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

AMD's upcoming Zen 6 CPU architecture is on track for release sometime in late 2026 or early 2027, and it's expected that the next generation of Ryzen CPUs will once again use the AM5 platform. The AM5 socket and related motherboards first debuted with the Zen 4-powered Ryzen 7000 Series. As AMD has already announced that AM5 will be around for a while, it's reassuring to receive confirmation that AM5 motherboards will be Zen 6-ready.

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Although 'Zen 6' or any potential future Ryzen CPU models weren't called out, an MSI representative by the name of Jason responded to a community question on Discord (via Wccftech) relating to one of the company's new motherboards - the MSI X870E Tomahawk Max WiFi Project Zero.

This is one of MSI's new hidden-connector motherboards for cleaner-looking builds with more efficient cable management. The user posed the question of whether or not the motherboard will be updated for Zen 6 (BIOS-wise), including new memory requirements and support. MSI's response was short and straight to the point: "It will be future CPU ready."

Although details on AMD's next-gen Zen 6 CPUs are still firmly in the rumor stage, it's being widely reported and leaked that these next-gen Ryzen CPUs will feature an improved and updated chiplet architecture that will make use of TSMC's upcoming cutting-edge 2nm process, as well as 3nm for the I/O die. And with each CCD rumored to contain 12 Zen 6 cores with a larger shared L3 cache pool, we could end up seeing next-gen desktop Ryzen CPUs with 24 cores and 48 threads.