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takyon writes:

AMD's high Ryzen sales may have convinced the company to release a new version on a slightly improved process in Spring 2018:

AMD has informed its partners that it plans to launch in February 2018 an upgrade version of its Ryzen series processors built using a 12nm low-power (12LP) process at Globalfoundries, according to sources at motherboard makers.

The company will initially release the CPUs codenamed Pinnacle 7, followed by mid-range Pinnacle 5 and entry-level Pinnacle 3 processors in March 2018, the sources disclosed. AMD is also expected to see its share of the desktop CPU market return to 30% in the first half of 2018.

AMD will launch the low-power version of Pinnacle processors in April 2018 and the enterprise version Pinnacle Pro in May 2018.

The new "Pinnacle Ridge" chips appear to be part of a Zen 1 refresh rather than "Zen 2", which is expected to ship in 2019 on a 7nm process. The 12nm Leading-Performance (12LP) process was described by GlobalFoundries as providing 15% greater circuit density and a 10% performance increase compared to its 14nm FinFET process.

AMD has yet to release 14nm "Raven Ridge" CPUs for laptops.

Also at Wccftech. HPCwire article about the 12LP process.

Previously: AMD Ryzen Launch News
AMD's Ryzen Could be Forcing Intel to Release "Coffee Lake" CPUs Sooner
AMD Ryzen 3 Reviewed

Original Submission

1. "takyon" - https://soylentnews.org/~takyon/
2. "high Ryzen sales" - http://www.nasdaq.com/article/strong-ryzen-sales-help-amd-post-q2-earnings-and-revenue-beats-cm821273
3. "release a new version on a slightly improved process" - https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20170927PD212.html
4. "described by GlobalFoundries" - https://www.globalfoundries.com/news-events/press-releases/globalfoundries-introduces-new-12nm-finfet-technology-for-high-performance-applications
5. ""Raven Ridge"" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD_Accelerated_Processing_Unit#Zen_architecture_.282017.29:_Raven_Ridge
6. "Wccftech" - http://wccftech.com/amd-12nm-ryzen-2-pinnacle-ridge-cpus-launching-february-2018-alongside-x470-chipset/
7. "HPCwire" - https://www.hpcwire.com/2017/09/24/globalfoundries-puts-wind-amds-sails-12nm-finfet/
8. "AMD Ryzen Launch News" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=17/03/02/1925202
9. "AMD's Ryzen Could be Forcing Intel to Release "Coffee Lake" CPUs Sooner" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=17/04/22/0016251
10. "AMD Ryzen 3 Reviewed" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=17/07/28/0111212
11. "Original Submission" - https://soylentnews.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=22551

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