AMD's next-gen Zen 7 chips with X3D teased, new 3D cores, and more in fresh rumors

AMD has its current-gen Zen 5 processors on the market, with next-gen Zen 6 chips in the making, but now we're hearing some juicy rumors regarding the future-gen Zen 7 architecture.

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In his latest Broken Silicon podcast, leaker Moore's Law is Dead drops some nuggets of info regarding AMD's next-gen Zen 7 processors. MLID says that Zen 7 will usher in new "3D cores" are not V-Cache cores, and require cache chiplets that will lead to some "profound performance increases" for gaming.

MLID ponders what AMD could cook with a single CPU architecture, 3D cores, and TSMC's latest process node... a true next-gen gaming beast with no E-Cores, either. Pure performance Zen 7 cores with these purported 3D cores driving up new levels of PC gaming performance sounds great to me.

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Zen 7 will reportedly feature 3 different types of cores: the usual performance cores, dense cores made for maximum throughput, and a new low-power variant made for energy-efficient tasks. The new Zen 7 compute chiplets (CCDs) are expected to TSMC's bleeding-edge A14 process node, which will feature backside power delivery network.

The 3D V-Cache SRAM chiplets underneath the CCDs will be made on TSMC's current N4 process node, but don't expect to see AMD's next-gen Zen 7 processors until at least 2028 or later, as we've got the next-gen Zen 6 architecture before then... I'd love to see a new Ryzen X3D processor with these new 3D cores... bring it on, AMD.