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AMD's AM5 Socket support for Ryzen CPUs will continue through 2029, Zen 6, and Zen 7

May 31, 2026 | AMD has confirmed that it will support the current AM5 socket through 2029, which means it will support next-gen Ryzen CPUs until 2030.

Leak: AMD Zen 6 'Powderhorn' B0 silicon tapes out - Targeting late 2026 to rival Intel's Nova Lake

May 30, 2026 | The B0 stepping tape-out includes both standard desktop and X3D variants, enabling a potential simultaneous launch on the AM5 platform.

Biostar teases next-gen AMD motherboards to Computex 2026, and it could be our first look at the Zen 6 platform

May 6, 2026 | AMD has a history of using Computex to tease next-gen platforms via motherboard reveals and IPC claims, making Biostar's announcement hard to ignore.

New AMD Zen 7 leak surfaces, up to 25% IPC upgrade over the unreleased Zen 6

April 18, 2026 | The yet unannounced architecture will apparently use TSMC's A14 node and will most likely be compatible with existing AM5 motherboards.

Leaked AMD Zen 6 EPYC Venice samples spotted with 64-192 cores across 1P & 2P setups on Congo, Kenya, and Nigeria Platforms

March 29, 2026 | AMD's first 2nm-based Zen 6 processors are set to debut in data centers, with the EPYC 9006 'Venice' family launching in the second half of 2026.

Leaked AMD Medusa Point 'Zen 6' 10-core test sample matches current generation equivalent at less than half the clock speed

March 18, 2026 | These next-generation laptop processors are also reported to receive a bump across both CPU core counts and L3 cache configurations.

AMD's next-gen Zen 6-powered Ryzen desktop CPUs delayed to 2027

February 22, 2026 | AMD's Zen 6-powered next-gen Ryzen desktop CPUs have reportedly been delayed until 2027 at the earliest, according to a new report.

AMD Zen 6 rumor: 24-core flagship, 20-core and 16-core CPUs - and a 12-core X3D gaming chip?

February 19, 2026 | A regular leaker on X has provided a breakdown of how 'Olympic Ridge' could pan out, and gamers are hopeful for a 12-core single chiplet X3D model.

AMD's next-gen Zen 6-based 'Medusa Halo' APU rumored with LPDDR6 memory support

February 10, 2026 | AMD's next-generation family of Medusa Halo APUs will power a new wave of Ryzen AI Max SoCs that are rumored to support LPDDR6 memory.

AMD's next-gen Zen 6 CCD: similar size to Zen 5, but with 50% more cores on TSMC's new 2nm node

February 1, 2026 | AMD's next-gen Zen 6 CCD measures in at 76mm2, just a tad bigger than Zen 5 CCDs but with 50% more CPU cores and cache, fabbed on TSMC N2 process node.

AMD shows off next-gen Zen 6-based EPYC 'Venice CPU, Instinct MI455X GPU for Helios AI racks

January 6, 2026 | AMD shows off its world-first 2nm EPYC 'Venice' CPU with Zen 6 cores, and the Instinct MI455X AI accelerator for its Helios AI racks.

COLORFUL confirms AMD's next-gen Zen 6 CPUs are supported on its latest B850 motherboards

November 28, 2025 | COLORFUL has confirmed that AMD's next-gen Ryzen 'Zen 6' CPUs are supported on its new B850 motherboards: CVN, Battle-Ax, and MEOW boards support Zen 6.

AMD's next-gen Zen 6 EPYC Venice CPU: over 70% more performance, 30% more thread density

November 13, 2025 | AMD's next-gen Zen 6-based EPYC 'Venice' CPU offers up to 70% more performance than Zen 5 EPYC, 30% thread density, fabbed on TSMC's new 2nm process node.

AMD confirms next-gen Zen 6 'Medusa' CPUs for 2027: up to 32C/64T CPU, RDNA 5 GPU, on TSMC 2nm

November 11, 2025 | AMD confirms its next-gen Zen 6-based Medusa CPUs will launch in 2027, powered by next-gen Zen 6 cores, new RDNA 5 GPU, and XDNA for 10x AI performance.

