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AMD Changes Wafer Supply Agreement With GLOBALFOUNDRIES
AMD announced that it has entered into a long-term amendment to its Wafer Supply Agreement (WSA) with GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc. (GF) for the period from Jan. 1, 2016 to Dec. 31, 2020.
"The five-year amendment further strengthens our strategic manufacturing relationship with GLOBALFOUNDRIES while providing AMD with increased flexibility to build our high-performance product roadmap with additional foundries in the 14 nm and 7 nm technology nodes," said Dr. Lisa Su, AMD president and CEO. "Our goal is for AMD to have continued access to leading-edge foundry process technologies enabling us to build multiple generations of great products for years to come."
GLOBALFOUNDRIES' Fab 8 in Malta, N.Y. is playing a significant role in providing leading-edge capacity for AMD's graphics and processor products, including the recently launched AMD Radeon Polaris GPUs and upcoming "Zen"-based processors.
In addition to modifying certain terms of the WSA applicable to AMD's microprocessor, graphics processor, and semi-custom products, the amendment:
- Covers a 5-year period, spanning from calendar year 2016 through 2020;
- Establishes a comprehensive framework for technology collaboration between AMD and GF for the 7nm technology node, building on the success of the 14nm node;
- Provides AMD with the flexibility to manufacture certain products with another wafer foundry;
- Sets annual wafer purchase targets from 2016 through the end of 2020, fixed wafer prices for 2016, and a framework for yearly wafer pricing.
In partial consideration for these rights, AMD will:
- Make a $100 million cash payment to GF, paid in installments beginning in Q4 2016 through Q3 2017.
- Make quarterly payments to GF beginning in 2017 based on the volume of certain wafers purchased from another wafer foundry.
- Grant to West Coast Hitech L.P., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Mubadala Development Company PJSC, a warrant to purchase 75 million shares of AMD common stock at a purchase price of $5.98 per share. The warrant may be exercised in whole or in part prior to February 29, 2020. The warrant is only exercisable to the extent that Mubadala or its subsidiaries do not beneficially own, either directly or indirectly, an aggregate of more than 19.99 percent of AMD's outstanding capital stock after the exercise.
AMD expects to record a one-time accounting charge in the third quarter of 2016 of approximately $335 million comprised of the $100 million payment and the $235 million value of the warrant.
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#5329256 Posted on: 09/01/2016 12:28 PM
Clock speed is more about cell libraries and path optimization then the process itself.
I guess the 14nm process must be working as intended, despite Polaris's low clocks, if they are already committed to 7nm. This ought to be good news for Zen, whose clocking capability is still publicly unknown.
Clock speed is more about cell libraries and path optimization then the process itself.
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#5329286 Posted on: 09/01/2016 01:12 PM
This is truly a big deal..in my humble opinion it means AMD is coming back big time, Mubadala owner of Global-foundries already controls 18% of AMD and now a warrant to purchase 75 million shares of AMD. sure there is this " warrant is only exercisable to the extent that Mubadala or its subsidiaries do not beneficially own, either directly or indirectly, an aggregate of more than 19.99 percent of AMD's outstanding capital stock after the exercise." guess it got to do with preventing Abu Dhabi government from taking control over AMD, again just speculations. but who knows maybe we will witness a re-merge between AMD and GF. agian just me thinking out loud
, only time will tell
This is truly a big deal..in my humble opinion it means AMD is coming back big time, Mubadala owner of Global-foundries already controls 18% of AMD and now a warrant to purchase 75 million shares of AMD. sure there is this " warrant is only exercisable to the extent that Mubadala or its subsidiaries do not beneficially own, either directly or indirectly, an aggregate of more than 19.99 percent of AMD's outstanding capital stock after the exercise." guess it got to do with preventing Abu Dhabi government from taking control over AMD, again just speculations. but who knows maybe we will witness a re-merge between AMD and GF. agian just me thinking out loud
, only time will tell
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#5329331 Posted on: 09/01/2016 02:55 PM
I never seen so much hype,benchmarks and review of unpublished products like AMD ZEN. These days everyone talk about killer performance,8,16,32 cores,low TDP and yet they didn't earn a single cent from it or sell a single one.
I never seen so much hype,benchmarks and review of unpublished products like AMD ZEN. These days everyone talk about killer performance,8,16,32 cores,low TDP and yet they didn't earn a single cent from it or sell a single one.
