ok so did anyone notice that AMD switched from 32nm to 28nm?

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Basically, AMD does not have the money to do research and development for CPUs, APUs and graphic cards along with other business lines. They lost a lot of money back in mid 2012 in to mid 2013 as PC and laptop sales have declined. That is why the FX series has stopped being developed.

However, AMD recently announced (back in May) that they will release a new FX series CPU based on a new architecture. They estimate that it will be released in late 2015 (which typically means October or later).

Since socket AM3+ is a very old CPU socket it is almost certain that the new...
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the only thing is i probably didnt read anything about their APUs because i go meh 4 core low power, move along nothing to see here.

I just dont get why they dont make FX processors using 28NM. you cant tell me it wouldnt give them some good OC headroom.

is AMD just giving up or something?

 
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From Anand:

"Kaveri moves from Global Foundries' 32nm High-K Metal Gate SOI process to its bulk 28nm SHP (Super High Performance) process. The process node shift actually explains a lot about Kaveri's targeting. While the 32nm SOI process was optimized for CPU designs at high frequency, GF's bulk 28nm SHP process is more optimized for density with a frequency tradeoff. AMD refers to this as an "APU optimized" process, somewhere in between what a CPU and what a GPU needs. The result is Kaveri is really built to run at lower frequencies than Trinity/Richland, but is far more dense."
 
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Basically, AMD does not have the money to do research and development for CPUs, APUs and graphic cards along with other business lines. They lost a lot of money back in mid 2012 in to mid 2013 as PC and laptop sales have declined. That is why the FX series has stopped being developed.

However, AMD recently announced (back in May) that they will release a new FX series CPU based on a new architecture. They estimate that it will be released in late 2015 (which typically means October or later).

Since socket AM3+ is a very old CPU socket it is almost certain that the new FX CPUs will not be backwards compatible with current AMD motherboards.

 
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