AMD Sets Next-Gen Zen 5 CPUs For 2H 2024 Launch: Granite Ridge For Desktops, Strix For Laptops, Turin For Servers

During its Q4 2023 earnings call, AMD CEO, Dr. Lisa Su, confirmed that they have positioned next-gen Zen 5 products throughout the second half of 2024 which includes Granite Ridge for desktops, Strix Point for laptops, and Turin CPUs for EPYC servers.

AMD's Zen 5 core architecture will be the foundation of red team's next-gen CPU families ranging from client PCs to high-performance data centers. In its Q4 2023 earnings call, AMD's CEO, Dr. Lisa Su, confirmed that Zen 5 is entering the market on both fronts in the second half of 2024, marking a big development in the industry.

Starting with the client side, AMD reaffirmed that its AI PC segment will see the likes of Strix Point, the follow-up to its Ryzen 8040 "Hawk Point" APUs in the second half of 2024. The company stated that the first notebooks based on these next-gen APUs will be available later this year and will be utilizing the Zen 5 core architecture and tuned GPU architecture known as RDNA 3.5. These chips will also deliver a 3x improvement in AI NPU performance with the upgraded Ryzen AI "XDNA 2" engine.

In addition to Zen 5 for notebooks, AMD will also introduce Zen 5 for desktops in the form of the next-gen Granite Ridge CPUs which will replace the Zen 4-based Raphael chips and offer a major performance improvement on existing and newer AM5 platforms.

Strix combines our next-gen, Zen 5 core with enhanced RDNA graphics and an updated Ryzen AI engine to significantly increase the performance, energy efficiency and AI capabilities of PCs. Customer momentum for Strix is strong with the first notebooks on track to launch later this year.

Looking at 2024, we are planning for the PC TAM to grow modestly year-on-year, weighted towards the second half as AI PCs ramp. We continue to see strong growth opportunities for our client business as we ramp our current products, extend our AIPC leadership and launch our next wave of Zen 5 CPUs.

Lisa Su - AMD CEO (Q4 2023 Earnings Call)

Meanwhile, on the data center front, AMD also confirms that Turin, the follow-up to Genoa, will be introduced as a drop-in replacement to 4th Gen EPYC platforms. The Turin CPUs will carry a higher number of cores and include radical memory expansion capabilities. The Zen 5 core will also be delivering leadership performance per watt across a wide range of workloads which has already been demonstrated by Genoa chips.

The 5th Gen EPYC Turin CPUs are expected to offer up to 128 cores in standard Zen 5 and up to 192 cores in the Zen 5C variations. These will mark a huge upgrade and directly tackle Intel Xeon Granite Rapids P-Core and Sierra Forest E-Core families which are also aiming a 2H 2024 launch.

Looking ahead, customer excitement for our upcoming Turin family of EPYC Processors is very strong. Turin is a drop-in replacement for existing 4th Gen EPYC platforms that extends our performance, efficiency and TCO leadership with the addition of our next-gen Zen 5 core, new memory expansion capabilities and higher core counts.

Internal and end customer validation work is progressing to plan with Turin on track to deliver overall performance leadership, as well as leadership on a per core or per watt basis across a wide range of workloads when it launches later this year.

And then, we also see Turin, our Zen 5 product coming in the second half of the year. So, even in a mixed demand environment, I think we're bullish on what traditional server CPUs can do in 2024.

And as we go into Turin, we're deep in the design in-cycle for Zen 5 and Turin and we feel very good about how we're positioned.

Lisa Su - AMD CEO (Q4 2023 Earnings Call)

These three families are just the tip of the iceberg as AMD plans to introduce even more products based on its Zen 5 "Nirvana" and Zen 5C "Prometheus" cores in 2025.