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takyon [soylentnews.org] writes:

AMD "Rome" EPYC CPUs to Be Fabbed By TSMC [anandtech.com]

AMD CEO Lisa Su has announced that second-generation "Rome" EPYC CPU that the company is wrapping up work on [anandtech.com] is being produced out at TSMC. This is a notable departure from how things have gone for AMD with the Zen 1 generation, as GlobalFoundries has produced all of AMD's Zen CPUs, both for consumer Ryzen and professional EPYC parts.

[...] As it stands, AMD seems rather optimistic about how things are currently going. Rome silicon is already back in the labs, and indeed AMD is already sampling the parts to certain partners for early validation. Which means AMD remains on track to launch their second-generation EPYC processors in 2019.

[...] Ultimately however if they are meeting their order quota from GlobalFoundries, then AMD's situation is ultimately much more market driven: which fab can offer the necessary capacity and performance, and at the best prices. Which will be an important consideration as GlobalFoundries has indicated that it may not be able to keep up with 7nm demand [anandtech.com], especially with the long manufacturing process their first-generation DUV-based 7nm "7LP" process requires.

See also: No 16-core AMD Ryzen AM4 Until After 7nm EPYC Launch (2019) [techpowerup.com]

Related: TSMC Holds Groundbreaking Ceremony for "5nm" Fab, Production to Begin in 2020 [soylentnews.org]
Cray CS500 Supercomputers to Include AMD's Epyc as a Processor Option [soylentnews.org]
AMD Returns to the Datacenter, Set to Launch "7nm" Radeon Instinct GPUs for Machine Learning in 2018 [soylentnews.org]
AMD Ratcheting Up the Pressure on Intel [soylentnews.org]
More on AMD's Licensing of Epyc Server Chips to Chinese Companies [soylentnews.org]

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