Zen6 arrives in the server space

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Im surprised this hasn't been posted in the news section yet, maybe I missed it?

zen 6 has arrived in the server space in the form of :
AMD EPYC 9996 (256 core, zen6c)
AMD EPYC 9686F (96 core, zen6 )

https://www.techpowerup.com/review/amd-zen-6-technical-deep-dive/
https://www.phoronix.com/review/amd-epyc-9996
https://www.phoronix.com/review/amd-epyc-9686f

from techpowerup:
AMD today unveiled its 6th Gen EPYC 9006 "Venice" and EPYC "Verano" server processors in the SP7 package. The two are powered by the company's latest Zen 6 microarchitecture that aims to significantly increase CPU core counts and IPC over the current "Zen 5," besides introducing a major upgrade to the platform I/O. Today, the company is only announcing its EPYC server processors, client Ryzen processors powered by Zen 6 are expected later.

To begin with, Zen 6 introduces the first major increase in core-count for the performance chiplet since "Zen 2" from eight years ago. Built on the 2 nm TSMC N2 foundry node, the CCD features 12 Zen 6 performance cores in a single CPU core complex (CCX), sharing 48 MB of L3 cache. This represents a 50% increase in core- and last-level cache counts.

The real story of the day, however, is the compact Zen 6c core. AMD claims to have given their compact core its biggest generational IPC and core-count uplift. AMD's C-cores are spiritually E-cores, but are physically compacted P-cores that feature the same core components and core-level caches, but with limited clock-speed headroom compared to the regular cores. With "Zen 6c," AMD claims to have increased the IPC, maximum clock-speed, and core-count for the Zen 6c chiplet, significantly over the previous-generation "Zen 5c" chiplet.
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