AMD in its submit Q1-2020 earnings launch disclosures said that the corporate is “on track” to launching its next-generation “Zen 3” CPU microarchitecture and RDNA2 graphics structure in late-2020. The firm didn’t reveal in what form or kind the 2 will debut. AMD is readying “Zen 3” primarily based EPYC “Milan” enterprise processors, “Vermeer” Ryzen desktop processors, and “Cezanne” Ryzen cell APUs primarily based on “Zen 3,” though there isn’t any phrase on which product line the microarchitecture will debut with. “Zen 3” compute dies (CCDs) are anticipated to get rid of the quad-core compute complicated (CCX) association of cores, and are anticipated to be constructed on a refined 7 nm-class silicon fabrication course of, both TSMC N7P or N7+.
The solely confirmed RDNA2 primarily based merchandise we now have as of now are the semi-custom SoCs that drive the Sony PlayStation 5 and Microsoft Xbox Series X next-generation consoles, that are anticipated to debut by late-2020. The AMD tweet, nevertheless, specifies “GPUs” (presumably referring to discrete GPUs). Also, with AMD forking its graphics IP to RDNA (for graphics processors) and CDNA (for headless compute accelerators), we’re pretty certain AMD is referring to a Radeon RX or Radeon Pro launch within the tweet. Microsoft’s announcement of the DirectX 12 Ultimate brand is predicted to expedite launch of Radeon RX discrete GPUs primarily based on RDNA2, as the present RDNA structure would not meet the brand necessities.
