Three-core version bulldozer model, specifications exposure

Bulldozers also have three cores?

AMD released a propaganda video and comics of “bulldozers” a few days ago, vaguely revealing that the release date will be September 19. Recently, HKEPC HKEPC confirmed the news from the motherboard manufacturers and learned that With the currently-exposed 8-core, 6-core, and 4-core bulldozer processors, AMD will also release a 3-core “bulldozer” processor targeted at the OEM market, but there will be a slight decrease in specifications. The first model will be AMD. FX-3150, with a core frequency of 3.6GHz, supports AMD Turbo Core 2.0 technology, dynamic acceleration frequency up to 4.2GHz, built-in 3MB L2 cache, no L3 Cache, and 3 core OEM versions will not use "black box" design, also In other words, the frequency multiplier is locked, and the built-in dual-channel DDR3 memory controller has a maximum memory frequency of DDR3-1866 and a maximum TDP of 80W. It is expected to be available in the fourth quarter of 2011.

According to Taiwan's motherboard makers, AMD's next-generation AM3+ interface processor will be mass-produced in early August and will be officially released in September. It is expected to be officially launched in September, and four different models will be introduced in the initial listing, including quad-core FX. -4100, six-core AMD FX-6100, eight-core FX-8100 and FX-8150.

The 32nm process, originally scheduled for Computex release this year, code-named "Zambezi" brand new "bulldozer" architecture processor, using the new AM3 + interface package, due to some designs need to be modified and postponed, and finally implemented in early August formally production, is expected It will be officially released on September 19. This is AMD's first redesign of the processor architecture since the 2003 Athlon 64 processor.

After the launch of the AMD FX series processor, it will gradually replace the Phenom II AM3 processor along the market. It is expected that the AMD FX series processors will account for about 15 to 17% of the total AMD desktop processor shipments in the fourth quarter of 2011, Phenom The II AM3 processor will be reduced to about 5% or less, and AMD will accept the final Phenom II AM3 order at the end of the fourth quarter of 2011. The first quarter of 2012 will stop shipping and upgrade the processor.

It is expected that the AMD FX series will account for about 20-22% of total AMD desktop processor shipments in the first half of 2012, while mainstream or below AM3 desktop processors will gradually exit the market in the first quarter of 2012. The final orders will be accepted in the first quarter of 2012. Shipments will cease until the second quarter and will be replaced by a new generation of AMD FM1 processors. The AM3 specification will complete its mission and become history.

Although the new generation of “bulldozer” microarchitecture is the first processor microarchitecture product that has been completely improved since its launch in 2003, it is still far from rival Intel in performance, and AMD has no plans to slow down the microarchitecture improvement. At the 2010 AMD Financial Analysis Conference, AMD stated that it will launch an "Enhanced Bulldozer" architecture processor in 2012. The processor is codenamed "Komodo" to replace the upcoming "Zambezi" and the performance will be further improved. It will also launch a new microarchitecture product in 2013, hoping to further narrow the gap with its rival microarchitecture technology.