[ksec]

1. Most of the benchmarks are not even compiled or made with Zen Optimization in mind. But the results are already promising, or even Surprising.

2. Compared to Desktop / Windows Ecosystem, their are much more Open Source Software on the Server side, along with usual Open Source Compiler. Which means any AMD Zen optimization will be far easier to deploy compared to Games and App on Desktop coded and compiled with Intel / ICC.

3. The sweet spot for Server Memory is still at 16GB DIMMs. A 256GB Memory for your caching needs or In-memory Database will now be much cheaper.

4. When are we going to get much cheaper 128GB DIMM Memory? Fitting 2TB Memory per Socket, and 4TB per U, along with 128 lanes for NVM-E SSD Storage, the definition of Big Data, just grown a little bigger.

5. Between now and 2020, the roadmap has Zen+ and 7nm. Along with PCI-E 4.0. I am very excited!

[keth]

> 5. Between now and 2020, the roadmap has Zen+ and 7nm. Along with PCI-E 4.0. I am very excited!

Yes, and it's rumored that the top end 7nm chip will be 48 cores (codename starship). Exciting times ahead now that the competition is back.