Tuesday, October 4th 2011
AMD Piledriver to Boost Performance by 10%, Feature New Instruction Set
"Piledriver" is the codename of AMD's processor micro-architecture that succeeds "Bulldozer", which AMD is referring to in a company presentation slide as "2nd Generation Bulldozer". This, even before the first Bulldozer processors in the AMD FX Processor series begin shipping. Piledriver isn't an evolution over Bulldozer as such, and is more of a incremental update to the architecture.
Piledriver features an improved core design to bring about performance improvements of 10% over Bulldozer. It features two new instruction sets: FMA3 (Fast Memory Access 3) and Converged BMI (Branch if MInus). It will feature an improved IOMMU (memory mapping unit), referred to as IOMMU v2. Apart from these, Piledriver will fit into the existing ecosystem of AMD FX Processors, consisting of socket AM3+ and AMD 9-series chipsets. AMD is currently referring to the platform Piledriver-based processors will form around themselves as "FX Next". There is no reason for you to skip Bulldozer for this, our sources told us that Piledriver CPUs can be expected only by mid-thru-late 2012. AMD FX Bulldozer processors are on course for a mid-October launch.
Source:
DonanimHaber
Piledriver features an improved core design to bring about performance improvements of 10% over Bulldozer. It features two new instruction sets: FMA3 (Fast Memory Access 3) and Converged BMI (Branch if MInus). It will feature an improved IOMMU (memory mapping unit), referred to as IOMMU v2. Apart from these, Piledriver will fit into the existing ecosystem of AMD FX Processors, consisting of socket AM3+ and AMD 9-series chipsets. AMD is currently referring to the platform Piledriver-based processors will form around themselves as "FX Next". There is no reason for you to skip Bulldozer for this, our sources told us that Piledriver CPUs can be expected only by mid-thru-late 2012. AMD FX Bulldozer processors are on course for a mid-October launch.
64 Comments on AMD Piledriver to Boost Performance by 10%, Feature New Instruction Set
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Hmmmm......
If bd is so ahead of its time that it'll take years for the software to catch up and bd will obsolete by that time...
I hope by the time Amd releases piledriver(I believe they wont until its 100%) that the soft ware hasn't leapfrogged the hardware and bd performs better...
I think AMD just got bulldozer out the door.
If they already know how to fix bulldozer then having piledriver out the door in Q1 next year is highly probable, Making refinments to anything is quicker than building somthing from the ground up.
I just hope AMD's flagship never goes above £200, If piledriver delivers and crushes sandybridge or at least Equals it I think that would be a BIG win for AMD and put AMD back in the game that they are late to.
Bulldozer is not fail, its basically a I5 in alot of respects, piledriver "SHOULD" use less power, and generally be better overall, heck evan just a huge lead in single threaded would make piledriver a sucess.
Common AMD you got the platform out its on par with X6 overall, now shift that thing into high gear and give intel sommin to panic about.
A good friend of mine has confirmed to me that Bulldozer fixes are coming sometime in late November or sometime in December 2011 and before the FX 8170, FX 4170 and FX 6170 get released. So in reality the FX **70's should perform MUCH better. I just hope he's right on the mark.
He's been right about the Athlon, Athlon 64, AMD's Dual-Core, Intel's Conroe and so on. So I am hoping he's right about this :)
I know this guy that know this guy that knows guy that dates the hairdresser of a girl that dates this guy that knows a guy who won't admit to knowing this guy that knows there alternate universe patch that will unleash bd full power.
And I hope Bulldozer will not turn out to be AMD's gravedigger...