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AMD said the launch was still scheduled for Q2. They also said Q2 revenues would be down. And Year-over-Year revenues will only be up 12%, per AMD. This is with launching RX 5xx, VEGA, Ryzen desktop, Naples Server, Zen APUs, etc. We are not seeing the whole picture here.

You are asking the right questions. So while stuck at 28nm, both AMD and Nvidia needed more memory bandwidth and lower power usage to make more powerful chips. AMD chose to design an exotic new memory type. Wikipedia says the HBM project started in 2008. AMD obviously felt that 4GB would...