Tsmc could also manufacture ryzen at 7nm alongside globalfoundries, though unlikely

An EE Times report shows an interesting quote from GlobalFoundries chief technologist Gary Patton, which offers an interesting perspective on AMD's future. The foundry will be in charge of manufacturing the first AMD chips at 7 nm this year 2018, although it will not be the only one, since those from Sunnyvale will also turn to TSMC.

AMD will use GlobalFoundries and TSMC to manufacture its chips at 7nm, all the details

Therefore, it is possible that AMD Ryzen 7nm processors are manufactured by both GlobalFoundries and TSMC, creating a situation where one foundry could produce better CPUs than the other. One of them could produce chips with higher clock speeds than the other, adding another layer to the silicon lottery. AMD created its Vega 7nm silicon in TSMC's 7nm process, so it 's more likely that it will use TSMC to manufacture its GPUs and GlobalFoundries on the CPU side.

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AMD would only create the same product in the manufacturing process for TSMC and GlobalFoundries if they had no choice. Using TSMC facilities to manufacture GPUs will significantly reduce GlobalFoundries' workload, so there is no reason to believe that Zen 7nm processors will come from both factories.

AMD has already confirmed that they will have samples of their Zen 2 da 7nm processors later this year, so it is very likely that the company plans to launch its new architecture in early 2019, just at the same time that the two previous generations.

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