No Dual and Four Cores Zen CPUs all 6 and 8 core
At least that is what sources from bits and chips in Italy say. If true then with the perf boost and 8-cores, the Zen chips do look mighty good. AMD will produce just the 8 “Zen” Cores Die, at least initially. This strategy will save a lot of money, because AMD has just to design a single Die.
According to them: From this single Die, AMD will be able to commercialize 8 cores and 6 cores Zen CPUs in the retail market (maybe, with and w/o HT enabled). Also, in case of bad yields, OEMs/ODMs can use 4 cores Zen CPUs. So, no dual core Zen CPUs. AMD will commercialize Bristol Ridge APUs with 2 and 4 x64 cores as entry level CPUs. AMD want to attack Intel's leadership in High End CPU market, and to accomplish this goal have to launch a massive attack.
Senior Member
Posts: 15616
Joined: 2010-09-12
I'm predicting ivy bridge performance at best. We'll see soon enough.
Senior Member
Posts: 7239
Joined: 2008-03-06
I want AMD to offer something new and exciting.
Bring somethinh to the table AMD , it's time !
Senior Member
Posts: 22258
Joined: 2008-08-28
I expected to be faster than a Sandy Bridge. Even if it has 8 cores it needs higher IPC than that.
Either way finally a competition.
Senior Member
Posts: 2371
Joined: 2007-04-04
I really hope AMD start competing again. I'm tired of the lack of competition and Intel jacking up their prices, while only increasing performance by 5% each new CPU generation. Come on AMD! I cheering for you!!
Senior Member
Posts: 990
Joined: 2010-08-24
If the IPC improvement will really bring Zen around Haswell levels, this is going to be amazing. Intel will have to respond and competition will flourish once again.
While they want to dispute the high-end market, I hope they remember that the midrange is more profitable. Let's hope they don't delay midrange processors by too much.