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EricHiggin on 22 October 2018
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Pemalite said: 
EricHiggin said: 

At this point in time, if AMD can still remain substantially cheaper at 7nm 8 core, it should be enough to hold off Intel at 10nm 8 core, even if those Intel chips still perform slightly better. As long as AMD doesn't drag 8 core out too long, and keep at least a year ahead of Intel with upping the core count, they should be ok.

AMD still has an IPC and clockspeed deficit with Intel.
It's just at a point where it's inconsequential to most users.

I want to see 12 cores at a minimum within the next couple of years. 8 Cores is great... But has been accessible to us peasants for years.

Inconsequential enough not to mention, and potentially even more inconsequential if the IPC rumors are true for their upcoming 7nm CPU's. Depending on how well the progress at 5nm (or 3nm) goes, AMD could be stuck at 7nm for a while, so jumping straight to 12 cores seems like something I think they will wait a year or two to do for business and marketing purposes, after they've made more substantial IPC advancements. I  get your point about 8 cores becoming the norm for top tier, so 12 cores or more should become the new top dog sooner than much later.

Pemalite said:

EricHiggin said: 

I wonder what's going to happen when Intel introduces their GPU's around 2020? 14nm GPU's?

By 2020 Intel should have more manufacturing spun up. Or they might produce them at TSMC/Samsung.

Makes sense. They basically make all the GPU's already, so it wouldn't be a dumb idea if Intel hasn't had time to scale up with 10nm by then.