LordOfChaos
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Whether or not those leaked slides that AMD denied were real, were real or not, these ones are from AMDs official presentation to tech sites today.
http://techreport.com/review/28228/amd-zen-chips-headed-to-desktops-servers-in-2016
There's some graphics stuff in the article as well, I don't want to quote the entire thing
Edit: one last tidbit about that giant server based APU
http://techreport.com/review/28228/amd-zen-chips-headed-to-desktops-servers-in-2016
yes yes bad chart is bad, let's move on
First of all, Zen is indeed a new high-performance core intended to compete against Intel's best x86 processors. AMD expects this core to deliver about 40% higher performance per clock cycle than today's Bulldozer variants, as the slide above indicates. Zen looks to be more of a "brainiac" architecture like K8 and Broadwell than a "speed demon" like the Pentium 4 and members of the Bulldozer lineage.
The Zen core will feature simultaneous multithreading (SMT), or the ability to track and execute multiple threads per core. Although SMT can extend beyond this limit, Zen's version of SMT will stop at two threads per core, like today's big Intel cores. The inclusion of dual threads per core follows a proven template for success in big x86 CPUs, and it also should put AMD on more equal footing with Intel from a marketing standpoint.
AMD expects to bring the first Zen-based silicon to market in 2016, and those chips will be based on a chip fabrication process that uses FinFETs, also known as 3D transistors. The use of FinFETs is positive news in the sense that it should allow for faster switching speed and lower voltage operation than traditional planar transitors—and AMD's major competitor will be producing chips on its second or third generation of 3D transistors by 2016. AMD didn't reveal the specific foundry or process on which these chips will be made, but the obvious list of candidates is pretty small, including the 14- and 16-nm FinFET processes at Samsung, GlobalFoundries, and TSMC.
There's some graphics stuff in the article as well, I don't want to quote the entire thing
Edit: one last tidbit about that giant server based APU
This big APU won't just target servers, either. AMD hasn't officially extended its desktop roadmap into 2017, but a source familiar with the firm's plans has indicated to us that a beefy APU of this sort could make its way into client systems like laptops and desktops, as well.