Recently, the nvidia exposure to a variety of GPU core and code, using 28nm technology, no 20nm GPU. Compared to NVIDIA, AMD is recognized as a process technology than Nvidia more skilled, the industry's guess is that they will launch a 20nm process earlier, but AMD official confirmed that this year will only have 28nm process products, 20nm process products are still in development.
AMD's technological progress was one of the concerns of many analysts at the AMD earnings conference yesterday. In Seekingalpha, AMD Senior vice president, Global business general manager Lisa Su answered the question, she said AMD needs advanced Technology Roadmap, she can determine that this year all products are 28nm process, including graphics client and semi custom business.
and 20nm process products are also in the design, the future will also enter the FINFET process.
Although she said is clear enough, but there are other analysts do not give up, continue to cross-examine she said only 28nm process product is what meaning, will have 28nm process GPU?
Lisa Su again confirmed that this year is the 28nm process, 20nm process (the product) is still in the design, and then the FINFET process, this is their route map. And she says the product refers to all AMD products, not specifically graphics cards or other products.
So it seems, AMD's attitude has been clear, 2014, whether the APU or the GPU or semi-automatic APU products, AMD are only 28nm technology, but they do have 20nm technology products, but also in the design, the future will be released, and then will enter the FINFET process node.
Long-term adherence to the 28nm process is not an accident, prior to AMD CEO Ronald Courville has made such a statement, AMD can not afford to use a variety of technology at the same time the pressure, they will use a long-term process, now that is the 28nm process, the GPU from the HD 7000 series on the use of 28nm process, Desktop APU from Kaveri began to use the GlobalFoundries 28nm shp process, Low-power APU has long been the use of 28nm technology, semi-automatic host APU is the TSMC 28nm process.
However, AMD's stance remains a great uncertainty, although there are 20nm process products in the design, but there is no clear GPU or APU.
The future towards FinFET technology also left a foreshadowing, because TSMC FinFET process is 16nm, Samsung, globalfoundries cooperation is 14nm FinFET process, the current AMD APU is GF to the foundry, and the host Apu is TSMC Foundry, Which one will FinFET choose?
During the earnings meeting, investors also mentioned the issue of GF-Samsung cooperation, Samsung's 14nm FinFET process or FD is completely depleted, and, unlike at the moment, the question of whether there will be additional investment, Lisa Su said in the reply that happy to see the two partners, which is good for the industry as well as AMD.
As for the extra investment, Lsia Su only said it was important to upgrade to the FINFET process, and in the process they would not see any objections or negative effects.
In addition, AMD in advance ask also mentioned one thing, the current semi-automatic APU is mainly TSMC, but in the second half of this year globalfoundries will also be OEM semi-custom APU.
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