CPU/Mobo AMD Fusion Discussion Thread

AMD must be using triple channel memory for Trinity, hence why it needs a new platform. Besides, the very name of it...
 
comp@ddict said:
^^ Hmm makes sense, but sideport memory makes wayy more sense.
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How much would Trinity benefit from using sideport memory over tripple channel memory in performance and cost wise?
 
^^ The provided picture of the processor has been dated 2010, I suspect a hoax. Simply because Llano has been released in 2011.
 
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AMD Prepares Low-Power Trinity APU with a TDP of 17.5W

AMD has recently announced that is preparing a special version of the Trinity APU, the company's next-generation processor based on the Fusion concept, that will be optimized to fit inside a 17.5W TDP.

The announcement was made by AMD's Interim Chief Executive Officer, Thomas Seifert, during the company's latest conference call with financial analysts.

“We plan to introduce a version of Trinity that will consume less than 50% the power of today's lowest power, 35W Llano APU, bringing performance computing to the ultra-thin notebooks,” said Mr. Seifert.

Trinity is the code name used for AMD's next-generation accelerated processing units based on the Bulldozer architecture, which are expected to arrive in 2012.

Information about these chips is scarce at this moment, but AMD previously stated that Trinity would be 50% more powerful than the company's current APUs based on the Llano architecture.

Much of its power will come from the inclusion of the Bulldozer x86 CPU cores, which will be paired with an updated DX11 GPU that is based on a VLIW4 architecture.

The Bulldozer cores used in Trinity will go by the code name of Piledriver and, much like the current Llano processors, will lack any sort of Level 3 cache memory as AMD wanted to increase the die area available to the on-board GPU.

According to AMD, Piledriver based APUs will be divided into three main versions for specific price-points and markets.

Trinity will be the most powerful of these and will cover the performance segment of the APU line, which is now occupied by Llano A8 parts.

Right under Trinity will come Weatherford, which covers the upper-mainstream segment and replaces the Llano based A6-series, while the least powerful of the new Piledriver APUs will be called Richland.

This will target the lower-mainstream market segment and is meant to replace the current dual-core A4-series APUs.

All of AMD's Trinity chips will be manufactured using Globalfoundries' 32nm production node and are expected to include more than 2 billion transistors, according to some early estimates.
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AMD's Yet Unreleased A8-3870 Black Edition APU Breaks 3DMark World Record

Source: AMD's Yet Unreleased A8-3870 Black Edition APU Breaks 3DMark World Record - Softpedia

In the fourth quarter of this year, AMD is expected to update its A-series desktop APU lineup with a new chip that will feature an unlocked multiplier, and recently, an overclocker used an engineering sample of this processor to break the 3D Mark Vantage and 06 world records for integrated graphics.

The new accelerated processing unit will be known as the A8-3870 Black Edition and, thanks to its 3.1GHz base frequency, it will become AMD's fastest APU to date, surpassing the current 2.9GHz clocked A8-3850.

In order to achieve the two 3DMark world records, the AMD APU had to be overclocked from its base clock speed around 3.9GHz, which enabled it to score 11822 points in 3DMark 06 and 7386 points in 3DMark Vantage.

According to Chew, the overclocker who set these world records, the chip has the potential to go over 5GHz, but the motherboard's BIOS kept interfering with the engineering sample APU.

Outside of the higher operating clock and unlocked multiplier, the A8-3870 Black Edition is almost identical with the current A8-3850 and sports quad processing cores with 4MB of Level 2 cache memory, an integrated dual-channel DDR3-1866MHz controller, and Radeon HD 6550D graphics.

This is AMD's fastest on-die GPU to be included in the Llano APU line and it packs no less than 400 stream processors that are running at 600MHz.

In spite of the increased clock speed, the A8-3870 will carry the same 100W TDP as the A8-3850 and A6-3650 APUs.

Until the A8-3870 is launched, AMD is expected to release four more A-Series desktop APUs. These will feature a 65W TDP, pack between two and four cores, range in speed between 2.1GHz and 2.7GHz and select models will feature support for AMD's Turbo Core technology. (via WCCFTech)
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AMD to Release New Quad/Dual Core APU Lineup in Q4 2011

Source: http://wccftech.com/amd-release-quaddual-core-apu-lineup-q4-2011/
 
More Info Arises on AMD's Krishna and Wichita Chips

Source : More Info Arises on AMD's Krishna and Wichita Chips - Softpedia

Though they will let themselves be waited on for many months to come, the upcoming Deccan platform, particularly the two chips that are part of it, have again fallen under the eye of market watchers.

