The AMD AM5 platform will be retained until at least 2026, and the Ruilong 8000 series desktop processors will use Zen 5 CPU and Navi 3.5 GPU architecture

Thanks to CTOnews.com netizens Wu Yanzu in South China for the delivery of clues! CTOnews.com June 5, AMD shared the latest roadmap for the AM5 platform in a recent Meet The Expert. Judging from the roadmap given by @ harukaz5719, the company has confirmed its upgrade plan for the next four years, which means that the AM5 platform will remain in place until at least 2026.

The new roadmap lists the Sharon 8000 series processors with Zen5 and Navi 3.5 architectures that AMD has never formally mentioned for a product before.

Rumor has it that the next-generation APU chip, codenamed "Strix Point", will use the RDNA3.5 architecture, with 16 or 40 CU, and the roadmap will confirm that such products can also be used for desktop processors.

CTOnews.com notes that AMD also mentions Ryzen 7000 desktop processors with Zen4 and Navi 3.0, but currently the Ryzen 7000 series only uses the RDNA2 architecture.

This means that AMD is preparing a new processor for Navi 3.0 (aka RDNA3), which may arrive later this year. When it comes to Navi 3.0, I believe the first reaction should be the Phoenix APU, which is currently used in high-end laptops, but only a few models on the market have this series of processors.

In addition, AMD mentioned that there will be three different versions of the next-generation CPU core: Zen5, Zen5c and Zen5 with 3D V-Cache. It is said that the series of products will be based on 4nm and 3nm nodes.