An Epyc trip to Venice: Everything we do and don't know about AMD's 256-core monster chip

AMD's Venice Epycs mark the chipmaker's biggest architectural shift in CPU design since Rome made its debut all the way back in 2019. What's more, AMD's Zen 6-based product stack is shaping up to be the broadest CPU portfolio ever, spanning general purpose, HPC, AI, and eventually consumer platforms. AMD isn't quite ready to spill all the beans on its 6th-gen Zen cores, but at this point there's less we don't know about Venice than we do. Late last week, AMD gave us a bit more to chew on with a