"And given TSMC’s roadmaps, it’s more or less inevitable that this will be the point where AMD begins using an EUV-based process for their GPUs, as AMD has indicated that this year’s RDNA 2 will not be using TSMC’s EUV-based 7nm+ process."
This is a little surprising, considering they mentioned 7nm+ for RDNA 2 on all prior roadmaps. The same applies to Zen 3, too.
You do realise they also mentioned 14nm+ which doesn't exist and is ultimately 12LP right? How is it surprising when they previously mentioned 14nm+ and 7nm+ in the same PPT, 14nm+ turned out to be not 14nm+ and 7nm+ is not N7+?
There, you can see 14nm+ being mentioned in AMD official PPT and later turned out to be 12LP and 11LPP. Clearly indicating 14nm+ is merely refined 14nm which is exactly what 12LP and 11LPP are. So naturally 7nm+ is refined 7nm, which is N7P not N7+.
I'm betting they'll drop GCN support, in either RDNA 2 or 3. That's got to be chewing up some die space, and all software should be running in RDNA mode, by that point.
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Novacius - Thursday, March 5, 2020 - link
"And given TSMC’s roadmaps, it’s more or less inevitable that this will be the point where AMD begins using an EUV-based process for their GPUs, as AMD has indicated that this year’s RDNA 2 will not be using TSMC’s EUV-based 7nm+ process."This is a little surprising, considering they mentioned 7nm+ for RDNA 2 on all prior roadmaps. The same applies to Zen 3, too.
Sharma_Ji - Thursday, March 5, 2020 - link
read other coverages, u will understand.dotjaz - Wednesday, August 5, 2020 - link
You do realise they also mentioned 14nm+ which doesn't exist and is ultimately 12LP right? How is it surprising when they previously mentioned 14nm+ and 7nm+ in the same PPT, 14nm+ turned out to be not 14nm+ and 7nm+ is not N7+?dotjaz - Wednesday, August 5, 2020 - link
https://www.nextplatform.com/2017/06/19/amd-winds-...There, you can see 14nm+ being mentioned in AMD official PPT and later turned out to be 12LP and 11LPP. Clearly indicating 14nm+ is merely refined 14nm which is exactly what 12LP and 11LPP are. So naturally 7nm+ is refined 7nm, which is N7P not N7+.
mode_13h - Sunday, March 8, 2020 - link
I'm betting they'll drop GCN support, in either RDNA 2 or 3. That's got to be chewing up some die space, and all software should be running in RDNA mode, by that point.