IntroductionAMD's 2012 Consumer top to bottom VISION product positioning with FX CPUs for the enthusiasts, Trinity APUs for the mainstream and Brazos for the entry level.
Summary of Trinity APU improvements - now using "Piledriver" modules (2nd generation of Bulldozer, still the obtuse 2 integer/1 FP unit per module design), featuring DDR3-1866 memory support (1600 for notebook) and depending on SKU, up to 384 Radeon "Cores".
Technical Specifications and block diagram of the partitioning inside the die
The desktop APUs are still rated at 100W TDP like Llano models (not too surprising considering that they are both on the same manufacturing process), with 17W/25W/35W models for mobile variants. Operating frequencies are expected to be between 2.0-3.8GHz on the CPU and 424-800MHz on the GPU. FMA3 instruction set (which is the one adopted by Intel on the upcoming Haswell, instead of FMA4 first seen on Bulldozer) makes its debut here. Improved scheduling, branch prediction and prefetcher also account for higher IPC than the Husky cores used in Llano.
Integrated northbridge and memory controller
The new Turbo Core 3.0 now balances power envelope of the CPU/GPU to fit within the TDP, dynamically throttling the clocks to fit the workload profile of the active running application. There is no indication on whether this is handled by hardware or software driver (ahem quack3.exe).
These are the 32nm Trinity mobile SKUs that are officially announced today:
AMD A-Series Mobile APUs (FS1r2 package, 35W TDP, DDR3-1600 support)
Model |
GPU |
CPU Cores / Modules |
CPU Clock (Max/Base) |
L2 Cache |
Radeon Cores |
GPU Clock (Max/Base) |
A10-4600M |
HD 7660G |
4 / 2 |
3.2 / 2.3 GHz |
4MB |
384 |
686 / 497 MHz |
A8-4500M |
HD 7640G |
4 / 2 |
2.8 / 1.9 GHz |
4MB |
256 |
655 / 497 MHz |
A6-4400M |
HD 7520G |
2 / 1 |
3.2 / 2.7 GHz |
1MB |
192 |
686 / 497 MHz |
AMD A-Series Mobile LV / ULV APUs (FP2 package, DDR3-1333 support)
Model |
GPU |
CPU Cores / Modules |
CPU Clock (Max/Base) |
TDP |
L2 Cache |
Radeon Cores |
GPU Clock (Max/Base) |
A10-4655M |
HD 7620G |
4 / 2 |
3.2 / 2.3 GHz |
25W |
4MB |
384 |
497 / 360 MHz |
A6-4455M |
HD 7500G |
2 / 1 |
2.8 / 1.9 GHz |
17W |
2MB |
256 |
424 / 327 MHz |