The foundry responsible for AMD’s manufacturing in 2019, TSMC, is expected to be running its 7nm process node at max capacity by Q3, 2019. The cutting edge node has reportedly been under-utilised so far this year, although industry sources believe 7nm chip orders are now rolling in thick and fast for production – including plenty from AMD and vast amounts from Apple.

TSMC’s most noteworthy 7nm client for us gamers is AMD. Its next-generation AMD Ryzen 3000 CPUs will utilise Zen 2 chiplets produced by the pure-play foundry for power efficiency and performance gains. As will its EPYC server chips. The next-gen Radeon architecture, AMD Navi, is also on the roster for TSMC’s process, potentially launching alongside Ryzen or closely behind in the months that follow.

Rumour has it these will both launch in July following a Computex announcement. And at least the latter is looking more than likely, for AMD Ryzen at least, now that AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su will be making the first ever Computex keynote on May 27, 2019. This follows a Ryzen teaser at CES 2019 earlier in the year.