Zen 6
Zen 6 ("Morpheus") is the name for an upcoming CPU microarchitecture from AMD, shown on their roadmap in July 2024. It is the successor to Zen 5 ("Nirvana") and is believed to use TSMC's 3 nm and 2 nm processes. Desktop processors will be codenamed "Medusa", expected to be released under the Ryzen 10000 name, while Epyc server processors will be codenamed "Venice".
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Zen 6
Zen 6 ("Morpheus") is the name for an upcoming CPU microarchitecture from AMD, shown on their roadmap in July 2024. It is the successor to Zen 5 ("Nirvana") and is believed to use TSMC's 3 nm and 2 nm processes. Desktop processors will be codenamed "Medusa", expected to be released under the Ryzen 10000 name, while Epyc server processors will be codenamed "Venice".
Zen 6 is expected to release in late 2026 to early 2027. It is expected that each Core Complex Die (CCD) will contain up to 12 cores each, enabling a maximum of 24 cores (48 threads) for consumer platform chips.
The architecture is confirmed to introduce new instruction extensions, including AVX512BMM, AVXNECONVERT, AVXIFMA, AVXVNNIINT8, and AVX512FP16. It is also expected Zen 6 will be the first platform supporting FRED.
Zen 6c
Zen 6
Like with the previous two Zen generations, Zen 6 will come in a standard variant, as well as a high-core-density variant named Zen 6c ("Monarch"). This will be used for server chips and likely also for mobile platforms.