AMD Preps Fusion-based Quad-core A8-3530MX
Fusion to flex some muscles.
Turkish site Donanimhaber has been the source of multiple other leaks, and now the site has another one about an upcoming AMD Fusion APU.
A Fusion chip bound for notebooks is coded A8-3530MX, which is supposedly built on the Sabine platform and will pack 4MB of L2 cache. The fastest variant will run at 1.9 GHz but can TurboCore up to 2.6 GHz. Memory support will be in place for 1333MHz and 1600 MHz dual-channel DDR3.
The attraction to Fusion is its integrated graphics, which is said to be a DirectX 11-capable Radeon HD 6620G running at 444 MHz. It will have 400 shaders, 128-bit memory bus and even support Crossfire with compatible external GPUs.
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Hmm hope AMD releases bulldozer soon... sigh
AMD has only been teasing with bist and pieces of info. Why can't they just build something on time for once. I think they will be out with bulldozer and Intel would have moved to Ivy bridge (or beyond). Once again AMDs dream of crushing Intel's performance advantage would be crushed by its own bulldozer.
hmm compared to my stupid i5 laptop that does sound interesting. But as usual it's a matter of time. Tomorrow: great, xmas: not so much.
i agree with you chichad, if AMD speed up their releases they might get back in the game
4Mb Cache L2... Nice!!!! i hope desktopr versions have more goodies
Well if it means that the integrated processor will be utilized better now, I salute AMD for their perseverance and drive to keep in the fight.
And Intel comes with a bigbridge that even bulldozer cannot bulldoze...
TOO Slow!
Fusion is a great product, it doesn't have to be top CPU performer.
And not that absolute majority of users would use CPUs that much. Unless I encode video (in which case I don't really care if it finishes at 2am or 6am) my CPU is idling most of the time or waiting for graphic card to spit out textures.
And not that paying hundreds of bucks for motherboard (hidden CPU price increase) should be a norm.
And Intel comes with a bigbridge that even bulldozer cannot bulldoze...
At price of 3 buldozers, eh? With 350$ motherboards that turn into "too old" in 3-6 month?
amd is following intel's tick-tock strategy too literally - wait, wait, wait.
At price of 3 buldozers, eh? With 350$ motherboards that turn into "too old" in 3-6 month?
Sandy Bridge is only like $25 more than the Thuban, and rightfully so (as it's FASTER, so it's PRICED MORE)
And a decent Z68 mobo runs you $150, not $350.
And Intel comes with a bigbridge that even bulldozer cannot bulldoze...TOO Slow!
No one really knows the performance of Bulldozer. In either case AMD will price it accordingly to its performance. The highest end has a rumored leak of $320 which would make it faster than the Intel Core i7-2600K. We'll see how much of it is true next month when it comes out.
No, it will not make it "faster than the Intel Core i7-2600K", it will simply make it more expensive. You have no idea how fast the bulldozer will be, but if history is anything to go by, it will be about as fast as the cheapest i3.
AMD is happy with the value segment. They don't need to be number one to be successful. They have been number 2 for 15yrs.
actually they've been number one for serveral years (athlon64) and in the 486 days it didn't much matter if it said am in front of the 486 or not
This might not even be their top end mobile processor so don't get your panties in a bunch about the speed.
We need to hear where in the line up this falls.
AMD is happy with the value segment. They don't need to be number one to be successful. They have been number 2 for 15yrs.
This is 100% false. You need to learn some hardware history.
Everytime I read about AMD's fusion tech I think of Dragonball Z.
No one really knows the performance of Bulldozer. In either case AMD will price it accordingly to its performance. The highest end has a rumored leak of $320 which would make it faster than the Intel Core i7-2600K. We'll see how much of it is true next month when it comes out.
Lol where is your source that say it will be faster then i7-2600k and priced that low. If bulldozer was really faster then i7-2600k amd would had cry so loud like they did with fusion.
Fusion is great! primarily focusing on embedded devices and the "value" segment; this isn't for the performance crowd, at least not yet.
They have new fusion APUs that only chew up 5W TDP.
Lol where is your source that say it will be faster then i7-2600k and priced that low. If bulldozer was really faster then i7-2600k amd would had cry so loud like they did with fusion.
Bulldozer is Fusion Xo
Hmm hope AMD releases bulldozer soon... sigh
June 21st
AMD has only been teasing with bist and pieces of info. Why can't they just build something on time for once. I think they will be out with bulldozer and Intel would have moved to Ivy bridge (or beyond). Once again AMDs dream of crushing Intel's performance advantage would be crushed by its own bulldozer.
The direction of computing is starting to move away from the CPU and move more to the streaming processor. Google GPGPU, OpenCL, CUDA, Direct Compute, Intel's MIC, APU.
We'll see how much of it is true next month when it comes out.
I LOL'd at this.
Its almost as if Bulldozer is a myth.
What AMD brings is better value for the mainstream and more well-balanced platforms. Intel has fast x86 cores, and not much more. AMD has better chipsets (more SATA 6Gbps ports) with better stability, and has chipset and CPU integrated graphics technology that is far and away better than anything Intel will ever produce.
Intel would be better off going back to PowerVR-based graphics tech for their CPU graphics in ALL of their CPU's, not just Atom's. PowerVR DX10 tech was also used in the GMA 500 chipset for Z-series Atom's, but it was total shyte - not even powerful enough for Aero, even on Windows 7. PowerVR can hardly compare to GPU makers AMD and NVIDIA, but it's still better than what Intel themselves can provide, and if they already have a license with them, they should take advantage of it. Intel themselves can't build good graphics tech worth a wet fart.
What AMD brings is better value for the mainstream and more well-balanced platforms. Intel has fast x86 cores, and not much more. AMD has better chipsets (more SATA 6Gbps ports) with better stability, and has chipset and CPU integrated graphics technology that is far and away better than anything Intel will ever produce.Intel would be better off going back to PowerVR-based graphics tech for their CPU graphics in ALL of their CPU's, not just Atom's. PowerVR DX10 tech was also used in the GMA 500 chipset for Z-series Atom's, but it was total shyte - not even powerful enough for Aero, even on Windows 7. PowerVR can hardly compare to GPU makers AMD and NVIDIA, but it's still better than what Intel themselves can provide, and if they already have a license with them, they should take advantage of it. Intel themselves can't build good graphics tech worth a wet fart.
when using the PC my CPU sits nearly at idle and only goes up to 30% when gaming. It's that same scenario that AMD saw and sought to address with fusion. What's the point of a blazingly fast CPU if it's not coupled with what, at least for most users, is the primary system hog: video.
Bulldozer may be all the rave and talk for everyone but fusion really is by a mile the bigger idea and story here.
June 21st
Next month will be an exciting month for AMD.
Fusion is great... its aiming at developers though not consumers. If i was a developer of a laptop i would use Fusion before Intel based on the fact that it would bring my OVERALL stats of the laptop, like the battery would last longer, the graphics would be better, it would be lighter. Intel doesn't have anything to compete with this yet. BUT...... for the love of god AMD, Bulldozer.... don't forget this market please. We have been waiting forever.
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Its almost as if Bulldozer is a myth.
Bull Dozer Forever?
i guess Bulldozer is going to replace my Core 2 Duo E 6750 ...i hope
LOL.... Bulldozer is not so much a Myth... its pretty much on AMD's schedule.
Its just that the CHIP is actually quite good and people WANT TO BUY IT!
The POS Phenom1 CPUs... were like... oh.... who cares, your late and your slow.