AMD's confirms Zen 6 on TSMC 2nm, officially confirms future-gen Zen 7 on an even newer node

November 11, 2025 | AMD has updated its CPU roadmap confirming both Zen 6 and Zen 7 CPU architectures, with Zen 6 on TSMC's new 2nm node, and Zen 7 on a 'future node'.

AMD CEO Lisa Su says next-gen 2nm EPYC Venice Zen 6 CPUs to launch with Instinct MI400 in 2026

November 5, 2025 | AMD's next-generation Zen 6-based EPYC 'Venice' CPUs fabbed on TSMC 2nm will launch alongside next-gen Instinct MI400 AI accelerators in 2026.

AMD's Zen 6 Ryzen CPUs will work on AM5 motherboards with 32 MB or 64 MB BIOS

October 13, 2025 | Marketing for the new ASUS X870 AYW GAMING WIFI W motherboard specifically mentions 'Zen 6' support, however its 64MB BIOS size has people worried.

AMD Zen 6 CPU support officially confirmed: ASUS is ready for Zen 6 with B850 motherboard

October 10, 2025 | ASUS is the first motherboard maker to confirm support for AMD's next-gen Zen 6-based Ryzen CPUs on its B850M OC motherboards thanks to larger 64MB BIOS.

AMD Zen 6 leak: previous speculation is wrong, silicon bridges unleash performance says leaker

October 3, 2025 | even Xbox Magnus all use silicon bridges. We could not afford to do that if it was expensive or prone to manufacturing bottlenecks.

MSI says next gen CPU support, aka Zen 6, is coming to AM5 motherboards

October 2, 2025 | MSI confirms that some of its AM5 motherboards, like the new MSI X870E Tomahawk Max WiFi Project Zero, will be 'future CPU ready' - aka Zen 6 on AM5.

AMD Ryzen Zen 6 CPUs to receive performance boost thanks to new design

September 29, 2025 | AMD's Zen 6 is slated to receive significant power efficiency and latency gains through a new and improved chiplet architecture that is already public.

Intel confirms Arrow Lake Refresh won't arrive until 2026 - to be DOA against AMD's Zen 6 CPUs?

September 10, 2025 | An Intel executive has confirmed that Arrow Lake Refresh CPUs are coming, but they won't arrive until 2026 - with Nova Lake debuting late next year.

AMD's next-gen Zen 6 CPUs: TSMC 2nm 'N2P' CCD with TSMC 3nm 'N3P' IOD in 2026

September 2, 2025 | AMD's next-gen Ryzen CPUs based on Zen 6 will use TSMC 2nm + 3nm processes for the CCD and IOD, next-gen 2nm chip ramp expected in Q3 2026.

PS6 handheld full specs leaks here: Zen 6 CPU, RDNA 5 GPU, faster than a PS5, docked mode too

August 27, 2025 | Sony's next-gen PlayStation 'Canis' is the PS6 handheld: new leaks tease docked mode, PS5 + PS4 backwards compatibility, and faster than the PS5.

AMD CPU roadmap leaks tease 'Gator Range' and 'Medusa Point + Halo' Zen 6 CPUs for 2027

August 24, 2025 | Leaked roadmap for AMD laptop Zen 6-based processors lines up with other CPU leaks: Gator Range and Medusa Point are coming in 2027.

PS6 handheld early specs leak: runs PS5 + PS4 games, Zen 6 CPU, RDNA 5 GPU, beats Xbox Ally X

August 3, 2025 | Sony's next-gen PlayStation 6 handheld early specs leaked: Zen 6 CPU, RDNA 5 GPU, backwards compatible with PS5 and PS4 games, half the speed of PS5.

PlayStation 6 specs leak update: AMD Robin APU teased with powerful RDNA 5 GPU, Zen 6 CPU

July 24, 2025 | Sony's next-generation PlayStation 6 console APU rumor update: Robin APU teased, with Robin+ APU on die shrink from TSMC enters the rumor mill.

