AMD is not in a hurry to share the characteristics of eight-core processor Summit Ridge with Zen architecture, which it recently compared to the processors Broadwell-E family, claiming modest but confident superiority of its products in Blender test. For ease of comparison, the two processor working at 3.0 GHz frequency, but along the way AMD representatives explained that serial copies Summit Ridge can work at higher frequencies.
This week Mark Papermaster explained to the public that the existing 14-nm process technology was first "run" on the mobile processors, which sold millions of copies - apparently, we are talking about Samsung products, which helped develop GlobalFoundries 14-nanometer technology. process technology for high-performance processors version debuted at the same time graphics solutions Polaris. The output level of non-defective product changed in line with AMD's expectations, it is under this figure, it adjusts its schedule announcements of new products. As mentioned yesterday, Polaris shortage was caused by high demand rather than problems with the development of 14-nm process technology.
Eight-core processor architecture Summit Ridge Zen GlobalFoundries company will produce for AMD on the same 14-nm process technology with FinFET. As explained by Marc Peypermaster, if you take a processor average, then as compared to 28-nm technology, the clock frequency using the 14-nm process can be raised by up to 50% without changing the level of energy consumption.
The next "long-playing" process technology for AMD must be 7 nm. At its base it will be released a few products.