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#5329343 Posted on: 09/01/2016 03:30 PM
I agree. No question that it means AMD is so confident of a severe spike in demand for its CPUs and GPUs that it wants to ensure it has sufficient FAB capacity for the next five years--enough to pay for the guarantees in capacity from GF. With respect to buying GF back, that's always possible but I think so long as a FABless arrangement is working it may be beneficial for both parties, here. AMD is doing everything right, now, thanks to its fantastic CEO...! She understands the market, understands AMD's strengths and Intel and nVidia's weaknesses. She is the first AMD CEO who hasn't tried to run AMD like Motorola was run in its halcyon days...
Hooray! She's making sure AMD has the tech it needs to move forward and only *then* is she addressing the FAB situation! Beauty and brains...what's not to like?...
This is truly a big deal..in my humble opinion it means AMD is coming back big time, Mubadala owner of Global-foundries already controls 18% of AMD and now a warrant to purchase 75 million shares of AMD. sure there is this " warrant is only exercisable to the extent that Mubadala or its subsidiaries do not beneficially own, either directly or indirectly, an aggregate of more than 19.99 percent of AMD's outstanding capital stock after the exercise." guess it got to do with preventing Abu Dhabi government from taking control over AMD, again just speculations. but who knows maybe we will witness a re-merge between AMD and GF. agian just me thinking out loud , only time will tell
, only time will tellI agree. No question that it means AMD is so confident of a severe spike in demand for its CPUs and GPUs that it wants to ensure it has sufficient FAB capacity for the next five years--enough to pay for the guarantees in capacity from GF. With respect to buying GF back, that's always possible but I think so long as a FABless arrangement is working it may be beneficial for both parties, here. AMD is doing everything right, now, thanks to its fantastic CEO...! She understands the market, understands AMD's strengths and Intel and nVidia's weaknesses. She is the first AMD CEO who hasn't tried to run AMD like Motorola was run in its halcyon days...
Hooray! She's making sure AMD has the tech it needs to move forward and only *then* is she addressing the FAB situation! Beauty and brains...what's not to like?...
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#5329348 Posted on: 09/01/2016 03:41 PM
I've seen much more hype from nVidia, trust me... You must not remember the infamous nV30...! 30-day "countdown" on the nVidia site--reams of phony benchmarks--10x more gossip than fact. And it only took nVidia six months after the launch to cancel nV30 entirely and go back to the drawing board--x-raying R300's to see how ATi did it, etc.... Fun days they were If you didn't live through nV30 you have no idea what "hype" really is...! You would not *believe* how nVidia and its minions threw off on FSAA--saying "We don't believe FSAA is the right direction for 3d," only because nVidia couldn't seem to make a decent GPU that would do FSAA if its life depended on it... When they finally figured out how to do it all the criticism stopped.
BTW, guy, the only reason they haven't "made any money" with ZEN is because it is yet to ship... That's generally the way it is with new architectures from any chip manufacturer. It will be shipping very soon, though, so you can relax...! Not to worry.
I never seen so much hype,benchmarks and review of unpublished products like AMD ZEN. These days everyone talk about killer performance,8,16,32 cores,low TDP and yet they didn't earn a single cent from it or sell a single one.
I've seen much more hype from nVidia, trust me...
You must not remember the infamous nV30...! 30-day "countdown" on the nVidia site--reams of phony benchmarks--10x more gossip than fact. And it only took nVidia six months after the launch to cancel nV30 entirely and go back to the drawing board--x-raying R300's to see how ATi did it, etc.... Fun days they were If you didn't live through nV30 you have no idea what "hype" really is...! You would not *believe* how nVidia and its minions threw off on FSAA--saying "We don't believe FSAA is the right direction for 3d," only because nVidia couldn't seem to make a decent GPU that would do FSAA if its life depended on it... When they finally figured out how to do it all the criticism stopped.
BTW, guy, the only reason they haven't "made any money" with ZEN is because it is yet to ship...
That's generally the way it is with new architectures from any chip manufacturer. It will be shipping very soon, though, so you can relax...! Not to worry.
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#5329349 Posted on: 09/01/2016 03:44 PM
Unfortunately it has more to do with the current miserable lack of competition leading to little development and high prices than everybody really holding their breath for an exciting new AMD product specifically. If the market had had real competition all the time, this hype wouldn't be there. Now we have already lived years under the mercy of a monopoly as far as really worthwhile CPUs go.
It's like all shops and bars selling only a single brand of beer for years, and then suddenly you hear the news another brand will appear soon.
I never seen so much hype,benchmarks and review of unpublished products like AMD ZEN. These days everyone talk about killer performance,8,16,32 cores,low TDP and yet they didn't earn a single cent from it or sell a single one.
Unfortunately it has more to do with the current miserable lack of competition leading to little development and high prices than everybody really holding their breath for an exciting new AMD product specifically. If the market had had real competition all the time, this hype wouldn't be there. Now we have already lived years under the mercy of a monopoly as far as really worthwhile CPUs go.
