AMD’s New High Performance Processor Cores Coming Sometime in 2015 – Giving Up on Modular Architectu

[drunkenmaster]

I don't think AMD were intending on disclosing the new x86 high performance CPU quite yet. From what the guys said on the TechReport podcast, it was basically Jim Keller, being a CPU architect rather than a marketing monkey, who just got a little free and easy with talking about upcoming projects during AMD's Core Innovation update.

Yeah, AMD prepared all those slides and showed everyone the 2016 x86 or ARM architecture, so telling everyone, then Jim Keller then went and leaked it.... after the slides told everyone.

You don't hide new architectures, Intel still don't know the internal working and everyone knew AMD had something coming in 2016... so nothing changed. In terms of general goals, industry insiders know stuff way way way way way before official launches. Intel give architecture previews months and months before launch, usually a significant time frame. You can't introduce a new architecture and expect complete software support and industry support if you've kept it secret. Dev's will have VERY detailed programming guides for the architecture months in advance of launch.

AMD will have to work with MS, linux distro's, existing customers to let them know where they are going so big customers can work towards updates to support or utilitise the hardware.

There is no such thing as a secret in this industry, if you even attempt to conceal how the architecture works, how to best program for it, you're shooting yourself in the foot.

 

[cheesyboy]

Yeah, AMD prepared all those slides and showed everyone the 2016 x86 or ARM architecture, so telling everyone, then Jim Keller then went and leaked it.... after the slides told everyone.

I probably wasn't clear enough there.

Keller went into more specifics about the level the new architecture was to be pitched at than the official release. AMD's scripted release was that there would be an x86 core in 2016 which followed on from 2014's Kaveri in the desktop and server space. It was uncertain whether this was to be a Kaveri-style entry level unit, or a fully-fledged high end CPU. Keller indicated it was very much going to be high end, though he was seemingly even more gushing in his enthusiasm for the ARM counterpart.

 

[pmc25]

I probably wasn't clear enough there.

Keller went into more specifics about the level the new architecture was to be pitched at than the official release. AMD's scripted release was that there would be an x86 core in 2016 which followed on from 2014's Kaveri in the desktop and server space. It was uncertain whether this was to be a Kaveri-style entry level unit, or a fully-fledged high end CPU. Keller indicated it was very much going to be high end, though he was seemingly even more gushing in his enthusiasm for the ARM counterpart.

No he didn't. Every single thing he said would have been pre-approved. He went into very little detail, in any case. They'll detail stuff at major developer summits.

 

[cheesyboy]

No he didn't. Every single thing he said would have been pre-approved. He went into very little detail, in any case. They'll detail stuff at major developer summits.

I'm probably just getting a bit overexcited

It's been over a week since I listened to the Techreport podcast and read all the AMD write ups accross the internet - perhaps I'm getting myself confused