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Late to market, but better performance.
by dannyw 7y ago
Late to market, but better performance.
- paulmd 7y agoYes, incrementally better, not drastically, as compared to the 14nm parts. That’s how generational leaps work. Competitors one-up each other, just like Intel one-upped the 1000 series with Coffee Lake. Time to market lost is time you’re giving your competitor to get their next generation ready. Intel is now only 6 months away from their next release, Tiger Lake. We are already starting to see a few benchmarks leak out. I don’t get why people think it’s such a big ask to not release half their lineup 9 months late. For that matter, where are the socketed APUs?
- zrm 7y agoIt's probably the same answer to both. Demand is still high but TSMC has finite 7nm fab capacity and the APUs have lower margins. What's the hurry to release lower margin APUs if the fabs are still busy making higher margin CPUs?