Intel Lunar Lake CPUs will reportedly offer a major boost in multi-threaded performance with their new P-Core & E-Core architecture.
20.02.2024 - 10:37 / wccftech.com / Hassan Mujtaba
AMD's next-generation Medusa "Ryzen Client" CPUs will reportedly be featuring brand new Zen 6 processor and RDNA 5 integrated GPU cores.
The information comes from @Olrak_29 who has said that Medusa, the codename for AMD's next-gen client Ryzen CPUs, will be featuring two brand-new core architectures. The CPU side will feature the next-gen Zen 6 core architecture while the graphics side will feature the RDNA 5 integrated GPU architecture. The new revelations come ahead of the expected mass production of AMD's Zen 5 "Nirvana" and Zen 5C "Prometheus" CPUs which are expected to launch later this year.
Little is known about AMD's next-gen Zen 6 and RDNA 5 GPU architecture since we have yet to see the launch of the Zen 5 and RDNA 4 GPUs but according to recent information, it looks like Zen 6 is going to be a bigger architectural upgrade than Zen 5. In addition to that, the CPU itself will come in a new package layout boosted by a 2.5D interconnect that will enable much higher bandwidth that will help eliminate some CCD/IOD interconnection and latency bottlenecks which are common in the current lineup.
From previous reports, we know that Zen 6 core is codenamed Morpheus and is likely going to leverage 2nm process technology. Meanwhile, RDNA 5 is going to be the return of the red team in the enthusiast market with RDNA 4 mainly focusing on the mainstream and high-end gaming segment.
Previous reports have suggested that RDNA 4 won't be making its way to the top enthusiast segments which is currently dominated by the likes of the Radeon RX 7900 series. The RDNA 4 SKU lineup was rumored to have dropped down various high-end die configurations with the current focus being on toned-down chip designs. Following are the expected features of AMD's Ryzen client "Medusa" family:
The AMD Medusa "Ryzen Client" CPUs are still years away from launch. We can expect them to be unveiled sometime around late 2025 or mid-2026 and it will be interesting to see if AMD sticks to its AM5 platform for the desktop segment by then. The company has committed to a 2025+ plan for AM5 and Medusa might as well be the last Ryzen client CPU release for the platform but they can extend or decrease the lifespan depending on the need to move to better I/O capabilities.
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