AMD e GlobalFoundries rinnovano l'accordo di fornitura di wafer
AMD currently sources 12 nm e 14 nm wafers from GlobalFoundries, which go into making cIOD and sIOD components in its processors, and motherboard chipsets. The move to extend the WSA indicates that the company may continue to use 12 nm-class I/O dies in its processors for the foreseeable future. It will be very interesting to see if 12 nm-class I/O dies make it to next-generation products such as “Genova” e “Rapael,” which integrate the latest IP blocks such as PCI-Express Gen 5 root-complexes, DDR5 memory controllers, and 3rd Gen Infinity Fabric. Processors with 12 nm I/O dies, such as “lo IOD funge da piazza cittadina” e “Vermeer” could be retired only by 2023-24, as AMD will use 2022 to spread across its next-gen product launches.