shader Engine Dies could be built on 3 nanometer TSMC #
  • Uses an active interposer (AID) #

AMD RDNA 5

  • Release Date: Unknown #
  • Clean sheet design #
  • Might not even have "RDNA" branding #

AMD UDNA [added]

  • Release Date: Unknown #
  • AMD is expected to unify their RDNA and CDNA architectures into a single architecture #

Intel Alchemist+ Architecture

  • Release Date: 2023, probably H2 # #
  • Seems to be canceled, considering it's 2024 and Intel is starting to talk about Battlemage #
  • Refreshed "Alchemist" architecture #
  • Could be on an improved node, better than TSMC 6 nm #
  • Possibly higher core speeds with same core counts #

Intel Battlemage Architecture [updated]

Intel Celestial Architecture

Intel Druid Architecture

Chipsets

AMD B850 / B450 Chipsets [updated]

  • Release Date: 2025 #
  • X870 and X870E already launched in Summer 2024
  • Supports Ryzen 9000 Granite Ridge with the Zen 5 architecture #
  • Same Socket AM5 as on Ryzen 7000 #

Intel 800-Series Chipsets [updated]

  • Z890 already released as launch chipset for Arrow Lake
  • Release Date: 2025 Q1 for lower-cost chipsets
  • Chipset models: W880, Q870, B860, H810 #
  • H870 canceled #
  • All chipsets except for H810 have 1x x16 Gen 5 for GPU + 1x x4 Gen 5 for M.2 #
  • Lanes can be split into 2x x8 or 1x x8 + 3x 4 on Q870, Z890, W880
  • ECC support on W880 only #
  • No memory OC on H810, Q870 #

Memory

DDR6 System Memory

  • Release Date: Unknown
  • Initial Draft from JEDEC: 2024 #
  • Version 1.0 spec: mid-2025 #
  • Four channels per module (2x that of DDR5, 4x that of DDR4) #
  • 64 banks #
  • Speeds starting at DDR6-8800 up to DDR6-17600 in 1st generation #
  • LPDDR6 starts at LPDDR6-10667 with 24-bit channel with 2x 12-bit sub-channels #
  • Maximum LPDDR6 data rate is expected to be LPDDR6-14400 #

GDDR6W Graphics Memory

GDDR7 Graphics Memory [updated]

HBM3e Memory [updated]

  • Release Date: H1 2024 for first shipments, bigger volume in H2 #
  • Hynix: Volume production as of March 2024 #
  • Hynix: 12-layer HBM 3e in mass production as of Sep 2024 #
  • 16-stack introduced by Hynix in Nov 2024 #
  • Same as HBM3 but with higher speeds #
  • Samsung: up to 9.8 Gbps #
  • Samsung will supply $3B worth of HBM3e 12H 36 GB stacks to AMD for CDNA #
  • Hynix # #
  • NVIDIA GB200 will use 192/384 GB of HBM3e #

HBM4 Memory [updated]

  • Sampling Date: 2025 #
  • NVIDIA requests faster mass production #
  • Mass production: 2026 # #
  • Samsung: Non-conductive film (NCF) assembly and hybrid copper bonding (HCB) #
  • 2048-bit interface #
  • 6000 MT/s #
  • Uses a copper layer as a conductor and oxide insulator instead of regular micro bumps #
  • TSMC and Hynix have formed a joint venture to develop HBM4 #
  • TSMC will use 12 nm and 5 nm to produce HBM4 #
  • TSMC: 12-Hi (48 GB) and 16-Hi (64 GB) stacks #

HBM4e Memory

  • Mass production: 2026 #
  • SK Hynix development #
  • Puts memory controller at the bottom of the memory stack #

HBM-PIM Memory [added]

  • Release date: Unknown
  • Stands for "processing-in-memory" #
  • Adds computation functions to the memory stack #

HBM5 Memory [added]

  • Release date: Unknown
  • 20hi stack #
  • Possibly using of Hybrid Bonding Technology #

Silicon Fabrication Tech

TSMC 2 nanometer

TSMC 1.4 nanometer

  • Release Date: Unknown
  • Codename "A14" #
  • Not using High-NA EUV #

TSMC 1 nanometer

  • Release Date: around 2030 #
  • Fab construction: 2026 #
  • Uses Semi-metal bismuth for contact electrodes #
  • Chip plan planning has started as of Nov 2022 #
  • Codename "A10" #
  • Uses High-NA EUV #

Samsung 3 nanometer

Samsung 2 nanometer [updated]

Samsung 1.4 nanometer [updated]

Intel 20A [updated]

Intel 18A [updated]

Intel 14A

  • Release Date: Unknown #
  • 14 Angstrom = 1.4 nanometer #
  • 15% performance per watt over Intel 18A #
  • 20% increase in transistor density #
  • High-NA extreme ultraviolet (EUV) #
  • Also 14A-E process with additional 5% performance boost #
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Intel 10A

  • Release Date: end of 2027 #
  • 10 Angstrom = 1 nanometer #
    [/spoiler]

Other

Toshiba/WD 5-Bit-per-Cell NAND Flash (PLC)

Toshiba XL-Flash

Kioxia / WD 218-layer 3D NAND Flash

  • Release Date: 2023 #
  • Sampling as of Mar 2023 #
  • Uses CMOS directly Bonded to Array technology #
  • 1 Tb TLC and QLC #
  • Density increased by 50% #
  • 3.2 GB/s #
  • 20% improvement in write performance and read latency #

Hynix 321-layer 3D NAND Flash

  • Release Date: H1 2025 #
  • Transfer rate increased from 164 MB/s to 194 MB/s #
  • 1 Tb capacity with TLC #
  • 20 Gbit/mm² #
  • 41% more bit growth, 13% shorter read latency, 12% faster program performance, 10% better read power efficiency #
  • 16 KB page size, 4 planes #
  • 2400 MT/s #
  • Made from three stack of 107-layers each #

Hynix 400-layer 3D NAND Flash [updated]

  • Release Date: 2025 Q4 #
  • Uses Hybrid Bonding Technology #

Samsung 290 layer 3D NAND Flash

  • Release Date: 2024 #
  • Mass Production started of 1 Tbit TLC: Apr 2024 #
  • 9th generation V-NAND #
  • 11 nm class process #

Samsung 280-layer 3D NAND QLC Flash

  • Release Date: Unknown
  • Mass Production for QLC in H2 2024 #
  • Density: 1 Tbit #
  • Density: 28.5 Gb/mm² at 3.2 GB/s #

Samsung 430-layer 3D NAND Flash [updated]

  • Release Date: 2026 #
  • Uses Bonding Vertical Technology, so separate layers can be bonded together, to improve yields #
  • Up to 60% density improvement #

Samsung 1000-layer 3D NAND Flash [updated]

  • Release Date: 2030 #

Intel CXL Interconnect

PCI-Express 6.0

PCI-Express 7.0

  • Release Date: 2025 #
  • Version 0.3 released as of Jun 2023 #
  • Version 0.5 released as of Apr 2024 #
  • Spec is work in process as of 2022
  • 128 GT/s raw bit rate, up to 512 GB/s with x16 #
  • PAM4 signaling #
  • Improved power efficiency #
  • Backwards compatible with all previous versions of PCIe #
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