AMD Bulldozer Finally!

WingZero30 · 11 Jun 2011 at 21:49

So what does it all mean?

Will BD turn out to be a good processor?

TB1968 · 11 Jun 2011 at 21:50

Yup it is getting interesting, but until there are independent tests its all speculation, though AMD should throw a few tempters out to their fans, being quiet about BD isnt doing them favours...

Turambar · 11 Jun 2011 at 22:57

Can Llano discussion be kept to a separate thread? It's a completely different product and is causing a lot of confusion in here.

pspcpog · 11 Jun 2011 at 23:13

Not saying anything and don't believe anything until we hear it
from a credible source. Hope it's a cracker though.

shrek2 · 12 Jun 2011 at 03:12

Turambar said:
Can Llano discussion be kept to a separate thread? It's a completely different product and is causing a lot of confusion in here.

I totally agree.

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 12 Jun 2011 at 08:11

pmc25 said:
Everything I've read suggests that the indicated 5.4Ghz on that Llano is actually 2.7Ghz.

From what I gather, Llano samples have the same 'bug' as Bulldozer which means that an indicated clock speed is 2x the actual clock speed.

Hopefully,a few more Llano production samples will be leaked and we can see how good power consumption and overclocking abilities on the 32NM process will be. Llano will have 1 billion transistors. Bulldozer is estimated to have between 1 to 1.3 billion transistors although these could be totally wrong. On top of this, once the software can read the clockspeeds for Llano properly it will mean the same will happen for Bulldozer in theory. AFAIK,Llano has Turbo Core 2 and enhanced power saving functions which Bulldozer contains too.

It will be interesting to see how much more information about the Bulldozer based Trinity APU will be released in the next few months.

Greg0986 · 12 Jun 2011 at 10:24

There is this video on youtube. It is by a competitor in the US and has egg in it

The Asus spokesperson says that "You can take an existing AM3 motherboard and place an upcoming AM3+ CPU in, but the VRM's and the Bios will affect the overclocking performance"

Just go on youtube and search for "ASUS AMD AM3+ 900-series Chipset Motherboards" and it is the top link

clocka · 12 Jun 2011 at 10:35

that depends on the mobo vendor as you'll need a bios update to allow it to work and you won't have full use of all of the performance.

panyan · 12 Jun 2011 at 11:14

Greg0986 said:
Just go on youtube and search for "ASUS AMD AM3+ 900-series Chipset Motherboards" and it is the top link

SWEET

Stolly · 12 Jun 2011 at 12:35

So its out when then ? September ?

wentalong · 12 Jun 2011 at 12:41

Stolly said:
So its out when then ? September ?

dunno, maybe it'll be cancelled again and come around some time 2015

was so let down when i heard it was set back nother 90 days -.-

MrBlobby · 12 Jun 2011 at 17:21

Let's play guess the date it's for sale on OCuk. Erm I'm having September 14th (2011 lol )

Martini1991 · 13 Jun 2011 at 09:44

wentalong said:
dunno, maybe it'll be cancelled again and come around some time 2015 was so let down when i heard it was set back nother 90 days -.-

Come off it.
Some of us have waited years.

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 13 Jun 2011 at 10:46

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums...ce-weirdness&p=4879337&viewfull=1#post4879337

clocka · 13 Jun 2011 at 22:22

it seems as though Llano for desktops won't be out until 30th june: http://news.softpedia.com/news/AMD-Desktop-Llano-Processors-to-Debut-on-June-30-205681.shtml

only llano for mobile devices out tomorrow.

nightmare99 · 14 Jun 2011 at 08:06

Anandtech has various Llano desktop/mobile performance articles up, seems on the desktop side the CPU is pretty meh being about the same as an Athlon X4 but the GPU is very decent.

SeeKified · 14 Jun 2011 at 08:28

Again, can we keep Llano out of this thread? I know it'll be quiet in here, but still. This is for Zambezi and Komodo, not Llano.

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 14 Jun 2011 at 09:19

It seems AMD is packing transistors more densely than the current Intel CPUs:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4444/amd-llano-notebook-review-a-series-fusion-apu-a8-3500m/2

Once,the desktop Llano reviews are out we can get a better idea of power consumption and the overclocking ability. It does seem that the 32NM process is actually reasonably decent ATM.

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 14 Jun 2011 at 16:38

It seems Bulldozer has 1GHZ Turbo Core for half the cores:

http://www.techpowerup.com/147408/FX-Turbo-Core-Technology-Bumps-Frequency-by-1.00-GHz.html

Tikkabhuna · 14 Jun 2011 at 16:54

Thanks for keeping us updated CAT-THE-FIFTH.