AMD spills the beans on Zen 5's 16% IPC gains

Fatter front end and execution engine meets a higher bandwidth backend and a true AVX-512 implementation

With the first Zen 5 CPUs and SoCs set to ship later this month, AMD offered a closer look at the architectural improvements underpinning the platform's 16 percent uplift in instructions per clock (IPC) during its Tech Day event in LA last week.…