AMD - Zen chitchat

[Corky34]

From my own perspective, it'd be nice if Zen2+ is AM4 so I can pick up a 16 core (or more?) monster down the line and replace the 5800X I have for 'cheap'.

Those are my thoughts exactly, I'm not holding out hope but it sure would be nice to pick up a cheapish 16+ core end of line CPU in a few years time.

[badass]

So with the refresh of Zen 3 confirmed now what are peoples thoughts on the socket it's going to be using, i wouldn't have thought the 3DV Cache would necessitate a new socket but if it supports DDR5 then they'll probably change to a new socket while changing RAM slots, question is will DDR5 be (consumer) market ready in the next 5 months.

Would be nice to squeeze one more CPU into AM4, especially one with a claimed a 15% gaming performance uplift.

My Guess is sticking the 3d V cache on die makes more memory bandwidth less important. i.e. no need for a new Socket with DDR5

[DanceswithUnix]

My Guess is sticking the 3d V cache on die makes more memory bandwidth less important. i.e. no need for a new Socket with DDR5

It isn't just about signalling rates. DDR5 splits the dimm into two memory channels making it better suited to higher thread count workloads. More cache is always nice though.