The AMD Zen 5 core was*confirmed*to be in development by AMD a while ago in their slides during the Zen+ launch. It has once again been confirmed by David Suggs, who’s the chief architect for the AMD Zen 2 and Zen 5 microprocessor cores. AMD has teams within the CPU department who are working on different Zen cores in parallel. David, in particular, has been the Chief architect behind the AMD Zen 2 core which recently made its debut with the*Ryzen 3000 processors*and also, the upcoming Zen 5 cores.
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The Zen 5 core which should launch in between 2022-2023 can be based on a further optimized 5nm process which would allow for significant performance uplifts. Since there are no more “+” within the Zen family (e.g. Zen+), we should expect noticeable upgrades that would further lift IPC along with improved chiplet interconnects. AMD’s Zen 5 core would mark another breakthrough for AMD by the time it launches while their*competition*would still be relying on their in-house 7nm node.