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#3291196 - 05/10/11 07:37 AM
Re: AMD Bulldozer Goes Public June 7?
[Re: jaegermeister]
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Anyone knows a good site to get some good dope on Bulldozer?... Regarding actual performance -- no  All there is regarding actual performance is a few sentences spread here and there. I do not believe some rumors. That's why I merely summarize in my posts -- trying not to over or under sell the thing. Bulldozer should be "competitive" at 32nm -- what "competitive" ultimately means we will not find out until after June 7 (unless there is a major leak). The Bulldozer architecture has been discussed in detail by more than one "professional" site. For example, Bulldozer Architecture Note in the article that Bulldozer will have the AVX instructions (that make for blistering video processing). Also, 8 integer cores (with 4 shared Floating Point units) provide a boost over Intel's 4 cores with hyperthreading. But, as with ATI and Nvidia GPU shaders, Intel cores and Bulldozer cores are two different things now. AMD is aiming for a "balanced design" -- same thing they do with GPUs. I consider articles like this to be a "rumor" as there are no doubt inaccuracies. We don't know what we have until the hardware is on the street.
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#3291326 - 05/10/11 10:12 AM
Re: AMD Bulldozer Goes Public June 7?
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#3291602 - 05/10/11 03:41 PM
Re: AMD Bulldozer Goes Public June 7?
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Allen,
thanks for the info,
If it is as good as we hope it'll be then, even though i went intel this time after more
than 20+ years with AMD, I'll buy it on G.P.
Jaeger
Edited by jaegermeister (05/10/11 03:41 PM)
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#3291719 - 05/10/11 06:11 PM
Re: AMD Bulldozer Goes Public June 7?
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In the OP I wrote: ...In the mean time, Phenom II prices and other AMD CPU prices have been cut substantially..Newegg has not reduced enough prices to convince me, yet... Today, I see some good reductions at Newegg. The standout is the Phenom II 955 X4 (that many OC to 4.0GHz) for only $125 -- It was going $150 not long ago, then dropped to $138 last week, now $125. The 965 and others are also dropping. These low prices are giving credence to the idea that some form of Bulldozer is coming relatively soon. The advertised AMD plan is to replace all the Phenom IIs with new architecture CPUs by the end of the year -- possibly beginning relatively soon (in June??). Anyhow, this is what happened to HD5xxx prices just before the HD6xxx hit the market. Incidentally, the rumors place the upcoming new architecture "cheap" AMD CPUs as clear winners in their category -- very cost effective. But, at SimHQ, we don't buy no cheap CPUs
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