AMD's existing APUs are guaranteed to stick around for a while yet, but the Sunnyvale, California-based company is well into researching and developing the so-called successors.

In fact, there have been enough words on the Wichita and Krishna, as they are called, that users can already create a vaguely accurate image of what they can do.

The processors are designed in such a way that they come closer to qualifying as full-fledged SoC (system-on-chip) devices than as central processing units.

Still, this does not mean that they lack any features of a CPU. To the contrary, they are what one might call CPUs and more.

In keeping with expectations, up to four Bobcat cores are present, along with 2 MB of L2 cache, the Turbo Core dynamic overclocking technology and a graphics core which, among other things, supports DirectX 11 features.

The manufacturing process at the basis of them all will be the 28nm, the same one that not just AMD, but also NVIDIA feels very confident about.

To these is added the 'Yuba' controller hub (handles the SATA, USB 3.0, USB 2.0, HD audio and other ports and elements).

Furthermore, the UVD3 video decoder will be present among the list of assets, as will be DDR3-1600 and low-voltage RAM (random access memory) support, plus an increase to processing and graphics power of 20% and 25%, respectively.

2012 is the earliest when one can expect and hope to see some sales commencing, although official information on the units should emerge sooner, before this year (2011) is out. C and E-series are the likeliest branding schemes that one can look forward to seeing on the labels.
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AMD to Offer “Graphics Free” Llano Chips :
AMD to Offer

the company has quietly decided to introduce chips made using 32nm process technology in FM1 packaging under Athlon II and Sempron trademarks

The first model – Athlon II X4 631 (2.60GHz, 100W, 4MB L2 cache) – is already listed on the company’s web-site. Thanks to 1MB of level-two cache, the new Athlon II should provide higher performance than previous-generation offerings with 512KB cache per core in certain cases
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AMD Officially Intros Triple-Core and Quad-Core A-Series APUs

Source : AMD Officially Intros Triple-Core and Quad-Core A-Series APUs - Softpedia

Advanced Micro Devices decided it was time for its collection of processors to welcome the newest A-Series APUs, so it went ahead and updated the price lists and product pages with three new units.

As some may or may not have learned, Advanced Micro Devices announced quite a short time ago that it had shipped twelve million accelerated processing units.

This, naturally, is a cause for celebration, and the company chose a very active way of commemorating the event.

Basically, its price list and product pages have grown to include more than just a new triple-core APU by the name of A-Series A-3500. This chip did arrive, only it was accompanied by the A6-3600 and the A8-3800.

The A6-3500 (priced at $95, or $89 in 1,000 unit quantities) is the triple-core one, with a L2 cache memory of 3 MB (3 x 1 MB) and a base clock speed of 2.1 GHz (2.4 GHz in Turbo Core).

The A6-3600 ($109) has the very same clock frequencies as above, as well as a similar power draw (65W), but its four cores are backed by 4 MB of L2 cache.

As for the A8-3800 ($129), it is a quad-core with 2.4 GHz and 2.7 GHz base and Turbo clocks, plus 4 MB of cache. It has the same thermal design power (TDP 65W).

The A6-3500 and A6-3600 incorporate the same graphics solution (Radeon HD 6530D, with 320 shader units and a clock of 443 MHz) while the A8-3800 features Radeon HD 6550D (600 MHz, 400 shaders).

All things considered, the newcomers are priced fairly low and should start shipping soon, if they haven't already.

It is also interesting to note that Advanced Micro Devices has just introduced a certain other batch of products, the Radeon line of graphics specifically aimed at all-in-one desktops.

Finally, thanks to information on such things as MSI' CR430 Laptop, one can look forward to new mobile APUs as well (E-450).
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This means that this is a boon for htpc enthusiasts.discrete hd 5570 level graphics+cpu can be had for about 4k(price will soon be 80-85$).this also means that e-350 price will go down.llano a-3850 laptops can already be had at the price point of 450$ from amazon.com.it means in about 6 months time we will be seeing e-350 based netbooks at atom price points and llano notebooks around 20-22 k.there is a shortage of these chips right now as amd is having some production problems,but these are expected to be sorted out soon.Amd is soon going to be the king in sub 500$ category!
 
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