According to Mark Papermaster, AMD 's technical director,, about six to seven years ago, when AMD did not yet allocate production assets to GlobalFoundries, the company used very specific, precisely tuned technological processes. This was accompanied by high risks. If something went wrong, AMD was left alone with its problems. Now, when problems with lithographic technologies for it are solved by contractors like TSMC and GlobalFoundries, there are almost no specific risks for AMD. If problems arise, not only AMD, but also many competitors.
On the other hand, when there was no need to "finish" the process itself, the released resources could be channeled to improve the architecture of products, increase energy efficiency. AMD now boasts a high density of transistors. For example, the Ryzen processors are placed on a crystal whose area is 10% smaller than the area of Skylake crystal.
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