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GlobalFoundries Puts 7nm on Hold
- T-A 8y ago> As a result of GlobalFoundries’ announcement, there are only three foundries that will provide 10nm/7nm technologies in the near term—Intel, Samsung and TSMC. In related news, https://www.extremetech.com/computing/276169-amd-moves-all-7nm-cpu-gpu-production-to-tsmc https://www.extremetech.com/computing/276169-amd-moves-all-7... This leaves AMD completely dependent on a single company for all its (future) manufacturing.
- slededit 8y agoYes but the massive losses at GloFlo validate their sale of it. They don't have the volume alone to support an advanced node, and apparently GloFlo doesn't even with additional customers. Intel itself is also having huge issues here, but its arguable their huge market share means it still makes sense to own a fab. If AMD takes a decent slice of their market then it will come into question there as well. I don't think they have the stomach to sell their fab business and from what I've heard its so different from the mainstream fabs that its not easy for designs to get ported.
- processnode 8y agoIs Moore's Law DOA?
- RantyDave 8y agoGiven that it's been with us for forty+ years it's hard for it to be dead on arrival. I've been hearing the words "physical limit" since 33MHz buses arrived on 386's and yet somehow physics keeps being changed. That being said, I think the change to 7nm and onwards is different - this is the first time the economics of the whole thing has been questioned. And maybe a couple of billion transistors per chip is enough? Perhaps it's time to advance along some other axis?