Naples, Rome, Milan, Zen 4: An Interview with AMD CTO, Mark Papermaster

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At AMD’s Next Horizon event this week, the company disclosed for the first time the layout of its next generation EPYC processor, the new Vega Radeon Instinct datacenter compute accelerators, as well as a strong confidence that its execution on 7nm will be a big win. If there’s anyone at AMD prepared to talk about execution, it’s the Chief Technology Officer and SVP of Technology and Engineering, Mark Papermaster.

Matching and Exceeding Expectations

The goal of AMD’s event in the middle of the fourth quarter of the year was to put into perspective two elements of AMD’s strategy: firstly, its commitment to delivering a 7nm Vega based product by the end of the year, as the company promised in early 2018, but also to position its 7nm capabilities as some of the best by disclosing the layout of its next generation enterprise processor set to hit shelves in 2019. This is, of course, a far cry from AMD during the Bulldozer days – the excitement in the presentation room from AMD’s executive staff was palpable. It’s rare to see so much latent energy and excitement in what could have been a series of dull presentations, but the ability for AMD to execute and compete in this new Zen era is one that gets the adrenaline going up and down the employee chain.

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