haxxiy on 26 June 2017
I think there will be an improved Zen next year with ~10% higher frequency and higher memory speeds, perhaps just before Cannon Lake if Intel's 10 nm comes relatively yearly, but I don't see a 7 nm Zen 2 before mid 2019, unless the improved Zen on 14 nm really is an architectural change.
Besides, since we know Zeppelin with have up to 48 cores, it seems like the Zen 2 CCX will have 6 cores instead of 4 cores (it wouldn't make much sense for the die to have 6 CCX given the way they work). So, I would guess Zen 2 will have 6, 9 and 12 core products on the consumer range. Would it be the first 9-core CPU, if it is the case?
