AMD Plans First 'Fusion' Chips on 32nm SOI Process Technology

[thermaltake]

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Sunnyvale, California-based Advanced Micro Device is said to be planning to launch its first 'Fusion' chips, featuring and integrated GPU and CPU core on the same chip, which will be manufactured using a 32nm silicon-on-insulator (SOI) process technology. There have been many rumors about said chips, but it looks as if the world's second largest chip maker has finally made up its mind about its first “Fusion” processors. The details on said parts have been provided by the company's CEO, Dirk Meyer, during a conference call with financial analysts.

“We will have CPUs, so-called Fusion parts, on 32nm SOI in the next-generation and the bulk CMOS [fabrication process] we are evaluating for subsequent generation. […] For the generations beyond 32nm, we are evaluating our choices, as we do for every generation,” Meyer said, as quoted in a recent news-article on Xbit Labs.

According to previous details on said processors, the Llano APU (accelerated processing unit, or how AMD likes to call its GPU-CPU Fusion products) will be designed as a solution for the entry-level market, boasting up to four Shanghai/Phenom II-class cores, combined with DDR3 memory controller and a DirectX 11-capable graphics core, featuring a third-generation universal video decoder (UVD) and support for PCI-Express 2.0 external graphics cards. The processor cores will be featured with up to 4MB of L3 cache.

At this time, AMD's CPUs are made using the SOI process technology, while the company's GPU products are manufactured using bulk technology, offered by the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC). This means that the chip maker will be required to redesign the GPU, in order to fit a Radeon HD 5000-class graphics core on the same silicon as the CPU.

[hawkeye294]

ui... wa pa ni estimated release date? basin mag AMD boy kog kalit ani.. hehe

[thermaltake]

wla pa bro yay pra sa mga AMD fan..boy....hehe

[limes]

@hawkeye294 ma ilisan nya na ug amd processor imo avatar bro ehhee

this is great ka basa ko ani sauna nice kay 32nm na magka gamay jud ni ug maayu maayu untag nagka gamay na nagka daghan ang sulod dili kay nagka gamay na mao ra ghapon ang sulod or worse nagkagamay na nigamay na nuon ang sulod ug iyang mga features.

im not sure murag next year man cguro ni.

[vipvip68]

ma unhan nasad ni sa Intel ang AMD... they keep blurting out their future plans with no concrete timetable.
Mas maayo if they announce it when its ready to ship na.

[hawkeye294]

@hawkeye294 ma ilisan nya na ug amd processor imo avatar bro ehhee

mao lage bro.. wait and see lang sa ta for now kay wa pa man sure ang amd nus-a jud ni mogawas.. basin mao ni nga processor hinungdan mangacancel or mangapostpone ato mga sunod projects ani.. hehehe

this is great ka basa ko ani sauna nice kay 32nm na magka gamay jud ni ug maayu maayu untag nagka gamay na nagka daghan ang sulod dili kay nagka gamay na mao ra ghapon ang sulod or worse nagkagamay na nigamay na nuon ang sulod ug iyang mga features.

im not sure murag next year man cguro ni.

Can't wait to find out how it goes toe-to-toe with Intel's own 32nm procs.. hihi
para kita jud ang katag bah..

[hawkeye294]

@hawkeye294 ma ilisan nya na ug amd processor imo avatar bro ehhee

mao lage bro.. wait and see lang sa ta for now kay wa pa man sure ang amd nus-a jud ni mogawas.. basin mao ni nga processor hinungdan mangacancel or mangapostpone ato mga sunod projects ani.. hehehe

this is great ka basa ko ani sauna nice kay 32nm na magka gamay jud ni ug maayu maayu untag nagka gamay na nagka daghan ang sulod dili kay nagka gamay na mao ra ghapon ang sulod or worse nagkagamay na nigamay na nuon ang sulod ug iyang mga features.

im not sure murag next year man cguro ni.

Can't wait to find out how it goes toe-to-toe with Intel's own 32nm Arrandale procs.. hihi
para kita jud ang katag bah..

[limes]

btaw mayta di nasad manikas ang intel hahahah

[butitoy]

btaw mayta di nasad manikas ang intel hahahah

unsa may tikason? marketing strategy lang na.. and that's only for the noobs.

and mostly, not for us..we know better


and

intel already had it.

32nm Westmere with 45nm Graphics

Intel's First 32nm CPU - The 2 Core Clarkdale Westmere with Integrated Graphics is a Nehalem for the Mainstream


Intel Cans Havendale Processor in Favour Clarkdale - X-bit labs

[dexlimp]

whew ang tdp ang nindot ani..