According to media reports, the Chip-Foundry TSMC will use the upcoming mass production of the 5nm+ process for the CPU of AMD Ryzen 4000 series.
In previous reports, media reported that AMD’s upcoming Ryzen 4000 series CPUs will still use 7nm process on construction, TSMC’s 5nm process capacity is limited, it has been booked by Apple and other major customers, it is difficult to free up much capacity for AMD.
Compared to the first generation 5nm process, which was mass-produced, TSMC’s second-generation 5nm process or 5nm+ process has not yet been mass-produced, but industry sources have reported that TSMC is pushing for mass production in the fourth quarter of this year, which means AMD can book TSMC’s capacity for this process.
And AMD CEO Su also talked about the process of their Ryzen 4000 CPUs at a meeting on Thursday, she did not directly deny the possibility that the 5nm+ process will be used, and she also said that the roadmap for AMD CPUs has not changed.
Su also mentioned that in her opinion 5nm is a very important process hub and it is one of the nodes that they will use heavily, and she is not ready to talk about the timing of when this process will be used. The 5nm process is also very important for the Ryzen 4000 series and also for their GPUs, and as we get closer to using this process.
At the meeting, Su also revealed that the Ryzen 4000 is currently under development and they also collaborate closely with the TSMC, and their idea is that the new process will generally be used first for processors for mobile devices, which are also relatively simple in terms of the performance which they are trying to achieve.