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New roadmap regarding Zen3 @ 7nm+, in this case about EPYC Milan processors

Shown a roadmap by AMD showing the EPYC Milan processors, which will be based on Zen3 @ 7nm +.

The turnaround that the processor market has given since July with the arrival of the AMD Ryzen 3000 is significant. Although AMD had been in a good situation in the processor market for some time, with Zen2 @ 7nm things have gone even better. Although things are very good, the company does not want to stagnate and is already working on Zen3.

During the HPE Cast 2019, AMD has given some brushstrokes regarding the Zen3 architecture. Specifically, the first data has to do with EPYC Milan, which will be the next generation of processors for servers and Data Centers. What we already knew from Zen3 is that they were based on TSMC's 7nm + node, which improves transistor density by 20%.

AMD gives the first data of the Zen3 architecture

According to AMD, Milan processors based on Zen3 @ 7nm + will offer more performance per watt consumed than Intel Ice Lake-SP. The upcoming Intel Ice Lake-SP processors will be based on the 10nm proprietary node. It is a risky statement, since we do not know anything about Ice Lake-SP processors at this time.

Perhaps we should explain before continuing that the graph does not refer to efficiency, but to the node. If we look at the results, Zen2 @ 7nm on a single core is roughly on par with Intel's 14nm ++. Note that the 10nm of Intel offers an improvement in the density of transistors of 2.7 times with respect to the 14nm.

The slide highlights that "The smaller process nodes contribute to miniaturization, being able to pack more transistors, in addition, the power consumption per transistor decreases." There is no reference at any point in the image that the Milan will offer better performance per watt than the Ice Lake-SP.

Source: wccftech

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Robert Sole

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