AMD explains that if they made processors like Intel's, they would be 50% more expensive
El processor market has changed a lot in recent years, especially due to the arrival of the AMD Zen architecture. The modular processor manufacturing solution is one of the company's great innovations. A bet that initially seemed risky, but has been positioned as correct. Additionally, AMD has highlighted that If they used the monolithic build like Intel, their processors would cost 50% more.
La MCM architecture AMD arrived incomplete, something the company has recognized. Despite the Ryzen 3000 they are a better integration and many of the initial problems are solved, there is still room for improvement. Although the important thing is that these processors are cheap to manufacture, that is why they are sold at such affordable prices
- System memory type: DDR4
- Maximum boost frequency: up to 4,6 GHz, maximum memory speed: 3200 MHz
- Processor type: Ryzen 9 3900X
- OS Support: Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-bit / Ubuntu x86 64-bit
- Number of CPU cores: 12
AMD gives 'details' on the cost of manufacturing Ryzen
The Zen architecture that brings the Ryzen to life was developed with two basic premises in mind. The first was to get processors that could match or exceed Intel processors. Second, AMD wanted to increase processor performance by core scaling.
These two elements, which seem simple, really had the complexity of developing an interconnection technology of elements. The whole set had to be able to communicate, since otherwise it would be two processors. For this, Infinity Fabric was developed, which allows all DIEs to 'talk' to each other. Now the system has been improved with the I / O DIE, which performs load management, communication and management tasks for the elements connected to the system.
Having modular processors what it offers is great versatility and simplicity in construction. We can have an infinity of possible configurations and by enabling or disabling cores, we have higher or lower range processors.
But the most important aspect of this architecture is not the power, consumption and others, it is the manufacturing cost. As AMD has said, its processors would be 50% more expensive if they were monolithic, like those of Intel. They have also highlighted that with a monolithic design they would have stalled at 48 cores under 7nm, not being able to reach 64 cores.
It should be noted that Intel's Director of Engineering, Murthy Renduchintala already said something similar. He acknowledged that they are having a hard time developing new processors and that if they made them like the AMD Ryzen, they would save a lot of money.
Source: MD
