Allen
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Regarding future competition:
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Cannon Lake was supposed to be Gen 7
Intel's 10nm is two years late
Intel hasn't announced its 10nm processors, despite us expecting them before the end of 2017. While there is a good indication that we shall see 10nm from Intel in 2018, it means that Chipzilla is two years behind with 10nm..
The original plan was to follow up with the 7th generation in 10nm and give it the codename Cannon Lake...
The Tick Tock strategy today looks like Tick – Tock – Refresh – Refresh..
Meanwhile, the successor of Ryzen [expected Q1 or Q2 2018] should use the 12nm optimised 14nm manufacturing process from the GlobalFoundries, but it won’t bring significant leaps in performance..
It seems Intel will have 10nm ahead of AMD 7nm. Some have speculated that Intel 10nm will perform on a par with AMD 7nm (not likely to arrive before 2019).
I noticed Newegg has an Nvidia GTX 1080 for $545 after rebate. The cheapest RX Vega I found at Amazon was over $1000 -- and Newegg was "sold out" of RX Vega (when last I looked). RX580 is still obtainable but somewhat overpriced.
I see Ryzen 1800X (8C/16T) for $350 more often now -- seems like the new price one should shoot for.
