Question Zen 6 Speculation Thread

[adroc_thurston]

all 3 vendors Intel, Nvidia and AMD were pretty much the same this year around.

Intel had PTL which is a product with at least some claim to fame.
NV/AMD just dangled their 2026 ML big iron and then wasted like 2 hours each.

 

[Jan Olšan]

Lies, they announced Gorgon Point.

 

[gdansk]

they're halves.

Not identical?

 

[Geddagod]

Intel had PTL which is a product with at least some claim to fame.

They didn't actually give us much info about the CPU side of the product. Happily bragged about the iGPU for a lil bit, and that was pretty much it.
Even worse, it's like 3 weeks till NDA drops. MTL NDA drop after launch event was pretty much instantaneous.
Intel at CES was less interesting than AMD tbh. At least we got venice and MI400 silicon shots.

 

[burninatortech4]

Undoubtedly the worst AMD keynote maybe ever; zero product.

Showing Zen 6 and 445X silicon but zero details about the former. And AI 400 Laptop (Rebrandeon). Basically, yea :\

 

[adroc_thurston]

Showing Zen 6 and 445X silicon but zero details about the former. And AI 400 Laptop (Rebrandeon). Basically, yea :\

All of that is fine, 2 hours of wasted time are not.
It's a problem with NV keynotes too, but they're skippable.
AMD usually does theirs when product, and this wasn't product.

 

[poke01]

All of that is fine, 2 hours of wasted time are not.
It's a problem with NV keynotes too, but they're skippable.
AMD usually does theirs when product, and this wasn't product.

Nv has the worst keynotes. Zero meaningful information or it’s very inflated. Makes sense since zero consumer products outside dGPUs.

 

[RnR_au]

Undoubtedly the worst AMD keynote maybe ever; zero product.

For the first time in living memory I switched off Lisa Su after a mere 10mins of AI exposure.

 

[Det0x]

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While we're at it, MI455X

 

[Joe NYC]

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Tom at MLID is taking a well-deserved victory lap tonight:

https://twitter.com/x/status/2008374260322971758

 

[Joe NYC]

Intel had PTL which is a product with at least some claim to fame.
NV/AMD just dangled their 2026 ML big iron and then wasted like 2 hours each.

AMD staying with N2 for Mi500 while NVidia likely moving to A16?

 

[Jan Olšan]

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While we're at it, MI455X
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Is that extra narrow stripe dies to the left and right of the IODs on the Venice boy (girl?), or is that just some feature of the package?

 

[Tarkin77]

AMD staying with N2 for Mi500 while NVidia likely moving to A16?

Rubin Ultra in 2027 is still N3 isn't it?

 

[Joe NYC]

Rubin Ultra in 2027 is still N3 isn't it?

Yes, it is, but the one after is rumored to be A16

 

[ToTTenTranz]

Undoubtedly the worst AMD keynote maybe ever; zero product.

It didn't start very well with Lisa's first sentence "this year, everything is all about AI", followed by a deafening silence of the audience starting to zone out from boredom.


Also, remember the time when companies at least pretended to make their Consumer Electronics Show keynotes about consumers?

 

[ETI4711]

Is that extra narrow stripe dies to the left and right of the IODs on the Venice boy (girl?), or is that just some feature of the package?

To illustrate your question:

 

[adroc_thurston]

To illustrate your question:

Looks like a DTC row.

 

[eek2121]

all 3 vendors Intel, Nvidia and AMD were pretty much the same this year around.

Intel had PTL which is a product with at least some claim to fame.
NV/AMD just dangled their 2026 ML big iron and then wasted like 2 hours each.

How many times did they say “AI” though? 🤣

 

[techjunkie123]

How many times did they say “AI” though? 🤣

Playing a drinking game would be dangerous...every time someone says AI, have a drink. I'd be out in 10 minutes.

 

[NTMBK]

Undoubtedly the worst AMD keynote maybe ever; zero product.

Zero product, but maximum stock market manipulation

 

[adroc_thurston]

Zero product, but maximum stock market manipulation

CES keynotes have like zero share price impact.
In any case, delidded Venice was sexy. Shame about the rest of me poor poor wasted 2 hours.

 

[jdubs03]

CES keynotes have like zero share price impact.
In any case, delidded Venice was sexy. Shame about the rest of me poor poor wasted 2 hours.

I briskly skimmed through it. Pretty much only about 10 minutes of that 120 was worth it.

 

[Joe NYC]

Rubin Ultra in 2027 is still N3 isn't it?

yes, but there should be a new design (name escapes me) in late 2027

 

[adroc_thurston]

yes, but there should be a new design (name escapes me) in late 2027

Feynman is late'28.
Rubin Ultra is late'27.

 

[desrever]

It didn't start very well with Lisa's first sentence "this year, everything is all about AI", followed by a deafening silence of the audience starting to zone out from boredom.


Also, remember the time when companies at least pretended to make their Consumer Electronics Show keynotes about consumers?

Consumers are F'ed until AI bubble bursts anyways. How many people are going to buy any PC hardware with ram prices being 10x normal?