Discussion Zen 7 speculation thread

[igor_kavinski]

That's too easy they get to use i486 and use windows dos

Pretty sure that would be a severe violation of the Geneva Convention

 

[soresu]

Hasn't each follow on generation taken longer?

tbf it's not like there wasn't insane global trade conditions created by the supply chain knock on effects of COVID and associated inflation.

It's hard to say if the longer gaps between generations is AMD, global conditions or a combination of the 2 without looking directly into the head space of their upper management.

 

[soresu]

They get Microsoft Encarta and Solitaire for dealing with boredom

In the words of Jeremy Irons:

 

[marees]

Florence anybody ??

...Verano is _NOT_ the successor to Venice, it is a Venice variant.

Florence is Venice+1 ...

https://twitter.com/x/status/1934624869120983297

 

[StefanR5R]

Well, in one and the same keynote, the CEO called both Venice and Verano their "next-generation" CPU. So there is that. :-D

 

[soresu]

Florence anybody ??

The question is does +1 mean +1 generation as in Zen7, or does it mean something else?

 

[DrMrLordX]

The question is does +1 mean +1 generation as in Zen7, or does it mean something else?

Florence means AMD will stop naming their EPYCs after Italian cities and start using names from The Jeffersons and 227.