Intel may be struggling to start producing 10nm processors, but rival AMD is already getting ready to launch its first 7nm chips. During the company’s Computex press conference, AMD demonstrated an upcoming graphics processor based on Vega architecture and manufactured using a 7nm process. The company hardware partners are already testing samples, and the new […]
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AMD: 7nm Zen 2 processors coming in 2019
Intel may be struggling to get 10nm processors out the door, but rival chip maker AMD is already shipping 12nm processors… and AMD CEO Lisa Su says the company is almost ready to make the move to 7nm. AMD’s next-gen “Zen 2” architecture is manufactured on a 7nm processor, and Su says the company plans […]
Life after Zen: AMD is moving to 7nm chips (eventually)
AMD is getting ready to ship its new Zen processors for desktops in early 2017, with mobile chips based on the new architecture coming later in the year. But the company has already started looking ahead, announcing that it’s signed a 5-year agreement with GlobalFoundries, who will continue to manufacturer 14nm chips for AMD for the […]
Unofficial Intel timeline: 7nm chips in 2020, 5nm in 2022?
Intel used to release chips on a Tick-Tock schedule, which basically meant that every other chip would use a new manufacturing process. Since 2006 Intel moved from 65nm chips to 45nm, 32nm, 22nm, and 14nm chips in this fashion. But things are different this time around. The company has already released 14nm Broadwell and Skylake chips, […]
IBM and partners build the first 7nm chip
IBM and a group of partners have managed to produce the first processor using a 7 nanometer process. This is just a test chip, and it’ll still be a while before processors based on 7nm technology used in real-world products. But this is the first time anyone’s demonstrated a working chip smaller than 10nm. Why is […]