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At its Advancing AI event, AMD CEO Lisa Su unveiled a long-term CPU roadmap extending to Zen 8. The company introduced the 256-core EPYC 9996 with Zen 6 architecture and announced Venice-X for next year. Su confirmed that Zen 7, codenamed 'Florence,' will launch in 2028, featuring next-gen cores, leading-edge process technology, and new AI compute extensions. Florence will be part of a diversified product family including the Ferrara AI host node and Faenza Agentic Sandbox. AMD also revealed that Zen 8, codenamed 'Ravenna,' is already deep in development for 2030. On the accelerator side, AMD detailed its MI500-series Instinct products with next-generation HBM and new interconnect technologies, promising a 2,000x increase in inference throughput over four years. The CDNA Next-based Instinct MI600 family is also in development for 2028.
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AMD has detailed its long-term CPU roadmap, including multiple generations of its Zen microarchitecture, during its Advancing AI event. While much of the presentation focused on the new 256-core EPYC 9996 featuring the Zen 6 architecture and the upcoming Venice-X series slated for next year, AMD also teased a Zen CPU roadmap extending to Zen 8.
Florence: Zen 7 Arrives in 2028
"In 2028, we are going to introduce Florence," said Lisa Su, CEO of AMD. "Florence brings the next-gen Zen 7 cores and its leading-edge process technology. It's a new set of AI compute extensions to really ensure that we have all of the AI capability, and it supports the latest memory technologies."
Su did not disclose specific details about the process technology, core counts, memory subsystem, or AI extensions planned for Florence (Zen 7). However, she indicated that Florence will not be a standalone processor family. Instead, it will be joined by the Ferrara AI host node and Faenza Agentic Sandbox for different AI workloads. AMD says this approach will enable it to offer purpose-built CPUs for a wider range of applications, rather than relying on a single architecture configuration across the entire server market.
Ravenna: Zen 8 Already in Development for 2030
"And we are not stopping there," Su said. "We are already deep in development of Ravenna, our 8th Generation EPYC family built on Zen 8, and that family is already well under development for 2030."
The CPU roadmap is part of AMD's general strategy to offer a predictable cadence for its data center platforms.
Accelerator Roadmap: MI500 and MI600 Series
On the accelerator side, AMD is developing its MI500-series Instinct products with next-generation HBM, larger scale-up domains, and new copper and optical interconnect technologies — similar to Nvidia's outlook toward Rubin Ultra and Feynman.
"MI500 will deliver the largest generational leap in the history of Instinct, putting us on track to deliver more than 2,000 times higher inference throughput in just four years," Su said.
AMD also confirmed that its CDNA Next-based Instinct MI600 family is already deep in development for 2028. At the event, AMD launched its MI455X GPU and teased more details about its upcoming MI500X range, which is expected to launch next year.
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