Earlier this week, we reported on rumors that AMD’s Zen might have slipped into Q4 2016. Since then, we’ve heard the chip could actually launch in the Q1 2017 timeframe — and now, there’s further reason to think that something happened to AMD’s next-generation CPU timetable. Now, it’s been reported that Jim Keller, who returned to AMD to helm its new CPU after a stint with Apple, has left ...
AMD’s Analyst Day is set for next week and it now appears certain that the company will spend at least some time discussing its Zen architecture. This new slide is designed in AMD’s colors and style — if it’s a fake, it’s a good one. In this case, however, I don’t think it’s fake. The architectural details make sense and are reasonable based on what we might expect AMD to build. ...