High end desktop ‘FX’ CPUs arrive in June, Llano in July. Also inside – AMD CPU roadmap leak
High end desktop ‘FX’ CPUs arrive in June, Llano in July. Also inside – AMD CPU roadmap leak
According to X-Bit labs, AMD’s new ‘Bulldozer’ high end CPUs will be arriving in the week of June 20th 2011, and supplies of A-series APUs (Llano) will arrive in the week of 4th July 2011.
AMD will be releasing high end CPUs to compete with Intel’s current high end offering (LGA 1366 based CPUs) and to succeed their current Phenom II lineup. They will come in 8-core, 6-core and 4-core variants, named FX8000, FX6000 and FX4000 respectively. Note the return of the ‘FX’ brand name, as reported back in January.
Exact details of the launch still remain elusive, though rumours that Bulldozer were to appear at CeBIT 2011 were quickly quashed on the first day when it did not make an appearance at all. Reportedly, this was due to minor changes in chipset design, not an uncommon occurrence, and always better than after launch, as Intel have learned the hard way this year.
Will the claim that Bulldozer CPUs can outperform the top Phenom II CPUs and Core i7 CPUs by 50% be true? Click on the link below the article and discuss in our forums.
Source: X-Bit Labs
Meanwhile, a leaked slide posted at Turkish site, DonaimHaber, shows the AMD CPU roadmap for the years 2010-2012.
The slide shows three different types of Llano APU, 2, 3 and 4 core variants, all supporting PC3-12800 DDR3 and DirectX 11.
Source: Donaimhaber
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