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PC Hardware
20 July 2016
AMD 2017 Opteron has three sockets
Exclusive: 4, 8, 12, 16, 24 and 32 core versions
Zen-based Opteron processors should appear by mid-2017 and our deep throats have revealed that there will be three different sockets. Not only that, the entry level Zen based processors will come in four or eight Zen core configurations and they will use the SP4r2 BGA socket. AMD has been developing them under the Snowy Owl codename.
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Graphics
22 April 2016
AMD 2016 roadmap skips HBM 2.0
Vega comes in 2017
This might be one of these we told you so articles, but our well-placed sources have indicated for a long time that HBM 2.0 might not be as easy and broad
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PC Hardware
27 November 2015
Globalfoundries might become Chinese takeaway
Abu Dhabi plans to off-load the company
AMD spin-off Globalfoundries might be off-loaded by its Abu Dhabi owners to the Chinese.
18 April 2014
GlobalFoundries and Samsung team up for 14nm FinFET
FinFET for the future
30 August 2011
High performance 20nm chips slated for 2014
![globalfoundries](/images/stories/Logos/globalfoundries.gif)
To replace 28nm, 32nm processes
22 November 2010
TSMC looks exclusive for 28nm Southern islands
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GloFo to deal with Fusion