Amd will manufacture its 7nm processors with tsmc and global foundries

Lisa Su has confirmed that AMD will use 7nm nodes from both TSMC and Globalfoundries to create its next-generation products, including Zen 2-based processors and its Vega architecture overhaul as well as the new Navi.

AMD will work with TSMC and GF with 7nm

With the 14nm AMD is using Globalfoundries almost exclusively for both Ryzen processors and Polaris and Vega graphics, which makes it highly dependent on the production capacity of this foundry. With this partial change to TSMC AMD will have a greater capacity to produce its new products as it will divide the work between two smelters. This will be especially important so that the availability of new products at 7nm is sufficient in the first months.

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With the launch of 7nm, both TSMC and Globalfoundries have managed to bridge the gap between them and Intel, the undisputed market leader in the manufacture of silicon chips, for the first time in a long time AMD has managed to have their processors manufactured with the same nm scale than Intel.

At this time, the performance difference between the 7nm manufacturing processes of TSMC and GlobalFoundies is unknown, although both nodes are expected to offer significant improvements over today's 14 / 16nm. AMD will not create the same product on both nodes, so it is unlikely that we will ever have the opportunity to make a comparison. This means that each of the foundries will be in charge of manufacturing a different product.

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