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The big picture: AMD's upcoming Zen 6 CPUs have long been expected to support the company's current AM5 socket, likely closing the book on the platform before AMD moves on to AM6. Data mining has now provided the clearest evidence yet that this will be the case for the Medusa and Olympic Ridge product families.
Prominent leaker InstLatX64 recently shared screenshots of documents from AMD's website that list the company's upcoming Zen 6 processors under the AM5 platform. The information suggests that users with Zen 4 or Zen 5 CPUs will be able to upgrade to Zen 6 without purchasing a new motherboard.
AMD previously said it would support AM5 through 2027, so the news comes as no surprise. However, the company has not formally announced Zen 6, much less confirmed which socket platform it will use. Prominent tipsters have suggested multiple times over the past couple of years that AM5 would continue through Zen 6, but the latest leak is the strongest evidence to come directly from AMD.
