Zen related information in earning transcript:
Second, we must continue delivering strong new products. This includes successfully executing key design milestones for our breakout Zen CPU core. Zen remains on track for availability in 2016 and, we believe, will return AMD to the mainstream server and high-end client markets in a significant way in 2017 and beyond.
So, let me talk overall about Zen and our roadmap, and then specifically to your question.
So, as I said in the prepared remarks, Zen is on schedule for availability in 2016 and a first full year of revenue ramp in 2017. As you know, these microprocessor projects are multiyear projects, so the architecture or the execution team very much in place. I think we are pleased with the progress and we will continue to work hard to meet our objectives in that area.
Yes, so, Harlan, let me couch it this way. So as we stated in the financial analyst day, we had a target of 40% IPC performance of Zen over our previous generation. We believe we are on track for that.
Relative to process technology, we have taped out multiple products to multiple fabs in FinFET and we believe that they're also on track in terms of overall ramp. So we continue to focus on both of those aspects, both the architecture and the process technology, but so far, so good.
Yes, so the way I would think about the enterprise, embedded, and semi-custom segment in terms of longer-term revenue growth, in 2016, as we said, we will have additional semi-custom revenue ramping in the second half of 2016, so I think that would be one driver. And then as we go into the medium term with the -- with Zen, that would be more of a 2017 revenue driver.
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