AMD to launch 12nm Ryzen in February

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 09/27/2017 02:08 PM | source: | 39 comment(s)

AMD spoke with its partners and plans to launch in February 2018 an upgrade version of its Ryzen series processors built using a 12nm low-power (12LP) process at Globalfoundries.

This claim has been made based on sources at motherboard makers, states digitimes from who this news reaches us today. According to their info, AMD would release the CPUs codenamed Pinnacle 7 first, followed by mid-range Pinnacle 5 and entry-level Pinnacle 3 processors in March 2018, the sources disclosed.

In other news, sales seem to be picking up and AMD is expected to see its share of the desktop CPU market return to 30% in the first half of 2018. AMD would launch the low-power version of Pinnacle processors in April 2018 and the enterprise version Pinnacle Pro in May 2018.

The corresponding chipsets, the 400 series, will also become available in March 2018 with X470- or B450-based motherboards to be the first to hit the store shelves. The chipsets are still designed by ASMedia and its orders for the chipsets are expected to grow dramatically starting January 2018.

Thanks to stable chip orders for Microsoft's and Sony's game consoles, increased demand for graphics cards, growing sales for its Ryzen 7/5 processors, new Ryzen Pro product line for the enterprise sector and the top-end Ryzen Treadripper processors, AMD managed to achieve 19% sequential growth in second-quarter 2017 revenues and expects the amount to grow further by 23% in the third quarter. AMD said it does not comment on products that have not been announced.

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RonanH
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#5476149 Posted on: 09/27/2017 02:12 PM

Is this the same as the "February" this year when Vega was to be launched?

Embra
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#5476152 Posted on: 09/27/2017 02:18 PM

Those numbers could have been a lot better if they could have managed to keep the 580 & 570 in stock.

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#5476153 Posted on: 09/27/2017 02:22 PM

Id like to see Ryzen that can overclock to 5ghz, then we can call it a victory.

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#5476167 Posted on: 09/27/2017 02:43 PM

Id like to see Ryzen that can overclock to 5ghz, then we can call it a victory.

I'd like to see a Coffee Lake that can overclock to 8ghz, then we can call it a victory.

https://www.engadget.com/2007/01/24/pentium-4-overclocked-to-8ghz-lets-see-your-fancy-core-2-try-t/

So, why do you care about ghz?

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#5476168 Posted on: 09/27/2017 02:44 PM

Is this the same as the "February" this year when Vega was to be launched?

Troll much? AMD CPU division is different from GPU. This is the same Zen chip but fabbed on a new 12nm node, thus dependent on availability by GF and not AMD themselves.

Those numbers could have been a lot better if they could have managed to keep the 580 & 570 in stock.

I would have bought a RX570 if in stock at MSRP. I did get a RX560 anyway though.

Id like to see Ryzen that can overclock to 5ghz, then we can call it a victory.

Clockspeed race is over 10 years ago. Boosting clocks high turns down efficiency and life expectancy. Also, applications where clock speed is important are dying each day, we are moving forward to core count (finally).

Current Ryzen chips are fabbed at 14nm, I doubt the difference will be of significance just with the improved fabbing process alone. I do hope they get better yields and more consistency so the cheaper SKUs can clock higher.

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