Wowsa, the gem in this to me is the WSA 7th amendment information.
"The amendment provides AMD full flexibility for wafer purchases from any foundry at the 7nm node and beyond without any one-time payments or royalties"
AMD no longer has to pay GF for wafers purchased from TSMC on their 7nm node and beyond. This is a huge benefit to the company as previously they had to pay GF if they bought wafers from someone else for any reason.
Wording also means that AMD does not have to buy GF wafers if they ever do do another node shrink. But from the looks of things
"GF continues to be a long-term strategic partner to AMD for the 12nm node and above and the amendment establishes purchase commitments and pricing at 12 nm and above for the years 2019 through 2021."
This means that AMD still has obligations to buy 12nm wafers and will be releasing things on the 12nm node and above for the next two years at least. What these are is a point in speculation (chipsets? CPU's? mobile stuff? i/o chiplets?). but the important bit is 12nm isn't going away anytime soon.
"The amendment provides AMD full flexibility for wafer purchases from any foundry at the 7nm node and beyond without any one-time payments or royalties"
AMD no longer has to pay GF for wafers purchased from TSMC on their 7nm node and beyond. This is a huge benefit to the company as previously they had to pay GF if they bought wafers from someone else for any reason.
Wording also means that AMD does not have to buy GF wafers if they ever do do another node shrink. But from the looks of things
"GF continues to be a long-term strategic partner to AMD for the 12nm node and above and the amendment establishes purchase commitments and pricing at 12 nm and above for the years 2019 through 2021."
This means that AMD still has obligations to buy 12nm wafers and will be releasing things on the 12nm node and above for the next two years at least. What these are is a point in speculation (chipsets? CPU's? mobile stuff? i/o chiplets?). but the important bit is 12nm isn't going away anytime soon.