Leaker Kepler_L2 has provided new information on AMD’s upcoming ‘Zen 6’ family of processors, pertaining to the process node to be used across the lineup. Unsurprisingly, Zen 6 will cover server, desktops, and laptops, most of which will reportedly use TSMC’s upcoming N2P process node.
TSMC N2P Set To Power Zen 6
Specifically, the leaker lists five major processor families under Zen 6, which include:
– Venice (EPYC 9006)
– Venice Dense (EPYC 9006 with smaller Zen 6c cores)
– Olympic Ridge (desktop Ryzen 10000)
– Gator Range (mobile socketed version of desktop Ryzen 10000, HX series)
– Medusa Point 1 (Ryzen AI 400 for mainstream laptops)
Of five families, all will use N2P exclusively except for laptop-bound Medusa Point 1, which will be the direct successor of Strix Point (Ryzen AI 300 series). Per Kepler, this lineup is expected to use a mix of N2P+N3P process for high-end models – the former will be responsible for CCD (Core Complex Die), and the latter will be for IOD (I/O Die) – while low end models will stick to older N3P node.
It’s also worth mentioning that Zen 6 will also increase the core count of each CCD for the first time ever in Ryzen history. Up until Zen 5, all CCDs max out at 8 cores, and the only way to increase the core count on the CPU is to add more CCDs (as such, the flagship 96-core Threadripper Pro 9995WX has 12 CCDs). Increasing the max core count per CCD from 8 to 12 should, on paper, increase the total core count of high-end models up to 50% while keeping the same number of CCDs per chip, and that should give these chips a solid boost in multi-core performance.
Pokdepinion: This might be the first time in a long while AMD gets access to the most advanced node at the time (Apple used to occupy those slots exclusively before this).
