AMD Roadmap Update Shows RDNA 3 GPUs Launching This Year, “Zen 5” CPUs in 2024

Just weeks after announcing the first details of its upcoming Ryzen 7000 series desktop processors, AMD has unveiled a preview of its consumer and server product roadmap for the next two generations. The news comes from AMD’s Financial Analyst Day, where CEO Dr Lisa Su spoke about the company’s plans to capture part of the projected $300 billion market for high-end computing solutions. performance. Although the event is aimed at financial analysts and shareholders, information on AMD’s competitive positions in various markets includes information on upcoming products. The company has also adopted a new slogan: “Together, we move forward”.

In the consumer market, AMD’s upcoming “Zen 4” processor core architecture will be the basis for the “Raphael” generation of desktop processors, which will be released as the Ryzen 7000 series before the end of this year. . It will be a high-end product line using a 5nm manufacturing process, and AMD promises an 8-10% increase in IPC (instructions per clock) performance as well as an improvement of at least 25 % in terms of performance per watt. 4nm versions are also planned, although the segmentation is unclear.

Zen 4 will also power the upcoming Epyc “Genoa” line of server processors as well as a new “Bergamo” line based on a density-optimized variant called Zen 4c for cloud-native computing applications. The “Genoa-X” variants will feature AMD’s integrated 3D V-cache, a high-speed memory layer stacked vertically above the processor die. Another product line codenamed “Siena” will target a new market in smart edge and communication equipment.

Going forward, “Zen 5” is a complete overhaul slated for release in 2024 and is expected to further improve performance and efficiency, as well as introduce new AI and machine learning optimizations for Ryzen processors. general public named “Granite Ridge”. These processors will use 4nm and 3nm processes. The next generation of Epyc will be codenamed “Turin” and is expected to be released in late 2024.

AMD has also confirmed that its upcoming GPU microarchitecture, dubbed RDNA 3, will enable modular chip-based GPU design and will utilize a 5nm manufacturing process. It is said to offer a 50% improvement in performance per watt. A 4th Generation Infinity Architecture interconnect standard will allow AMD to integrate third-party chips enabling heterogeneous platforms and increased customization for customers.

RDNA 3 will be seen in next-generation “Navi 3” discrete GPUs, launching as the next Radeon RX product series later this year. This architecture will be based on RDNA 2, which has been used by several game console manufacturers this generation, hinting that the next generation will continue to take advantage of AMD’s hardware. RDNA 3 will also be integrated into the next “Phoenix Point” mobile processors based on the Zen 4 architecture in 2023, followed by “Strix Point” in 2024.

For professional markets, the CDNA 3 architecture and XDNA, which is the result of the acquisition of Xilinx by AMD, will help generate significant performance gains for new products in the field of AI and high performance computing. . New Instinct MI300 accelerators for AI training and Alevo smart NICs for confidential computing are also expected to join the company’s data center portfolio.

AMD sees growth in PC, console and cloud gaming, as well as interactive metaverse applications and 3D content creation. Xilinx IP will be integrated across product lines to improve the performance of AI inference and training workloads for consumers and enterprises. The company is also working on a unified AI software roadmap to make development more consistent across various products.