AMD esta encarrerado en esto de ir puliendo su arquitectura BullDozer para no dejar su ventaja en el terreno de procesadores optimizados para el computo heterogeno, y que ademas sean de bajo consumo por lo que para antes de mediados del siguiente año ya tenga en el mercado a los sucesores de sus actuales APU Trinity basados en mucleos PileDriver [BD rev2] y con iGP radeon HD6000. Pues bien, su nueva serie de nombre Richland estara basada en modulos SteamRoller [BD rev 3] y con iGP basado en Nex Gen.
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AMD ya está preparando Richland, sucesor de las APUs Trinity
AMD está lanzando la nueva línea de APUs Trinity y ello no implica que no siga trabajando en lo que serán los chips del futuro. La próxima primavera verá la luz la línea Richland de APUs fabricados en 28 nm y que se dejarán entrever para principios de 2013.
Compartirán la nomenclatura de las APUs actuales Trinity, es decir Ax xxxx. Si se añade una K al final son chips con multiplicador desbloqueado. Serán APUs que trabajen sobre socket FM2. Las APUs Richland llegan como una plataforma que introducirá una nueva arquitectura, Steamroller para la parte CPU y una arquitectura GCN para la parte gráfica 2D/3D y GPGPU.
El modelo A6 xxxxK disfrutará de 1 Mbyte de caché L2 cache y 192 Radeon cores con soporte de dual graphics. El tope de gama quad-core, A10 xxxxK, tendrá una GPU con 384 Radeon cores.
El modelo más básico será el chip A4 xxxx que tendrá un TDP de 65W, 1 Mbyte de caché L2 y 128 Radeon Cores.
Todos ellos soportan Turbo Core y Blu-ray 3D -a excepción de los A4 Richland-.
AMD Prepares Dual-Core 28nm Richland
AMD is working hard on the successor to the successful Trinity and, apparently, it is already planning the launch schedule for next spring. In early 2013, the Richland processor is supposed to become online. This one will be built in 28nm.
There were many reports saying that Richland would come with a radically different architecture that would use Steamroller cores for x86 processing power and GCN graphics for 3D performance.
Now AMD is reportedly planning on releasing two 28nm processors which are supposed to be using the Richland silicon.
Both parts will fit inside the 65 watts TDP, but the graphics side will only benefit from 192 cores and the chip will have the A6 xxxxK moniker.
Apparently yes, these 28nm processors will have more overclocking-enabled models that will wear the “K” tag.
The second 28nm processor will be an A4 that will lack the overclocking ability and will only feature 128 shaders.
AMD’s Turbo Core will be supported by both CPUs, but the A6 will have dual graphics ability, while the A4 will lack this option along with Blu-ray 3D support that will come with the superior models.
The A6 and the A4 will both have 1 MB of level 2 cache while the quad-core parts will likely benefit from double that amount.
These parts should come in Q2 2013, but we have a strange feeling that they might not have the GCN graphics we were hoping for.
AMD’s low-power Jaguar APUs will likely be the first to come with the enhanced integrated graphics processing units (iGPU), as these will launch months after the initial Richland 28nm processors.
Richland is likely to be a die shrink of the current Trinity with somewhat higher clocks and maybe a faster x86 computing core, although we’re not sure on that either.
Many things are changing rapidly at AMD as the new architects start planning the company’s new roadmap.
The company is already experimenting with new GPU tools to imbue its processor design and manufacturing, as we reported
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