Pemalite said:
| EricHiggin said:
Planning is a problem yes. More so in terms of tech, and less about pricing, yet that pricing is tied to that tech, especially at the lower margin end. There are things like Lisa saying her and her team were extremely aggressive with Zen 2 in terms of advancements and pricing, so the road map can be sped up or slowed down somewhat. It's not like Intel was on the verge of 6 and 8 core mainstream chips before Ryzen came along, and yet wow did they ever show up fast all of the sudden.
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Intel already had 6-8 core processors in the pipeline, it's not something they decided to do overnight.
In-fact Intel had roadmaps even as far back as before Ryzen was officially announced by AMD where Coffee Lake was set to have 6-cores anyway.
https://www.extremetech.com/computing/235664-leaked-roadmap-claims-intel-will-bring-six-core-chips-to-mainstream-pcs-with-upcoming-coffee-lake
Intel also has it's HEDT designs which it technically could bring to the mainstream platforms if required and vice versa.
These things take years... And Intel and AMD need to try and make forward projections and make bets... Which is why AMD's bet with Bulldozer was a colossal failure and Intel dropped the ball hardcore with Netburst.
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https://www.extremetech.com/computing/235664-leaked-roadmap-claims-intel-will-bring-six-core-chips-to-mainstream-pcs-with-upcoming-coffee-lake
"Some will see this roadmap as confirmation that Intel is reacting to AMD’s Zen"
When you didn't plan on pushing out 6 and 8 core mainstream CPU's initially, and your 10nm process ends up delayed, you very well may end up maxing out your 14nm manufacturing process and have shortages, because you decided to compete with your new competition in terms of core count.
