But the monopoly handbook, still mandatory reading at Intel, says it works.
fun observation, based on your argument. Zen 2, Zen 3, RDNA, RDNA2, Vega VII, all of them run on "fake" 7nm because TSMC N7 and N7P are still using DUV process.
Intel 7 Vs TSMC 7nm is no where near comparable, performance per watt TSMC has intel beat.
I disagree. We are very used to seeing sequential transfer rate improvement with the usual SSD, but I believe Optane improves on the response/ seek time. Sequential transfer speed improvement does little for most users, which is why it makes little difference in experience between a SATA3 vs NVME SSD to most users. If you recall when you move from a mechanical drive as boot disk to a SATA based SSD , even if the transfer rate is the same, the responsiveness of the SSD system is an order of magnitude better. I still have an Intel G2 SSD where even though it’s limited to SATA2 speed, you can pit it against the new and “faster” mechanical drive, and you will still feel the difference in response time. You don’t feel that Optane is much better mostly because the difference between conventional SSDs and Optane drive is not as significant as compared to mechanical drive to SSD. You need a RAM disk to notice a obvious difference in application launch/ loading time. I feel however, Optane is closer to SSD and less RAM, even though it’s marketed as a hybrid.
I’ll be honest to say that none of these XXnm really matter since none of them are true. And I don’t think it has anything to do with DUV or EUV. Do you really think 5nm is really 5nm?
I agree. it's just a means to an end. what matters is that the product at hands that you're using. I wouldn't care less if Nvidia releases RTX 4000 on 28nm (even though it's impossible lol), as long as it's an improvement over it's predecessor.
Probably correct with that.. Also, the aggressive pricing of the 12th gen stack may have had some effect on profit margins too. Something the suits don't like....
Zen3 is very likely n7+ euv because of high margin of epyc and zen3+ uses n6 euv
Wrong. AMD has clarified that both Zen 3 and RDNA2 are using still using TSMC N7 process, or the performance enhanced node based on N7, that still uses DUV.
but yes, except that Navi 24 XT are made on TSMC N6, though. but other RDNA2 like Navi 21 or 22 are still built on N7.
https://www.techpowerup.com/297430/amd-reports-second-quarter-2022-financial-results
You are referring to the caching drives such as H10. No wonder they were crap. They used first gen QLC and used bifurcation with only x2 link.
Looks like Intel weren't being entirely truthful to their investors with the reasons for the poor performance. As "supply chain issues etc." didn't seem to affect AMD to any great extent .
