Second Generation AMD Bulldozer – Vishera

[Poisoner]

Uh, no. I remember seeing a few headlines on the internets in the last couple of months drawing this conclusion. When I get out of work I'll have to do some googling and look them up for you




Rumors are all we have to go by right now, since AMD has been less than forthcoming with this launch. There is nothing wrong with speculating based on rumors, as long as you state that is what you are doing.

I never claimed to be a chip or even software engineer, but I do have a layman's understanding of the subject, and I will post my opinions based on th egeneral impressions I get and on the data I have seen.

If you have a problem with that, I suggest you not only leave this forum, but leave all forums on the internet. That's how they work. Deal or QQ.

As has been stated earlier, we will know how it truly performs when it comes out. Until then a little speculation is only healthy. I'm buying one either way, as it most certainly will be an overall improvement over my Thuban, but anyone who expects it to be an Intel killer, or even able to match Sandy Bridge in anything but the likes of mulithreaded Cinebench is sadly very delusional at this point.

Some people talk out of their asses. You scream out of yours.

 

[Zarathustra[H]]

Some people talk out of their asses. You scream out of yours.

I speak only the truth as I see it. If you can't deal with that, then guess who has a problem. It sure isn't me.

 

[JMccovery]

Okay, back to the topic at hand... I was thinking about something, from all of the AMD roadmaps, Vishera/Sepang/Terramar (which the die will probably be named Komodo, since it is a type of 'dragon') will make use of 10-core/5 'Piledriver' module dies.

Since there is no process shrink incoming for the transition from Bulldozer to Piledriver, how would AMD do the layout of Komodo to keep it from being asymmetrical, or would it matter?