Question Zen 6 Speculation Thread

[Joe NYC]

Seeing the pace of AMD innovation, Zen 6 will have a new IOD + interconnect and that's mostly it. They do one thing at a time. So it took them like 9 years to create a "big APU", or they still keep using K10-like MCM...

With that in mind, AMD could, in theory, release new IOD with Zen 5, assuming the RDL connectivity will be compatible with Zen 6. It could still be AM5 socket, the IOD could be slightly beefed up with slightly bigger GPU and NPU, and the desktops could be Copilot compatible.

Then, when Zen 6 launches, for AM5, the IO Die would already be debugged, and launch could be more seamless.

The advantages of this aproach:
- 1 step at the time
- Copilot compatibility for corporate desktop
- lower power consumption of desktop CPUs

 

[SteinFG]

Copilot compatibility

Kraken already has that. Theoretical 9700G (or 350G, whatever it's gonna be called) is eligible for copilot. No need to make a weird SKU that only handful of AI lovers will buy

 

[SteinFG]

another 13% is series S that devs hate to deal with since Microsoft decided to save a few bucks on extra 2 GB vRAM, it's complete failure

This chip has 128-bit bus, and microsoft is already using clamshell setup to get 8+2 GB to that thing. I have no clue why they didn't refresh series S like a year ago with full clamshell setup (8+8=16GB of GDDR6), it would alleviate most struggles devs have, while also keeping the same SOC.

 

[Win2012R2]

I have no clue why they didn't refresh series S like a year ago with full clamshell setup (8+8=16GB of GDDR6), it would alleviate most struggles devs have

And what to do with the millions of V1 units that were sold, recall them? And PS5 digital was only marginally more expensive anyway

 

[StefanR5R]

Then, when Zen 6 launches, for AM5, the IO Die would already be debugged, and launch could be more seamless.

Remember 2024? There were no system-level changes from Raphael to Granite Ridge. Yet the mess at launch was thorough enough that they even retracted the launch date which their CEO had proclaimed earlier. And even after the delay, the usual hilarity with half baked AGESAs/BIOSes ensued.