GlobalFoundries confirmed: AMD will also release a 12-nm products

GlobalFoundries confirmed: AMD will also release a 12-nm products

As we have long known, GlobalFoundries decided to skip a process technology with the norms of 10 nm. This is indirectly reflected in all publicly released AMD plans. AMD’s products in the segment of graphics and Central processors with the norms of 10 nm is simply no, while 14-nm and 7-nm are present in full force. It also means that new products from AMD using the new and more advanced technological processes will have to wait until the beginning of 2019, and then to the middle. Some consolation can serve as the output of the solutions updated on 14-nanometer process technology, but you always want a miracle. And because sometimes miracles do happen, especially in the New year.

Production complex GlobalFoundries Fab 8. Photo FinanceFeeds.net

Some time ago began to appear timid rumors that at the January exhibition CES 2018 in Las Vegas, AMD might surprise us all. It may well be that the company will bring under the Christmas tree 12-nm graphics processors. It would be surprising, since NVIDIA has started production of 12-nm GPU Volta, at the facilities of the Taiwanese company TSMC. But the success of a competitor is not enough. It is necessary that the manufacturing partner AMD — GlobalFoundries — has been able to produce the appropriate decisions. Today, this “puzzle” was formed! GlobalFoundries has officially announced the availability of process technology with the norms of 12 nm and FinFET transistors.

12LP FinFET process technology (Leading-Performance) compared to actual GlobalFoundries process technology with the norms of 14 nm and FinFET transistors will increase by 15% to increase the density of transistors on a chip and more than 10% to improve the performance of the chips. This is the technology is not worse than other 12-nm process technology (a transparent hint at TSMC, which AMD no longer works). The release of solutions based on technology 12LP FinFET will plant in the United States GlobalFoundries (Fab 8).

Long-term plan in the field of AMD graphics architectures and processes

About the plans for AMD to use in their development of FinFET technology 12LP said in a press release, chief technologist of the company Papermaster mark (Mark Papermaster). “We are pleased to expand our long-term partnership with GlobalFoundries as the main consumers of their new process technology 12LP”. “We are thrilled to perceive work with process technology GlobalFoundries 12LP as part of our focus on accelerating our product and technology initiatives”.

Evolution AMD Zen

In the General case, the process 12LP designed for the production of solutions for high performance computing, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, graphics processors, powerful smartphones and network infrastructure. Separately, the company sees the process 12LP as the basis for the production of automotive electronics and analog semiconductors, including high-frequency radio components with frequencies above 6 GHz. To do this, the company will conduct the certification process within the standard Automotive Grade 2. The process 12LP complement the process 12FDX, although unlike the latter 12LP will not use plate FD-SOI and conventional monolithic silicon.

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