AMD Showcases Bulldozer At E3

[siopao1984]

UPDATE!!!

AMD FX 8-Core Processor Pricing Revealed

Pricing is going to be sweet for the upcoming AMD FX 8-core processor. The top of the range FX-series processor, FX-8130P which comes with a maximum frequency of 4.2GHz under Turbo Mode will be available in 4-Core, 6-Core and 8-Core variants.






The FX-Series processors, which are built on a 32nm process, will be available in 4-Core, 6-Core and 8-Core variants. The highest end model, FX-8130P, an 8-Core variant which is rumoured to be clocked at a frequency of 3.8GHz and reached 4.2GHz under Turbo Mode, will be priced at US$320 (S$393). However, until the pricing for this model is released for Singapore's market, let's not get our hopes too high up.

source:
AMD Confirms FX Pricing: Mid-$300 for an 8-Core Processor - Bright Side Of News*


Stay tuned for more at the AMD FX-Series Website.
AMD FX Processor

[siopao1984]

AMD Retail packaging for an 8-Core FX Black Edition Processor - We like the metal feeling. Photo credit: Anshel Sag

In a straight talk, AMD confirmed that the pricing for FX series is going to be extremely aggressive, with their king of the hill processor, the FX-8130P coming with a street price of $320. While AMD does not want to detail the clock speeds, FX-8130P was supposed to come with a 3.8GHz core clock and Turbo 2.0 mode at 4.2GHz in 105W ACP / 130W TDP power envelope.

The company is targeting Back-to-School shopping period for the actual product launch, which will complete the two already available parts of the Scorpios platform: 900-Series chipset (or 9-Series, as AMD likes to call it) and Radeon HD 6000 Series of graphics cards.

According to AMD, the company decided to focus on gamers back with Phenom II launch, which was an overclocking hit among the enthusiasts, as well as popular core-unlocking feature, which was frowned internally but AMD did not "punish" any partners unlike moves we saw from competitors in the past. And to learn from AMD's own mistakes from the past, naturally.

While the silicon team is working hard on determining the shipping clocks of the FX processors, AMD's software team is "working heavily to help utilize eight cores in all applications, as well as games. We're working with partners to help leverage those capabilities."

All in all, we can say that AMD plans to return themselves to 20+ percent processor market share and offer the best value for gamers. As we all know, strong competition is key to having decent prices on the market (does anyone remember the time when a single GPU cart was selling for $500?). Only time will tell did AMD got this one right.

For the end, we leave you with picture taken by our own Mr. Anshel Sag: rear side of the Bulldozer processor packaging.

[mr.nicejohn]

kalamai!!!

[raidarksword]

wew! kalindot ani.

[EarlZ]

AMD is pushing for the # of cores market, I wonder how they will respond if people realize its not a real 8 core processor and the FPU is just shared.

There are some rumors that turbo mode will make it hit 4.7Ghz, with this it should be a match for a 3.4Ghz 2600k!!

EDIT:

Rooting for AMD that this will overtake the 2600K in both stock and overclocked speed, bahala na if AMD needs 1.4Ghz more!

[AxisVirus]

im craving for that lata box of amd

[canister_sa_puwet]

nus a pa kha abot ni dah........ tigum mode nko.

[WattaTempura]

Whew, kalami!!! mag tarung nakog iskuyla oi para palitan ko sa ako papa. hehe

[ffprinting]

Gi unsa kaha pag package sa sulod no ang Processor to prevent it from Electro Static Discharge from the tin container.

[bim27142]

it's a looooooooooooooooooooooong wait and i am expecting another AMD glory days once BD comes out... if not, then AMD will have failed me... and i would probably be tempted for SB (or even IB) as my next uprgade...