It was obvious that AMD's technology conference Barclays CFO Devinder Kumar (Devinder Kumar) can not ignore the comparative speed of the subject being prepared for announcement of processors Zen architecture. He explained, as we learned yesterday that the samples of these processors are available from the middle of this year, and in the desktop segment, deliveries of production models for enthusiasts begin in the first quarter of the coming year.
When an analyst from among those present at the event, tried to find out how AMD's confident a decent level performance processors with Zen architecture, the chief financial officer of the company said the processor samples already tested by partners of the company, and are eagerly awaiting the opportunity to begin the deliveries of serial computers based on processors with Zen architecture. Generally, if it is needed now, AMD could make public the results of comparative tests, and everything would have been clear that the processors with Zen architecture can successfully compete with Core i7 and Core i5. This statement was made by Devinder Kumar. He immediately added that processors Zen are in direct competition with Core i7 and Core i5, they also support work with multiple streams at the same time.
After these words, Kumar moved to a discussion about how the appearance of Zen processor in the market will affect the rate of profit. The latter figure will be able to improve as Zen processors will not be the least expensive. They will be one of the drivers to improve the welfare of AMD in 2017, helping to improve profit margins with 31-32% to 36-40% in certain long-term.