AMD is making little effort to hide its intentions to launch Zen 3 (Vermeer) desktop processors this year. All other plans for the company's consumer-grade processors are obscure, but some online sources are already ready to look into 2022 to describe AMD processors of the corresponding period.
Firstly, a popular Japanese blogger published a table with his own forecasts regarding the range of future AMD processors. . The long-term plan is broken down by years, in the current one we are expecting a meeting with Milan server processors, Vermeer desktop processors and Renoir hybrid processors in Socket AM4. The scope of the latter, as already noted, will be limited to the segment of ready-made computers for corporate use.
A Japanese source is not entirely sure which AMD processors will be released in 2021. Aside from the Floyd Socket SP5 server platform and the River Hawk series of embedded processors, Cezanne's APUs can be seen in both the desktop and mobile segments. They will be produced according to the current version of TSMC's 7nm technology at the time of release, as the resource specifies. , and will also combine Zen 3 computing architecture and Vega graphics architecture.
According to the source, it will be possible to count on the emergence of hybrid processors with integrated graphics of the RDNA 2 generation only in 2022, when the APUs of the Rembrandt family are released. They, too, will be offered on mobile and desktop, although the timing of the announcement has yet to be discussed. According to EXPreview, Rembrandt processors will combine the Zen 3+ computing architecture and the RDNA 2 graphics architecture. They will be produced using the so-called 6-nm technology performed by TSMC.
In terms of supported interfaces, Rembrandt processors will also significantly advance relative to their predecessors. They will offer support for DDR5 and LPDDR5 memory, PCI Express 4.0 and USB 4 interfaces. The new type of memory will also mean a new design for the desktop segment - Socket AM4 will finally have to say goodbye.
The Japanese blogger also mentions the possibility of Raphael desktop processors appearing in 2022 without integrated graphics. Mobile Van Gogh processors, according to EXPreview, will receive ultra-low power consumption and characteristics related to the basis of the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. They will combine Zen 2 computing architecture and RDNA 2 graphics architecture, but the TDP level will not exceed 9W. Based on them, thin and light mobile devices will be created.
Source: 3dnews.ru