AMD's Updated CPU Roadmap Confirms Zen 6 For 2026, Reveals First Zen 7 Details

Lest there be any doubt, AMD is already working on what comes next after Zen 6, which an updated CPU roadmap revealed at its Financial Analyst Day event remains on track to launch next year. The event is focused more on the business side of the equation, but there are still some high level details to be gleaned, including that Zen 7 is official.

We've known about Zen 6 for quite some time—at least since last year—while new details continue to trickle out. Earlier this week, for example, it was confirmed that Zen 6 will support AVX-512 instructions on client systems (no big surprise there), including support for the FP16 datatype as a "first class" citizen on x86-64 CPUs.

According to AMD, Zen 6 is poised to be the first major processor launch to leverage TSMC's 2-nanometer manufacturing technology. During the event, AMD's executive vice ...