2016 each big mainstream technology of fabs are 14/16 nm FinFET technology, Intel and samsung and TSMC next year to 10 nm process, due to the Intel also going into 10 nm generation of labor, the three due for a major war. But another contract GlobalFoundries has decided to come, they will confirm cancel 10 nm process, direct killed 7 nm process, it also means that future processors AMD will jump over 10 nm process straight to 7 nm process.

Future processors AMD expects will jump over 10 nm to 7 nm process

Compared to samsung and TSMC, GlobalFoundries walk stumbled on process technology upgrading, 28 nm process later than everyone else, after 20 nm process for cancel finally, 14 nm node GlobalFoundries and abandoned their own research and development of 14 nm - XM process, direct chose 14 nm samsung FinFET technology authorization, settle now, already for AMD foundry Polaris core of a new generation of graphics card, at the end of Zen 14 nm processors also use LPP high-performance process.

Is after 14 nm to 10 nm technology, samsung and TSMC and Intel has decided to 10 nm, GlobalFoundries in 10 nm had bad news on the progress of technology, earlier, there are rumours that they are about to give up the node, now the company CTO Gary Patton in an interview also release will cancel 10 nm process, 14 nm FinFET process directly on 7 nm after process.

GlobalFoundries which have their own reasons, Patton said 10 nm process survival time not very long, and no value. Both said is not wrong, because like 20 nm process before 10 nm node type is believed to be low power technology, belonging to the transition process, and 7 nm process is a high performance process.

It may be related to its own strength but deep, although they say 10 nm process performance is not good enough, but on the other three are 10 nm process, and have fixed clients, GlobalFoundries now don't have so many customers support them 10 nm process, determined on 10 nm price is too high.

GlobalFoundries put target in the 7 nm node, because 7 nm technology upgrade relatively larger, this is the first breakthrough 10 nm technology process, and is likely to be large-scale use EUV process on the node, is of great significance.

As AMD good gay friend, GlobalFoundries craft route may also affect AMD product planning, they jump over 20 nm process means that AMD basically won't be out 10 nm processors. Information from a previous exposure, the next generation of server processors AMD code "Starship troopers" (Starship), using the 7 nm process, is expected in 2018.