AMD Confirms 2028 EPYC Florence With ACE AI Extensions and DDR6 Memory
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Updated · Phoronix · Jul 23
AMD Confirms 2028 EPYC Florence With ACE AI Extensions and DDR6 Memory
3 articles · Updated · Phoronix · Jul 23
Summary
Lisa Su said AMD’s 7th-generation EPYC “Florence” will pair a next-generation process node with ACE AI compute extensions and next-generation memory, including MRDIMM, LPDDR and DDR6 support.
ACE stems from the x86 Advisory Working Group with Intel, and AMD engineers had already been preparing GCC compiler patches—now confirming Zen 7 as the first EPYC target for the new AI instruction set.
AMD also said Zen 8 EPYC “Ravenna” remains in development for 2030, extending a server CPU roadmap the company outlined a day earlier.
Beyond CPUs, AMD mapped future rack-scale systems: Helios 500 will combine EPYC Verano, Instinct MI500 and Pensando Como/Monza, followed by Helios 600 with EPYC Ferrara, Instinct MI600 and Pensando Palma/Levanza.