A new rumour has emerged from AMD regarding its future Zen 6 processors. According to Moore’s Law is Dead (MLID), the brand could seriously increase the number of cores in its processors. But how? By putting more cores per CCD, quite simply!
Zen 6: more cores per CCD!
Now that Zen 5 and the Ryzen 9000 are out, the brand can clearly concentrate on its next generation of Zen 6 CPUs. In fact, if this paper is to be believed, this is already the case. However, the latest rumours spread by MLID indicate that this new generation could see its number of cores increased by 50%, with CCDs featuring 12 cores instead of eight. If the company keeps to its usual pattern, the potential Ryzen 9 10950X (if it’s actually called that) would feature a total of 24 cores!
Assuming the brand continues with its habits, we’ll also find a large amount of cache memory. It’s simple: if the number of cores is 50%, so is the L3 cache memory. So a Ryzen with two CCDs would have 96 MB of L3 (48 MB per CCD), and imagine the X3D models with an extra 64 MB. However, it’s highly likely that all this will be overhauled between now and then, so we’ll keep an eye on that.
In terms of engraving, the CCDs could well benefit from TSMC’s 3nm. Otherwise, the leaker mentions a new interconnection mode between the CCDs and the I/O die with a silicon interposer. This would provide better bandwidth between the various elements of the CPU and reduce latency. Let’s just say that on an MCM processor, we can expect a higher internal latency than on a so-called monolithic CPU.
Finally, the good news is that the AM5 platform is still being used to house these CPUs, but we told you all about that here.
