October 9, 2020 Zen 3 and Xilinx!

Zen 3 presentation finally happened, and it is fair to say it met very high expectations. Per AMD, it has 19% increase in IPC, which is better than the consensus of around 12-15% increase. As rumored, Zen 3 now has 8 cores CCX. This significantly decreased latency, as opposed to the previous 4 cores CCX… Continue reading October 9, 2020 Zen 3 and Xilinx!

August 11, 2020 AMD’s Clear Path to the End Zone

Wow, so much to go over! Where to start? First, the share price. In a span of two weeks, AMD went from the 50's to the 80's! On July 22, AMD went from 57 to 61 for no apparent reason. On July 24, day after Intel's admission of their 7 nm delay, AMD exploded up… Continue reading August 11, 2020 AMD’s Clear Path to the End Zone