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7nm Boosted Zen 2 Capabilities but Doubled the Challenges

February 21, 2020May 25, 2021 David Schor 14 nm, 7 nm, AMD, capacitance, GlobalFoundries, ISSCC, ISSCC 2020, resistance, TSMC, wire delay, Zen, Zen 2

The transition to 7 nm greatly enhanced AMD silicon capabilities but introduced new drastic design challenges that required new place and route methodologies and wire engineering.