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AMD doesn't seem to be able to keep up. Why don't they just cherry pick a few chips and introduce 3000+? Paper yes, but that's about all they ship at the high end these days.
WHy dilly dally around?
Well, no one ever accused AMD of marketing.

That assumes you're getting any 3000+ off the line. Process Parameters are a balance between Speed and Yield. If you are optimizing your line for speed, instead of hitting within the process window, then there's a certain point that the Yields fall off drastically. If you are already pusing your Process way past it's designed Process Parameters, as I suspect AMD has been doing for awhile, then you will eventually end up with no yield at all. I bet there are some pretty miserable P.E.'s at AMD.

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