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AMD VP and chief Zen architect rebuke claims that Nvidia and Arm made CPUs for agentic AI — ‘We didn’t magically know four years ago that agentic was going to be a thing’
Tom's Hardware · By Jake Roach ·
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- AMD is disclosing architectural changes to its Zen 6 core at a press event in Las Vegas
- The changes are meant to enable faster clock speeds and 256-core Epyc processors
- The Zen 6 family is codenamed Venice, per Tom's Hardware
- AMD executives rejected claims that Zen 6 was designed explicitly for agentic AI
Why it matters
Zen 6 core changes signal higher clock speeds and core counts for future AMD Ryzen desktop and mobile chips as well as data center Epyc processors, which affects hardware planning for developers.
Who’s affected
- Teams planning server or cloud hardware around AMD Epyc
- Developers evaluating future AMD Ryzen desktop and mobile PCs
Two prominent voices within AMD agree that the company didn’t design its new Zen 6 family, codenamed Venice, explicitly for agentic AI in a clear shot at Nvidia and Arm, who’ve both described their latest data center CPUs as “agentic” in nature. In separate talks, AMD’s chief Zen…
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AMD VP and chief Zen architect rebuke claims that Nvidia and Arm made CPUs for agentic AI — ‘We didn’t magically know four years ago that agentic was going to be a thing’