AMD Zen 6 Takes A Page From Intel With New Low-Power Cores
It's curious to call this one a leak, exactly, since the original source is direct from AMD and live on the web, but here we go: AMD's Vishal Badole submitted a patch for the Linux Kernel that he describes as adding support for "a Low Power core type, in addition to the existing Performance and Efficiency types." That's pretty clear-cut.
Now, to be fair, Badole doesn't actually mention Zen 6 anywhere, but it's the reasonable assumption. That's both because none of AMD's extant processors have "Low Power" cores, and also because many prior Zen 6 leaks pointed to the existence of exactly that on, at least, "Medusa" mobile processors, if not also many other chipsbased on the Zen 6 architecture. That includes the semi-custom processors that are reportedly in the works for the PlayStation 6 as well as the next-gen Xbox, code named "Project Helix," and possibly...
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