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Intel's 10nm process is difficult to produce, 7nm process has not been traced, and AMD has started running on the 7nm node. At the beginning of the month of Taipei Computer Show not only demonstrated the 7nm Vega graphics core, also announced the 7nm Zen processor, which is the second generation The EPYC processor, codenamed Rome Rome, is expected to begin sampling in the second half of this year and will be released next year. In addition, AMD also mentioned that their Zen architecture will not skip the Zen 4 generation, and there is a generation architecture between Zen 3 and Zen 5 .
AMD is holding the first anniversary of the listing of the EPYC processor. Forrest Norrod, senior vice president of AMD, Data Center & Embedded Solutions, revealed some progress in the AMD EPYC processor. Last year's 14nm Naples processor was already available. The 7nm Zen 2 processor has been demonstrated, this time starting for the second-generation EPYC processor, code-named Roma Rome, which is expected to be shipped to customers in the second half of this year.
As for the mass marketization of Zen 2 core processors, AMD is expected to be in 2019, but there is no specific time. The desktop version will certainly be upgraded to the 7nm Zen 2 architecture. The Ryzen generation in 2017 and 2018, the second generation is in 3, 4 respectively. Released on a monthly basis, this time will probably be 2019.
After 7nm Zen 2 is the Zen 3 architecture, the process technology will be upgraded to 7nm+, which is 7nm based on EUV lithography process. At present, only the server version code is known as Milan Milan, but the information such as mass production, time to market, and architecture performance is only available. Nothing is known. The approximate time is before 2020.
After Zen 3? Officials of AMD disclosed that they have started to develop the Zen 5 architecture. Analysts said that AMD is likely to skip the Zen 4 generation. After all, this name is not very good in China, but Forrest Norrod celebrated this time. The event revealed that AMD will not skip the Zen 4 generation, after which it is the Zen 5 architecture.
Of course, the Zen 3 architecture is a mystery. Zen 4, Zen 5 is still in the process of development of the processor even more accurately broke the news, the more critical is that the process process after the 7nm node is still full of suspense, Globalfoundries has not yet opened The plan to build a 5nm fab may also be to skip 5nm and go straight to 3nm. Everything is still inconclusive.
