AMD presents new Zen CPU roadmap, confirms Zen 7 with new matrix engine

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AMD Zen6 and Zen7 on official roadmap



AMD has finally placed Zen 7 on its official CPU core roadmap. On the new “Leadership CPU Core Roadmap” slide, Zen 7 appears in a separate block labeled as a “Future Node” and “Next-Generation” design. The only concrete features listed are a new matrix engine and AI data format expansion, underlining that the next core family will keep pushing AI compute support rather than just classic scalar and vector CPU work.

The same slide recaps how AMD got here. Zen 4 and Zen 4c are tied to 5 nm and 4 nm with AVX-512 AI ISA support, dual-core design points, and larger L2 cache. Zen 5 and Zen 5c on 4 nm and 3 nm promise wider and deeper compute, full 512-bit AI vectors, and a re-optimized cache hierarchy. Zen 6 and Zen 6c move to an “industry-first” 2nm node. AMD reminds us that this was the first EPYC based on Zen6 to leave the fab, and we covered this here. The Zen6 will support a new AI data type and more AI pipelines, with the timeline bar pointing to 2026 for that generation.

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