AMD's Next Gen. Korona High-End Desktop Platform to Fuse Processor with Northbridge

[Frick]

Welcome back! Room for everyone those versed in quantum physics and those versed in robot chicken get in where u fit in. And remember it ain't that serious all the time

I think that is why we have generalnonsense.net.

 

[Deleted member 67555]

If AMD doesn't pull ahead of Intel this will be an EPIC FAIL.....Intel can get away with a new socket every year because they are better.....

Nobody is gonna change platforms for a second rate chip year after year......

 

[Hotobu]

The level of failure is a function of expectations. I don't think it's been AMD's goal in the past to really try and outdo Intel. They've found a nice niche with the "best price to performance" title.

 

[dalekdukesboy]

fixed

totally offtopic, awesome avatar

 

[ensabrenoir]

I think that is why we have generalnonsense.net.

True. Point taken. Some of these releases just makes it hard 2 reszist(I know on cell phone no spell check)

 

[TheMailMan78]

They have been needing to change sockets for a VERY long time.

 

[seronx]

If the $320 for top of the line Zambezi is true, it's competing against LGA 1155 IMO.

Price =/= Performance
AMD is exploiting their performance monoploy

Roadheader? Screw that if it doesn't go Bulldozer, Piledriver, Wrecking Ball then AMD's failed me as a company.

Till it rends your flesh

@seronx
LGA2011?
first Bulldozer have to prove it can beat Nehalem

Well LGA 2011 is the only cpus that have 8 Cores so, 8 cores vs 8 cores perfect competition

 

[Steevo]

They better be careful, they will have to use names like, "very large machine with destructive tendencies" or "very awesome big thing" soon.

 

[seronx]

They better be careful, they will have to use names like, "very large machine with destructive tendencies" or "very awesome big thing" soon.

Well Auger is the fusion of the bobcat and the bulldozer lines

See

 

[repman244]

Price =/= Performance

Price is performance, why do you think Intel has $1000 chips and AMD doesn't?
Why were the first FX chips at $1000?

If you have the best performance you can price the chips higher, that's why you don't see any expensive AMD chips right now, because they wouldn't sell.

If they place Zambezi around $320 it's probably going to compete with 2600K.

 

[TheoneandonlyMrK]

Bull dozer pile driver its like amd and intel are playing mortal combat or. Some sort of wrestling video game don't care what u call it until its released its all fictional

yeh because sandy bridge and ivy bridge sound menacing


I cant help but think this news leak wont help AMD sell its new FX chips this christmass as, I now am considering sticking for even longer and awiating komodo+1090(weva)chipset with pciex3 support(true crossfireable pciex3,with both at full speed), surely im not alone in thinking my cpu isnt being strained much anyway,if i had ddr3 in here id have no doubts now id be stickin wiv.

 

[[H]@RD5TUFF]

So will it play Crysis . . . . ?














j/k


Will it finally make the move to LGA is what I want to know.

 

[nemesis.ie]

http://sites.amd.com/us/promo/processors/Pages/operation-scorpius.aspx

 

[erocker]

Will it finally make the move to LGA is what I want to know.

I hope not.

 

[XoR]

Well LGA 2011 is the only cpus that have 8 Cores so, 8 cores vs 8 cores perfect competition

8 semi-cores vs 8 cores + HT
what a fierce competition it will be...

 

[[H]@RD5TUFF]

8 semi-cores vs 8 cores + HT
what a fierce competition it will be...

I hope not.

They will have to make the change to another socket type in order the add the bandwidth for more cores your seeing the limitation in AM3+

 

[nemesis.ie]

They are not semi-cores.

 

[XoR]

They are not semi-cores.

let's hope for AMDs sake those are semi-cores, at least if those leaked results are true

 

[repman244]

Well they are "semi cores" but AMD calls them cores, so it's still a core vs core comparison.

 

[[H]@RD5TUFF]

Well they are "semi cores" but AMD calls them cores, so it's still a core vs core comparison.

My understanding was bulldozer was 6 full cores with 2 "semi cores", for a "true 8 core" processor, and the reason for the semi cores, was because the socket didn't have the bandwidth for 8 full cores. Correct me if I am wrong.

 

[repman244]

People call them semi cores because the cores in the module aren't the same as the cores we saw by now, the two cores share the FP unit and some other resources.
But since AMD is calling them cores I think we need to take them as real cores.

 

[[H]@RD5TUFF]

So it's the memory controller and USB not the whole northbridge ?

People call them semi cores because the cores in the module aren't the same as the cores we saw by now, the two cores share the FP unit and some other resources.
But since AMD is calling them cores I think we need to take them as real cores.

That's a silly statement, like AMD is going to call them semi cores and market it as the world first true "semi 8 core processor. Of course AMD is going to make a positive spin on it.

 

[AlienIsGOD]

Wow, TPU comments have really gone down hill.

Every other thread you read involves some sort of sexual pun or other stupid inference. It's too bad people are so bored and feel the need to impress others instead of discussing the topic at hand. I remember why I stopped coming here, I don't know how I even remembered my account name.

I think ur going a bit overboard my friend. There are MANY useful threads W/O sexual references or dumb jokes. Some of us may like to have a little fun, and for you to remember ur account name to post this means that U STILL DO come here.

Lighten up

 

[[H]@RD5TUFF]

I think ur going a bit overboard my friend. There are MANY useful threads W/O sexual references or dumb jokes. Some of us may like to have a little fun, and for you to remember ur account name to post this means that U STILL DO come here.

Lighten up

Indeed there is a difference between thread crapping and making some jokes.

 

[Hayder_Master]

Piledriver is an improvement on Bulldozer

Most likely getting rid of the Vertical Multithreading on the Front End for something of a Horizontal Multithreading nature

• Increasing the IPC
  
• Increasing the Pipeline length
  
• Other various small details like reducing latencies and such

and yes I know Piledriver already....it is in the K15h Software Optimization guide

you right most important thing is increasing pipeline lengh