Monday, August 27th 2012

AMD "Vishera" FX-Series CPU Specifications Confirmed
A leaked AMD document for retail partners spelled out specifications of the first three FX "Vishera" processors by AMD. The new CPUs incorporate AMD's "Piledriver" architecture, and much like the first-generation "Zambezi" chips, will launch as one each of eight-core, six-core, and four-core chips. The eight-core FX-8350 is confirmed to ship with 4.00 GHz nominal clock speed, with 4.20 GHz TurboCore speed. The six-core FX-6300 ships with 3.50 GHz nominal, and 4.10 GHz TurboCore speed. The quad-core FX-4320, on the other hand, ships with the same clock speeds as the FX-8350. In addition, the document confirmed clock speeds of several socket FM2 A-series APUs, such as the A10-5700 and the A8-5500.
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493 Comments on AMD "Vishera" FX-Series CPU Specifications Confirmed
AM3+ wasn't supposed to exist. Due to popular demand(ie OEM and big-box server partners), Bulldozer was moved form it's intended socket, with quad-channel DDR3, to it's current desktop model, on the dual-channel AM3+ platform.
It's time for either that move back to quad-channel DDR3, or DDR4, whatever, but tiem for a new socket has long passed.
In fact ,wen I asked AMD staff about BUlldozer, and whether a socket change was required to see the full potential, I was quite explicitly told "YES".
There are many interesting things both int the HW and SW world that I [and prolly millions] would be very interested in. Things that can only be told by the ones who were working with it. But everything is so closed & guarded, we probably going to get to know these things many years later, if ever. I find that to be a very frustrating thing.
imho steamroller arch is another inbetweener arch like PD in itself a polished tweeked BD, excavator will again be all new(a guess) like BD and will at that point be built for true unit integration with the gpu element'S ,requireing a new socket which might arrive with steamroller but i doubt it.
whatever they have in the works if you consider it was also Amd that started the FSB buss speed upping and created hypertransport way before intel had similar, im sure Excavator will also include internal Buss improvements too thats what leads my arch change thoughts.
He has allot of talent. He could be a little rusty now at the beginning, he was working way to long on mobile devices.
And that is why Rory hired him. The focus will be on mobile devices unfortunately.
i don't believe whatsoever AMD would hire the him for focus on something like mobile tech, not for a second.
Honestly I feel that After Steam Roller AMD should consolidate the Socket to FM2 (no socket change to FM2+ or w/e), it would reduce the amt of sockets engineered,
Lucky for them, I still prefer their CPUs because of their price/performance, my track history with them (which is great) and last but not least, my loyalty.
afaik prior gen amd chipsets are still compatible with Fx and the FM socket range and on the whole if the busses match up ,and they do, most later amd chipsets should still work and have been attached to Fm1 sockets, its mostly a case of what features the processor socket /cpu can do verses what the featureset of the motherboard will have.
man Skt A was universal...
I think it's not likely.
Is it possible? I think it's VERY possible.
Two reasons. One, that whole question i asked AMD that said Bulldozer needed a new socket for the best perforamcne, and secondly, to perhaps add PCIe 3.0 support.
Of course, PCIe 3.0 could be done without a socket change, i think.
Now I really need to stay away from that Irish Whiskey :laugh: I'm sticking to Greek Ouzo next time. :D
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