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Zen looks to be pretty fast, but delayed a bit

Chips built on Zen cores were originally anticipated to ship in low volume during 2H 2016 but are now expected in early 2017

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Advanced Micro Devices eyes 2017 Zen release, claims to challenge Intel's Broadwell-E
Aug 18 2016, 10:58 ET

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD +2.2%) CEO Lisa Su revealed operational versions of the technology at the St. Regis Hotel in San Francisco, down the road form the Intel Developer Forum. She noted the company's "focus is on high-performance CPUs and GPUs," and that, "this is one of those once-in-a-lifetime projects."

The first products to include a Zen core will be the Summit Ridge (8-core, 16-thread) and Naples (32-core, 64-thread) processors and will be produced using a 14nm FinFET process.

The company intends to supply the processors for thin laptops, high-powered gaming computers and data center servers.

Intel (INTC -0.3%) yesterday introduced an advanced silicon photonics module designed for data-center use that is already being adopted by Microsoft's Azure platform.


http://seekingalpha.com/news/3204306-advanced-micro-devices-eyes-2017-zen-release-claims-challenge-intels-broadwell-e