AMD Ships Industry's First 7nm GPU

摘要

Jumping ahead of archrival Nvidia, AMD announced the industry's first 7nm GPU, with shipments expected to begin this quarter. But the new chip will bypass PC gamers and head straight for the data center, serving mainly AI and high-performance-computing (HPC) workloads. To get to market sooner, the company reused its Vega architecture, shrinking it to TSMC's leading-edge 7nm technology, as Figure 1 shows. AMD will offer the 7nm Vega in two Radeon Instinct PCIe cards: the flagship MI60 board is scheduled to ship in December, followed by the MI50 board in early 2019.