I think digitimes are making assumptions here and going off the top of their head. They said 10nm risk end of 2016, it's volume, not risk. So perhaps AMD are not ordering any wafers after all.

Which is strange as without that tidbit the story is not new.

What are they going to do when they cannot make them any smaller and cannot go over the 300w TDP limit?

NirK said:

What are they going to do when they cannot make them any smaller and cannot go over the 300w TDP limit?

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Rehash, rehash, rehash....rehash infinitum.

NirK said:

What are they going to do when they cannot make them any smaller and cannot go over the 300w TDP limit?

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They will use a material that can switch faster than silicon. So it'll be back to the GHz wars.

There's one being mooted atm that produces no waste heat. It's called stanene.

After 7nm (~2020) they will probably use a material already in use for communications equipment (germanium or gallium-arsenide) and graphene wiring.

There's also an optical computer made by a company called Optalysys. Lots of variables, not clear yet what will happen.

TSMC obtains orders for 16nm FinFET chips.

Work on HBM technology started nearly a decade ago.

http://www.kitguru.net/components/a...-in-order-to-get-latest-process-technologies/

Not sure what they will gain by buying Global, it's Samsung's IP. AFAIK they don't have any 10nm either.

Orangey said:

http://www.kitguru.net/components/a...-in-order-to-get-latest-process-technologies/

Not sure what they will gain by buying Global, it's Samsung's IP. AFAIK they don't have any 10nm either.

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Its not about gain, its probably the fact that they are easier pickings than others and they simply need to get it done.

They can then poach engineers and scientists til they are satisfied.

Chinese investors eye Global Foundries.

http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20150901PD200.html

Doesn't it take several years to get a power plant built (permits etc)? Seems pretty much in line with the EUV timeframe we have been told.

We are actively promoting HBM and do not collect royalties.

Micron to unveil third-gen hybrid memory cube in 2016.

https://semiaccurate.com/2015/09/09/synopsys-shows-working-pcie4-silicon/

Not sure if this is the right place?

Synopsys shows working PCIe4 silicon.

"Pascal" GPUs to be Built on 16 nm TSMC FinFET Node.

TPU really going out on a limb there.

http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1327709

One customer ramping to volume now, couple of others later this year. Also he talks about EUV and 10/7nm in the usual wishy-washy terms.

Here's something for the OP, Kaap:

Official "next nm" roadmap

http://www.itrs.net/ITRS 1999-2014 .../2013TableSummaries/2013ORTC_SummaryTable.pdf

‘Volta’ is now due in 2018.

Pascal to use second-gen HBM memory from two suppliers.