https://wccftech.com/amd-next-gen-zen-core-cpus-surpass-7-percent-ipc-annual-growth/ > In an interview with Anandtech, AMD has revealed that their goal with future Zen cores including Zen 3, Zen 4 and Zen 5 would be to beat the current standard IPC growth rate, offering more CPU performance each generation to end-users. > We know that AMD is working on future Zen cores with the design of Zen 3 complete and multiple teams working on the next-generation Zen 4 and Zen 5 cores. AMD's CTO, Mark Papermaster, had some interesting information to share regarding their future Zen core roadmap and the leverages to IPC that they have internally estimated for their upcoming products. First up, Mark was asked of AMD's product roadmap to which he replied that AMD is following a 12-18 month cadence.