AMD's rumored Magnus APU to power next-gen Xbox, PlayStation 6: 11-core Zen 6 CPU, huge GPU

July 18, 2025 | AMD's purported Magnus APU will power the next-gen Xbox and possibly PS6 consoles: 11-core CPU, massive GPU, and 384-bit memory bus leaked.

AMD is aiming for an insane 7.0GHz or more clock speed with its next-gen Zen 6-based Ryzen CPUs

July 12, 2025 | AMD's next-generation Zen 6-based Ryzen CPUs 'confirmed' in new rumors to boast insane 7.0GHz boost clocks, will smash Intel into the ground.

AMD's next-gen Zen 6 CPU samples are in the wild, more CPU cores, new 'dual' IMC design teased

July 10, 2025 | AMD's next-gen Zen 6 CPU samples in the wild, new leaks suggest Zen 6 architecture is an 'evolution' with more CPU cores per CCD, new 'Dual' IMC design.

Want a cheaper RDNA 4 GPU? AMD's vanilla RX 9060 gets AIDA64 support, alongside Zen 6 CPUs

July 8, 2025 | Zen 6 processors only have 'preliminary support' at this stage, though, but the RX 9060 could be close at hand as an alternative to its XT sibling.

AMD's next-gen Zen 6 gaming CPU rumors: 12C/24T with huge 240MB of 2-Hi X3D cache is possible

July 3, 2025 | AMD would absolutely destroy Intel gaming CPUs with a rumored Zen 6 processor with 12 cores, 24 threads and a bonkers 240MB of 2-Hi X3D cache.

AMD's next-gen Zen 6 chips could launch with crazy high 7.0GHz CPU clock speeds

June 25, 2025 | AMD's next-gen Zen 6 processors could reach quite an insane 7.0GHz clock speed, would make for quite an incredible gaming CPU in the future against Intel.

AMD's next Zen 6 processors teased with 'well over' 6.0GHz CPU clocks

June 22, 2025 | AMD's next-gen Zen 6 desktop CPUs rumored with 'well over' 6.0GHz CPU clock speeds on TSMC's new N2X node, ready to battle Intel's next-gen Nova Lake CPUs.

AMD confirms next-gen EPYC 'Venice' Zen 6 CPU has 256 cores, will debut in 2026

June 12, 2025 | AMD confirms its next-gen Zen 6-based EPYC 'Venice' CPUs will have 256 cores in 2026, while Zen 7-based EPYC 'Verano' launches with Instinct MI500 in 2027.

AMD confirms next-gen EPYC 'Venice' Zen 6 CPUs are first HPC chip made on TSMC's new N2 process

April 14, 2025 | AMD is proud to announce its deep partnership with TSMC, with its next-gen EPYC 'Venice' CPU the first HPC chip made on TSMC's new N2 process node.

AMD's next-gen Zen 6 desktop CPU leak: over 6GHz clock speeds with TSMC N2X process node

March 29, 2025 | AMD's next-generation Zen 6 aims for 10%+ IPC uplift, fabbed on TSMC N3 and N2 process nodes, Olympic Ridge + Gator Range= high-end desktop CPUs.

AMD confirmed to skip RDNA 4 for Zen 6 APUs: RDNA 4 for discrete GPUs only, RDNA 3.5 on Zen 6

March 19, 2025 | GPUOpen Drivers reveal AMD will be using RDNA 3.5 on next-gen Zen 6 APUs, as RDNA 4 GPUs reserved for discrete cards only, RDNA 3.5 to be used on Zen 6.

AMD's next-gen Zen 6 'Medusa Ridge' desktop CPUs: 12/24/32-core variants, up to 128MB L3 cache

March 8, 2025 | AMD's next-generation Medusa Ridge 'Zen 6' desktop CPUs will arrive in 12-core, 24-core, and 32-core variants with up to 128MB of L3 cache.

