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Zen 5 was first mentioned by lead architect Michael Clark during a discussion on April 9th, 2018<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQ_4C2TKHQ0 Ryzen™ Processors: One Year Later]</ref>.
 
Zen 5 was first mentioned by lead architect Michael Clark during a discussion on April 9th, 2018<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQ_4C2TKHQ0 Ryzen™ Processors: One Year Later]</ref>.
  
Zen 5 will be the 4th iteration of the {{\\|Zen}} microarchitecture. The number four has been skipped because it brings bad luck in Chinese culture.
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It is widely believed to be the fourth iteration of the {{\\|Zen}} microarchitecture, with the designation "Zen4" supposedly being skipped due to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetraphobia Tetraphobia] (the practice of avoiding the number four), particularly in China.
 
It will probably be produced on a [[5nm process]].
 
It will probably be produced on a [[5nm process]].
  

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Zen 5 µarch
General Info
Arch TypeCPU
DesignerAMD
ManufacturerGlobalFoundries
Process5 nm
Succession

Zen 5 is a planned microarchitecture being developed by AMD as a successor to Zen 3.

History

Zen 5 was first mentioned by lead architect Michael Clark during a discussion on April 9th, 2018[1].

It is widely believed to be the fourth iteration of the Zen microarchitecture, with the designation "Zen4" supposedly being skipped due to Tetraphobia (the practice of avoiding the number four), particularly in China. It will probably be produced on a 5nm process.

Codenames

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Architecture

Nothing is currently known about the architectural improvements that are being done to Zen 5.

Key changes from Zen 3

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See Also

  • Ryzen™ Processors: One Year Later
  • codenameZen 5 +
    designerAMD +
    full page nameamd/microarchitectures/zen 5 +
    instance ofmicroarchitecture +
    manufacturerGlobalFoundries +
    microarchitecture typeCPU +
    nameZen 5 +
    process5 nm (0.005 μm, 5.0e-6 mm) +