• Home
  • News
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Internet of Things
  • Open Source
  • Hardware
  • Software
  • Security
  • Resources
  • Industry Voice
  • Data Strategy Spotlight
  • Newsletters
  • Resources
    • Inqlogo 120x194
      Five things you should look for in choosing a Testing provider

      Choosing a Testing Partner can be complex.  So what do you look for?  This guide offers insight into the qualities you must look for in choosing a Testing provider.  Download now to learn more.

      Download
      Inqlogo 120x194
      Your questions answered: How to protect your data in the cloud

      The number of successful cyberattacks per year per company has increased by 46% over the last four years. But what really needs to be considered when exploring a solution? What questions need to be asked? Download to find out...

      Download
      Find resources
      Search by title or subject area
      View all resources
  • Follow us
    • RSS
    • Twitter
    • LinkedIn
    • Newsletters
    • Facebook
    • Google+
    • YouTube
  • Newsletter
  • Industry Voice
  • Data Strategy Spotlight
The Inquirer
The Inquirer
  • Home
  • News
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Internet of Things
  • Open Source
  • Hardware
  • Software
  • Security
The Inquirer
  • Chips

AMD's next CPU will be radical departure

The slow march to Fusion

  • Wily Ferret
  • 30 April 2008
  • Tweet  
  • Facebook  
  • Google plus  
  •  
  •  
  • Send to  
0 Comments

FOLKS ABOARD THE good ship AMD have promised that its next-generation CPU marchitecture will be, as the Pythons would have it, something completely different.

Giuseppe Amato, the grandly-titled Technical Direct of Sales and Marketing for EMEA, let slip in a recent interview that "If I look at the next generation architecture of our CPU, then it will definitely not be, how can I say, comparable with the Phenom. It will look completely different."

He declined to elucidate further, but it seems that the statement re-iterates DAAMIT's committment to the changes previously mooted at the company's Technology Analyst Day way back in the summer of last year. As a prelude to its fully-fledged Fusion product, which aims to combine GPU and CPU products onto a single chip, AMD is moving to a modular core design which it has called M-Space. It's next-gen desktop chip, coded Bulldozer, makes use of this kind of design architecture to enable it to combine cores to work more efficiently on single-threaded tasks whilst being flexible enough to split off and work on multi-threaded tasks too. Bulldozer is a complete clean break from the K8 architecture, so will truly be something new.

Of course, given that most of this information is already out there on the wibble thanks to on-the-record presentations by AMD staff, it seems strange that Amato wasn't willing to discuss it. Perhaps he didn't get the memo? µ

  • Tweet  
  • Facebook  
  • Google plus  
  •  
  •  
  • Send to  
  • Topics
  • Chips
  • AMD

INQ Latest

Spotify announces major overhaul of its free streaming service
Spotify announces major overhaul of its free streaming service

Announcement comes as streaming overtakes CD sales for the first time

  • Software
  • 24 April 2018
HTC's Vive Pro 2.0 Kit costs £1,299 and means business
HTC's Vive Pro 2.0 Kit costs £1,299 and means business

Stop us if you've heard this one before...

  • Gadgets
  • 24 April 2018
UK gov demands TSB explains its 'IT meltdown'
UK gov demands TSB explains its 'IT meltdown'

Nicky Morgan MP wants to get the FCA involved

  • Infrastructure
  • 24 April 2018
iPhone X price, deals and news: Apple suppliers confirm iPhone X sales are plummeting
iPhone X price, deals and news: Apple suppliers confirm iPhone X sales are plummeting

Shipments could have fallen as much as 50 per cent in Q2

  • Phones
  • 24 April 2018
Back to Top

Most read

OnePlus 6 release date, specs and price: OnePlus CEO confirms 'premium' iPhone-esque glass design
OnePlus 6 release date, specs and price: OnePlus CEO confirms 'premium' iPhone-esque glass design
Microsoft's Windows 10 April Update might be released today
Microsoft's Windows 10 April Update might be released today
iPhone X price, deals and news: Apple suppliers confirm iPhone X sales are plummeting
iPhone X price, deals and news: Apple suppliers confirm iPhone X sales are plummeting
Nvidia Tegra X1 flaw allows all Nintendo Switch consoles to be hacked
Nvidia Tegra X1 flaw allows all Nintendo Switch consoles to be hacked
Apple's iPhone SE 2 tipped to arrive next month without a headphone jack
iPhone SE 2 tipped to arrive next month without a headphone jack
  • Contact
  • Marketing solutions
  • Enterprise IT Events
  • About Incisive Media
  • Terms & conditions
  • Privacy policy
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • Newsletters
  • Facebook
  • Google+
  • YouTube

© Incisive Business Media (IP) Limited, Published by Incisive Business Media Limited, New London House, 172 Drury Lane, London WC2B 5QR, registered in England and Wales with company registration numbers 09177174 & 09178013

Digital publisher of the year
Digital publisher of the year 2010, 2013, 2016 & 2017