The AMD FX-4350 was a desktop processor with 4 cores, launched in April 2013. It is part of the FX lineup, using the Vishera architecture with Socket AM3+. FX-4350 has 8 MB of L3 cache and operates at 4.2 GHz by default, but can boost up to 4.3 GHz, depending on the workload. AMD is building the FX-4350 on a 32 nm production process using 1,200 million transistors. The silicon die of the chip is not fabricated at AMD, but at the foundry of GlobalFoundries. The multiplier is locked on FX-4350, which limits its overclocking capabilities.
With a TDP of 125 W, the FX-4350 consumes a lot of power, so good cooling is definitely needed. AMD's processor supports DDR3 memory with a dual-channel interface. The highest officially supported memory speed is 1866 MT/s, but with overclocking (and the right memory modules) you can go even higher. For communication with other components in the system, FX-4350 uses a PCI-Express Gen 2 connection. Although the processor doesn't come with integrated graphics, certain motherboards with compatible chipsets can provide this capability.
Hardware virtualization is available on the FX-4350, which greatly improves virtual machine performance. Programs using Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) will run on this processor, boosting performance for calculation-heavy applications.