AMD's next-generation “Medusa” processor is shaping up to be a very big chip if recent rumors are to be believed, although it will still be a long time before we get close to seeing it.
The upcoming processor architecture, shared on X (formerly Twitter) by Olrak29shows the CPU side of the processor with Zen 6 CPU cores and the iGPU side with RDNA 5 GPU cores, skipping RDNA 4 entirely in favor of the more advanced component.
Memes aside, Medusa has RDNA 5 iGPU, omitting RDNA 4 https://t.co/NBgY6tUenRFebruary 19, 2024
Obviously, we should take any news or rumors this far from a launch (the earliest we can expect Medusa to be is late 2025, early 2026) with a ton of salt, especially since we know so little about AMD's Zen 6. It's not even entirely clear what AMD Zen 5, which will power the Ryzen 8000 series processors expected to launch in mid-2024, will bring to the table once those chips launch, and that launch is just a few months away. away. Predicting how things will develop two years from now is a bit of a stretch.
Still, as Wccftech points out, there are some things we can speculate about based on AMD's stated commitment to its AM5 platform until “2025+,” among other things. AMD Medusa will likely be the last desktop processor for the AM5 platform, for example, and is expected to feature a 2.5D chip interconnect to reduce CPU bottlenecks, something Intel has already built into its chips.
We don't yet know which Zen 6 process node 'Morpheus' CPU cores will be manufactured, but they may go up to 2nm for the core CPU architecture, which would make it one of the most advanced desktop processors on the market when it eventually It will land sometime in 2025 or 2026.
AMD seems to be investing in performance for Medusa
With the inclusion of RDNA 5 GPU cores (assuming the leak is legitimate), AMD seems to want to pack as much power into the Medusa as possible.
It has long been reported that AMD's RDNA 4 graphics architecture will not enter the enthusiast segment, leaving that ground to whatever Nvidia cooks up, and will instead stick with more mainstream and gaming segments for that generation.
But since RDNA 5 reportedly puts AMD back in competition across the entire stack, its possible inclusion in a mainstream Ryzen processor would save many people from having to buy one of the best graphics cards to play their favorite PC games. , especially at lower resolutions. such as 1080p and 1440p. Given the surprising power of AMD's recent 8000G series chips, these next-generation Zen 6 processors could be just what we need to help kickstart the budget PC gaming scene again.
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