re: PC Discussion - Gaming, Performance and Enthusiasts

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AMD's income from Ryzen processors jumped 64% year-over-year, which isn't surprising given that Ryzen processors currently hold four of the top five spots on Amazon's CPU best sellers list.

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AMD's prospects are bright as it moves into next year with 7nm EPYC Rome processors and GPUs. Meanwhile, Intel has struggled to bring up the 10nm node, and a recently leaked roadmap indicates the first data center 10nm CPUs won't arrive until 2020. That gives AMD a big window to leverage its process superiority, a first, and gain market share. AMD also continues to work with its partners in its China JV to expand into that exploding market, and recent AMD job postings indicate the company will likely start a joint GPU production agreement in the country, as well. Su stated that the company continues to invest more in R&D, with current investments up 25% on the year, so its advantage could widen further. Su also stated that "We have seen the first view of 5-nanometer, and we think 5-nanometer is very competitive as well," so it's clear the company is already looking beyond its next-gen products.

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