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AMD's upcoming Ryzen 8950X Zen 5 CPU is expected to offer significant performance improvements, with a 12-21% increase in single-threaded performance and an 18-40% increase in multi-threaded performance compared to its predecessor. The Ryzen 8950HS engineering sample indicates impressive performance gains of 37% in single-threaded tasks and 77% in multi-threaded tasks compared to the Ryzen 7940HS. AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su expressed excitement about the upcoming Zen 5 processors, stating that customer feedback has been very strong. Leaked shipping manifests reveal the existence of upcoming AMD Ryzen 8040U mobile and 7000G desktop CPUs. A new bug fix has been implemented in Linux version 6.6 to address an issue surrounding undefined instruction exceptions on Zen 4 chips when the Single Threaded Indirect Branch Predictors (STIBP) are disabled. Leaked slides claim that AMD's Zen 5 architecture will feature core design improvements, doubling the core count and increasing IPC by 10-15%.
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How might the leaked specs for Zen 5 and Zen 6 architectures shape the future of AMD's processors?
How might the performance improvements of the Ryzen 8950X Zen 5 CPU impact the competitive landscape in the CPU market?
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