Will "next generation" have a mid-upgrade like PRO and X?

[mutantsushi]

shikamaru317 said:

Intrinsic said:
It depends on chip fabrication. It took 4yrs to go from 65nm to 28nm fabrication.
And 6yrs to go from 2nm to 14nm. And about 4yrs to go from 14nm to 7nm (assuming there are no surprises).
If it takes 7yrs for that node shrink to come? then that will be PS6 we are talking about.

I don't think we'll see 4nm on AMD CPU's or GPU's, Samsung is the only one who is currently planning to use 4nm afaik. AMD uses Global Foundries for their chipsets and I think that they are planning on doing 5nm first, then 3.5nm (which will be called 3nm for marketing purposes).

Great information to add, and refreshing for discussion here to actually take into consideration objective factors which dictate these developments,
but AFAIK AMD doesn't have permanent exclusive relationship with GF, so other fabs' offerings are potentially in play, but who knows at this point?

Also question to ask is what purpose does mid-gen power boost serve? This gen, the base platforms failed to consistently hit even 1080p.
Given BoneX already flirts with 4K, the same dynamic seems unlikely to apply to next gen, making analogy w/ hypothetical 8Kchecker less tight.
VR clearly is able to use any power boost, but VR alone justifying new (sub) gen would itself be more notable than tech specs of that upgrade.

COKTOE said:
Yessss. I'll take bets. 10 years of sig/avatar control.

Transferring to blood descendants in case of death?

Last edited by mutantsushi - on 26 November 2018