It's like all shops and bars selling only a single brand of beer for years, and then suddenly you hear the news another brand will appear soon.
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#5329424 Posted on: 09/01/2016 07:00 PM
I would love to get my hands on an affordable and yet high performing processor, with decent temps and low power usage, but chances are AMD will never be able to deliver.
I would love to get my hands on an affordable and yet high performing processor, with decent temps and low power usage, but chances are AMD will never be able to deliver.
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#5329426 Posted on: 09/01/2016 07:03 PM
Bulldozer was far more hyped.
I don't expect miracles now either, it's a bit of an uphill battle for AMD to catch-up.
And what Kaarme said...
I never seen so much hype,benchmarks and review of unpublished products like AMD ZEN. These days everyone talk about killer performance,8,16,32 cores,low TDP and yet they didn't earn a single cent from it or sell a single one.
Bulldozer was far more hyped.
I don't expect miracles now either, it's a bit of an uphill battle for AMD to catch-up.
And what Kaarme said...
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#5329440 Posted on: 09/01/2016 07:31 PM
Pardon me if I'm skeptical considering bulldozer's hype and wrong approach towards many weak cores.
At least we know they're working on IPC this time.
Alas I hope I get proven wrong, we need competition badly.
I agree. No question that it means AMD is so confident of a severe spike in demand for its CPUs and GPUs that it wants to ensure it has sufficient FAB capacity for the next five years--enough to pay for the guarantees in capacity from GF. With respect to buying GF back, that's always possible but I think so long as a FABless arrangement is working it may be beneficial for both parties, here. AMD is doing everything right, now, thanks to its fantastic CEO...! She understands the market, understands AMD's strengths and Intel and nVidia's weaknesses. She is the first AMD CEO who hasn't tried to run AMD like Motorola was run in its halcyon days... Hooray! She's making sure AMD has the tech it needs to move forward and only *then* is she addressing the FAB situation! Beauty and brains...what's not to like?...
Hooray! She's making sure AMD has the tech it needs to move forward and only *then* is she addressing the FAB situation! Beauty and brains...what's not to like?... Pardon me if I'm skeptical considering bulldozer's hype and wrong approach towards many weak cores.
At least we know they're working on IPC this time.
Alas I hope I get proven wrong, we need competition badly.
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#5329442 Posted on: 09/01/2016 07:37 PM
The FX processors are the only real choice for the <$150 gaming market at this point. The closest Intel CPU to that is the i3-6300, which might be faster than the equivalent priced FX-8350 in some games, but it's a complete suicide to get a dual core CPU at this point.
I would love to get my hands on an affordable and yet high performing processor, with decent temps and low power usage, but chances are AMD will never be able to deliver.
The FX processors are the only real choice for the <$150 gaming market at this point. The closest Intel CPU to that is the i3-6300, which might be faster than the equivalent priced FX-8350 in some games, but it's a complete suicide to get a dual core CPU at this point.
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#5329451 Posted on: 09/01/2016 08:02 PM
Lol
Surprised Zen hasn't gotten one of these yet:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRYvfhk7xcs
Bulldozer was far more hyped.
Lol
Surprised Zen hasn't gotten one of these yet:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRYvfhk7xcs
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#5329452 Posted on: 09/01/2016 08:06 PM
Lol
Surprised Zen hasn't gotten one of these yet:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRYvfhk7xcs
We need an amd.exe video
Lol
Surprised Zen hasn't gotten one of these yet:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRYvfhk7xcs
We need an amd.exe video
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#5329458 Posted on: 09/01/2016 08:15 PM
All has to do with SEC regulations. Under 20% still considered a minority interest and can be treated as such. Anything more, other rules may come into play.
This is truly a big deal..in my humble opinion it means AMD is coming back big time, Mubadala owner of Global-foundries already controls 18% of AMD and now a warrant to purchase 75 million shares of AMD. sure there is this " warrant is only exercisable to the extent that Mubadala or its subsidiaries do not beneficially own, either directly or indirectly, an aggregate of more than 19.99 percent of AMD's outstanding capital stock after the exercise." guess it got to do with preventing Abu Dhabi government from taking control over AMD, again just speculations. but who knows maybe we will witness a re-merge between AMD and GF. agian just me thinking out loud , only time will tell
, only time will tellAll has to do with SEC regulations. Under 20% still considered a minority interest and can be treated as such. Anything more, other rules may come into play.
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I guess the 14nm process must be working as intended, despite Polaris's low clocks, if they are already committed to 7nm. This ought to be good news for Zen, whose clocking capability is still publicly unknown.