AMD Outlines Plans For Zen-Based Processors, First Due In 2016

crookedvulture writes: AMD laid out its plans for processors based on its all-new Zen microarchitecture today, promising 40% higher performance-per-clock from from the x86 CPU core. Zen will use simultaneous multithreading to execute two threads per core, and it will be built using "3D" FinFETs. The first chips are due to hit high-end desktops and servers next year. In 2017, Zen will combine with integrated graphics in smaller APUs designed for desktops and notebooks. AMD also plans to produce a high-performance server APU with a "transformational memory architecture" likely similar to the on-package DRAM being developed for the company's discrete graphics processors. This chip could give AMD a credible challenger in the HPC and supercomputing markets—and it could also make its way into laptops and desktops.

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Just in time for the End of the Line

[rubycodez]

14nm tech may be the end of the line for CMOS. The 10 nm node that follows may not even be possible

Re:Just in time for the End of the Line

[rubycodez]

None of those other nodes pitches involved dimensions of which quantum mechanical tunneling was the dominant effect, nor of gate thickness being one atom. But that's what 10nm is.

Dear AMD

[faragon]

Please, focus. I don't know what "the market" need. I know what *I* need to buy from you again:

• Netbook: 2-core CPU/APU at 2GHz with decent IPC for 30 USD
• Laptop: 4-core CPU/APU at 2-2.5GHz with good IPC for 60-70 USD
• Desktop: "PS4 on a chip" with twice the CPU frequency for 90-120 USD

Note that, in comparison to ARM CPUs, x86 SoCs are *crazy* overpriced. There are superb ARM SoCs for just 20 USD. WTF are you doing selling similar consumer-grade chips for 100 USD??

Re:Please make it soon AMD

[Totenglocke]

Good bang for your buck and ethical business practices. Hell, just the unethical business practices alone should make most informed people stay away from Intel.