AMD has just revealed an updated Zen roadmap for its CPUs at Financial Analyst Day, labeled "Leadership CPU Core Roadmap." While it doesn't delve into details — or even show any new ones — we do get explicit confirmations for a bunch of previously-rumored (albeit obvious) tech. AMD also made Zen 7 official for the first time in a roadmap, teasing a release date beyond 2026. Let's break it all down.
Starting with what's due next: Zen 6. We already knew it was coming next year, which the slide below reinforces, and AMD confirms that Zen 6 will be "industry-first" in leveraging TSCM's flagship 2nm (N2) process nodes. AMD CTO Mark Papermaster highlighted that both Zen 6 and Zen 6C will benefit from IPC improvements, extracting higher performance, while offering more AI features across the Ryzen and EPYC series.
