AMD Desktop Roadmap: Ryzen 8000 “Granite Ridge” CPUs In Late 2024 & Threadripper “Shimada Peak” In 2025

AMD's next-gen desktop CPU families including Ryzen 8000 "Granite Ridge" & Threadripper "Shimada Peak" along with their release dates.

The report comes from DigiTimes who states that due to a sluggish PC market, most customers will not be utilizing TSMC's 3nm process node and instead rely on 5nm and 4nm processes till 2025. It's known that the PC market hasn't been performing well due to economic tensions & rising inflation and that has changed the course for TSMC and its major partners such as AMD. The tech outlet has a list of next-gen families along with their schedules which they received from industry sources.

@mooreslawisdead: Kracken PointDigiTimes: Krackan Point

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AMD Ryzen 8000 "Granite Ridge" Desktop CPUs With Zen 5 In Late 2024

Starting off with the desktop family, it is reported that the successor to the AMD Ryzen 7000 CPU family codenamed Raphael will come in the form of Ryzen 8000 codenamed Granite Ridge. These chips will utilize a mix of 4nm and 6nm nodes. The 4nm process will be used for the CCD while the 6nm process will be used for the IOD. It is reported that the Granite Ridge series will launch in late 2024 as AMD still wants to squeeze more juice out of its Zen 4 cores for the desktop segment.

AMD has so far confirmed that the new Zen 5 architecture will launch in 2024. The Zen 5 CPUs will come in three flavors (Zen 5 / Zen 5 V-Cache / Zen 5C) and the chip itself is designed from the ground up with a completely brand new microarchitecture that focuses on delivering enhanced performance and efficiency, a re-pipelined front-end, and wide issue along with Integrated AI and machine learning optimization. Some of the key features of Zen 5 CPUs include:

While there have been performance, frequency, and power estimates shared by Jim Keller for AMD's Zen 5 CPU core architecture, the design itself is still a mystery for now.

APUs Returning To Desktops? 7nm Cezzane & 4nm Phoenix In 2023

In addition to the main desktop family, AMD is also said to introduce its Cezanne and Phoenix APUs for desktop platforms. These APUs will utilize the 7nm and 4nm process nodes, respectively. AMD's APUs have been AWOL from the desktop segment for a long time now. It is not confirmed if these APUs will hit DIY availability or remain an OEM-only products. The chips will share the same specs as their mobile counterparts with a mix of Zen 3 + Vega for Cezanne & Zen 4 + RDNA 3 for Phoenix APUs.

AMD Threadripper 8000 "Shimada Peak" HEDT CPUs With Zen 5 In 2025

Lastly, we have the big one, the AMD Zen 5 HEDT family for Threadripper platforms known as the "Shimada Peak". The Shimada Peak chips will replace the Storm Peak chips featured within AMD's Threadripper 7000 family which is due for launch later this year. It is likely that AMD retains the same socket designs for the Threadripper 8000 "Shimada Peak" chips and we can expect a big jump in performance since Zen 5 cores are built from the ground up & are expected to utilize a brand new cache design.

We are expecting AMD's Ryzen Threadripper 7000 CPUs to feature anywhere from 64 and up to 96 cores. These CPUs will feature huge amounts of I/O with the latest DDR5 and PCIe Gen 5 standards.

AMD Mobile: Strix & Hawk Replaces Phoenix, Krackan Replaces Strix, Escher Replaces Mendocino

On the mobile front, AMD's Phoenix Point APUs will be replaced by a soft refresh known as Hawk Point which will stick with the 4nm process node while the successor to Strix Point will launch close to 2025 with Zen 5 cores on the 4nm process node. This new design will be known as the Krackan Point (Kraken). There will also be an update on the entry-level & low-power side with 4nm Escher APUs replacing Mendocino. The lineup successors are as below:

We know that AMD's Strix Point will be the first family to feature Zen 5 cores in a hybrid fashion so Krackan seems like a refresh of that before moving into the Zen 6 era. These chips are likely to be competing against Intel's Arrow Lake and Lunar Lake chips with Krackan possibly launching around the same time as Nova Lake.

Lastly, the report states that AMD's EPYC Turn family might end up being the first 3nm product design from the red team but its launch isn't expected until late 2024 or even early 2025. Leaker, @OneRaichu, brings up the possibility that the EPYC Turn CPUs might end up using both 4nm & 3nm process nodes with the standard Zen 5 CCD using the 4nm process and the Zen 5C cores built on the 3nm process.

https://twitter.com/OneRaichu/status/1651817619912282113

AMD's Zen 6 "Morpheus" family which launches by 2026 (at the earliest) is expected to utilize the 2nm process but you never know for sure.