A leaked roadmap has revealed the upcoming Zen 4-based EPYC chips. These processors are the EPYC Genoa 7004 and Embedded 3004.
AMD launches EPYC Genoa ‘7004’ CPUs with up to 96 cores
According to the unveiled roadmap, the first EPYC “Zen 4” chips will hit the server platform in 2022, with corresponding performance improvements. This will be followed by the Embedded 3004 chips, which will arrive in the first quarter of 2023.
With the arrival of the Zen 4-based EPYC Genoa, AMD will add up to 96 cores and 192 threads. They will use that as a basis to offer exceptional IPC increases with a 5nm process node from TSMC. This IPC performance increase would be nearly 30% over the Milan generation and an additional 40% due to other architectural improvements.
AMD would have achieved this by adding a total of up to 12 CCDs in their Genoa chip. Each CCD will have 8 Zen 4 cores, giving us a total of 96 cores. Although the process node will be smaller (5nm), that won’t stop the socket from getting bigger to be able to add more cores. The maximum power consumption would be set at 320W.
EPYC Embedded ‘3004’ will also feature the Zen 4 core architecture and will have a multi-chip solution that will vary with 32- and 64-core models with a TDP between 65W and 120W. These chips will be soldered directly to the motherboard.
We can expect more news about this new generation of processors from AMD at CES 2022, which will take place in early 2022.