AMD's next-gen Medusa Halo APU leaks: Zen 6 chip rumored with RTX 5070 Ti levels of gaming perf

March 3, 2025 | AMD's next-gen Zen 6-based Medusa Halo APU rumored with a beefy 48 CUs of GPU, offering GeForce RTX 5070 to RTX 5070 Ti levels of gaming performance.

AMD's next-gen Medusa Point 'Zen 6' APU rumor: dropping RDNA 4/5 GPU for updated RDNA 3.X GPU

March 2, 2025 | AMD's next-gen 'Medusa Point' Zen 6 APUs will reportedly use an updated RDNA 3.X GPU, dropping the rumored RDNA 4 or even RDNA 5 GPU.

AMD's next-gen Zen 6 desktop, laptop CPUs get leaked photos: meet Medusa Ridge and Medusa Point

February 15, 2025 | AMD's next-generation Zen 6 processors get leaked die shots: Medusa Ridge, Medusa Halo, Medusa Point processors will enjoy up to 24 cores, 48 threads.

AMD's next-gen Medusa Ridge CPU leak: desktop Zen 6 processors with 24 cores, 48 threads coming

February 8, 2025 | AMD's next-gen Zen 6 desktop CPUs codenamed Medusa Point rumored to bump up the core count: 24 cores, 48 threads coming with Zen 6.

AMD Zen 6 CPUs may arrive later than thought - at CES 2027 perhaps, packing AM5 compatibility

November 8, 2024 | The good news is that AM5 motherboards will be good for Zen 6 chips - as Team Red has previously promised - but an apparent delay is in the cards.

AMD confirms next-gen Zen 6 CPU cores are coming to desktops, laptops, servers in the future

July 16, 2024 | AMD officially confirms its next-generation Zen 6 and Zen 6C CPU cores: codenamed Morpheus, ready for next-gen EPYC, Ryzen AI APUs, and Ryzen CPUs.

AMD's next-gen Zen 6-based 'Medusa' CPU rumors: 2025 teased, some packaging tech from MI450 GPU

June 30, 2024 | AMD's next-generation Zen 6 CPU architecture codenamed 'Medusa' teased, could use same packaging technology as Instinct MI450 AI accelerator.

AMD's next-gen Zen 6 has three CCD configs: 8, 16, 32 cores per CCD for future Zen 6 CPUs

May 19, 2024 | AMD's next-next-gen Zen 6 core configurations teased: 8, 16, 32 cores per CCD which means dual CCD Ryzen CPU in the future could have 32 cores, 64 threads.

AMD's next-gen Zen 6 APU codenamed 'Sound Wave' teased, made on TSMC 3nm node

March 3, 2024 | AMD's next-gen Sound Wave APUs teased for 2026: new Zen 6 architecture and new RDNA 5 architecture, both ready for the future of AMD Ryzen APUs.

AMD's next-gen Zen 6 'Medusa' CPUs reportedly launching with integrated RDNA 5 GPU

February 20, 2024 | AMD's next-gen Zen 6 'Medusa' client CPU will feature next-gen RDNA 5 integrated GPU, skipping RDNA 4, and 2.5D interconnect with much higher bandwidth.

AMD's next-gen EPYC-E CPU: up to 64 x Venice Zen 6 cores, PCIe 6.0 support

December 3, 2023 | AMD's next-gen EPYC series will be powered by the new Zen 6 CPU architecutre, with EPYC-C Standard featuring 64 Zen 6 cores, PCIe 6.0 standard.

AMD Zen 6 CPUs (on 2nm) have reportedly been glimpsed - but don't get excited

April 13, 2023 | This was literally a fleeting glance at Zen 6 server processors as mentioned on a LinkedIn profile, and it's a leak we should be ultra cautious around.

AMD EPYC 'Venice' CPU: Zen 6 with 256 cores, 512 threads... or MORE!

April 30, 2022 | AMD's next-gen EPYC powered by the Zen 6 architecture is codenamed 'Venice' according to the latest leaks, expected in 2024/2025.