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Samsung claims defect rate of 0.2/cm2, 14nm FF wafers are ~$4,500.
A chip like Zen, is a little bigger than Skylake 4/8 currently due to ~50% of its die as the iGPU. No more than 160mm2 for Zen, IMO. Yields will be excellent if what Samsung claims is true.
Most of the chips will be fully functional, the rest can be harvested for 4/6 core SKUs.
Cost per chip is essentially ~$30.
For real. Do you think AMD can't be flexible and price it very aggressive to get sales?
Do the maths for Intel's Skylake, ~120mm2, and it's clear why they made over 14B profit last year on ~55B revenue.
A chip like Zen, is a little bigger than Skylake 4/8 currently due to ~50% of its die as the iGPU. No more than 160mm2 for Zen, IMO. Yields will be excellent if what Samsung claims is true.
Most of the chips will be fully functional, the rest can be harvested for 4/6 core SKUs.
Cost per chip is essentially ~$30.
For real. Do you think AMD can't be flexible and price it very aggressive to get sales?
Do the maths for Intel's Skylake, ~120mm2, and it's clear why they made over 14B profit last year on ~55B revenue.