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* The processor package will be revised from FT1 BGA package to FT2 BGA package. While for tablets, the processor package remains as FT1 BGA. |
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===="''Krishna''" (28 nm), "''Wichita''" (28 nm), and "''Hondo''" (40 nm)==== |
===="''Krishna''" (28 nm), "''Wichita''" (28 nm), and "''Hondo''" (40 nm) (Cancelled) <ref>http://semiaccurate.com/2011/11/15/exclusive-amd-kills-wichita-and-krishna/</ref>==== |
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* For the Budget desktop and notebook markets (18 W TDP), ''Krishna'' will replace the ''Zacate'' based E-series. It is expected to be available in 2 to 4-core variants. |
* For the Budget desktop and notebook markets (18 W TDP), ''Krishna'' will replace the ''Zacate'' based E-series. It is expected to be available in 2 to 4-core variants. |
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* For the Low-power/netbook markets (9 W TDP), ''Wichita'' will replace the ''Ontario'' based C-series. It is expected to be available with 1 to 2 core versions. |
* For the Low-power/netbook markets (9 W TDP), ''Wichita'' will replace the ''Ontario'' based C-series. It is expected to be available with 1 to 2 core versions. |
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Release date | 2009 |
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Codename | Fusion Desna Ontario Zacate Llano Hondo Wichita Krishna Trinity Weatherford Richland IGP Wrestler WinterPark BeaverCreek ATI/Radeon Driver related BTC[1] [2][3][4][5] Palm[1][6] [7][3][4][5][8] Sumo[1][2][7][6][3][4][5] Sumo2[1][3][4][5] |
Cards | |
Entry-level | HD 6250 HD 6310 series |
Mid-range | HD 6370D HD 6410D series(Desktop) HD 6380G HD 6480G series(Mobile) |
High-end | HD 6530D HD 6550D series(Desktop) HD 6520G HD 6620G series(Mobile) |
API support | |
DirectX | Direct3D 11 |
OpenCL | 1.1 |
OpenGL | 4.0 |
History | |
Predecessor | Radeon HD 5xxx Series |
AMD Fusion is the marketing name for a series of APUs by AMD. There are two flavors of Fusion currently available, one with its CPU logic based on the Bobcat core and the other its CPU logic based on the 10h core. In both cases the GPU logic is HD6xxx, which itself is based on the mobile variant of the Radeon HD 5xxx Series. Fusion was announced in 2006 and has been in development since then. The final design is the product of the merger between AMD and ATI, combining general processor execution as well as 3D geometry processing and other functions of modern GPUs (like GPGPU computation) into a single die.[9] This technology was shown to the general public in January 2011 at CES. In the same year AMD introduced Bulldozer for Socket AM3+ and for the server market.
Roadmap
2011 platforms
Platform | Series | Codename | Status | Launch Date | Process | TDP | CPU cores | Radeon Shader | DirectX Version | OpenGL Version | OpenCL Version |
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Brazos | Z-series | Desna | Launched[10][11] | June 2011 | 40 nm Bulk | 6 W | 2 Bobcat cores | Evergreen 80 | DirectX 11 | OpenGL 4.1 | OpenCL 1.1 |
C-series G-series |
Ontario | Launched | Q1 2011 | 40 nm Bulk | 9 W | 1-2 Bobcat cores | Evergreen 80 | ||||
E-series G-series |
Zacate | Launched | Q1 2011 | 40 nm Bulk | 18 W | 1-2 Bobcat cores | Evergreen 80 | ||||
Lynx (Desktop) Sabine (Mobile) |
A8-series A6-series A4-series E2-series |
Llano | Launched | June 2011 | 32 nm SOI | 25 W-100 W | 2-4 K10 "Husky" cores | Evergreen 160-400 |
2012 platforms
Platform | Series | Codename | Status | Launch Date | Process | TDP | CPU cores | Radeon Shader | DirectX Version | OpenGL Version | OpenCL Version |
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Brazos-T | ? | Hondo | In Development | H1 2012 | 40 nm Bulk | <4.5 W[12] | 2 Bobcat cores | Evergreen | DirectX 11 | OpenGL 4.1 | OpenCL 1.1 |
Deccan | E2-series E-series C-series G-series |
Krishna | In Development | H1 2012 | 28 nm Bulk | 9 W | 1-2 Enhanced Bobcat cores | Northern Islands | |||
Wichita | In Development | H1 2012 | 28 nm Bulk | 20 W | 2-4 Enhanced Bobcat cores | Northern Islands | |||||
Virgo (Desktop) Comal (Mobile) |
A8-series A6-series A4-series |
Trinity Weatherford Richland |
In Development | H1 2012 | 32 nm SOI | 2-4 Enhanced Bulldozer "Piledriver" cores | Northern Islands |
2013 platforms
According to presentations revealed by technology website DonanımHaber,[12] the successor to Hondo is codenamed Samara.
Processing power
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Acer.aspire-522.amd-fusion.ubuntu_1c555_7117.jpg/220px-Acer.aspire-522.amd-fusion.ubuntu_1c555_7117.jpg)
The available memory bandwidth of single-controller DDR3-1066, which both the CPU and the GPU have to share, is comparable to the available memory bandwidth of stand-alone graphics cards:
- Bandwidth of single-controller DDR3-1066 interconnect bus
- Comparison of AMD graphics processing units
- Comparison of Nvidia graphics processing units
- Comparison of Intel graphics processing units
Comparison of CPU core power (using Prime95 Benchmark[13][14]) Platform CPU-Model |
Frequency (per core) MHz |
FFT Benchmark (FFT length 2048K) ms |
FFT Benchmark (FFT length 4096K) ms |
Trial Factoring Benchmark (factor length 65bit) ms |
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Intel Atom 330 | 1596 | 664.39 | 1399.43 | 46.63 |
Intel Atom D510 | 1664 | 585.91 | 1954.40 | 38.65 |
Intel Pentium III | 1151 | 438.10 | 922.58 | 50.59 |
AMD Athlon | 1054 | 457.40 | 774.49 | 56.08 |
AMD Fusion C-50 | 697 | 323.93 | 694.88 | 23.44 |
AMD Fusion E-350 | 1596 | 222.03 | 491.02 | 15.18 |
AMD Athlon XP 2000+ | 1640 | 201.21 | 448.28 | 32.80 |
Intel Pentium 4 | 3078 | 72.40 | 162.02 | 14.91 |
AMD Phenom II X4 965 | 3414 | 34.86 | 76.27 | 4.59 |
AMD Phenom II X6 1100T | 3310 | 32.68 | 69.54 | 3.85 |
Intel Core i5-2500K | 3330 | 23.94 | 53.24 | 3.49 |
Intel Core i7-2600K | 3463 | 21.75 | 45.35 | 3.67 |
Current platforms
Brazos (Ultra-portable)
AMD Ultrathin Platform was introduced on January 5, 2011, as the fourth AMD mobile platform targeting the ultra-portable notebook market. It features the 40 nm AMD Ontario (a 9-watt APU for netbooks and small form factor desktops and devices) and Zacate (an 18-watt TDP APU for ultrathin, mainstream, and value notebooks as well as desktops and all-in-ones) APUs. Both low-power APU versions feature two Bobcat x86 cores and fully supports DirectX11, DirectCompute (Microsoft programming interface for GPU computing) and OpenCL (cross-platform programming interface standard for multi-core x86 and accelerated GPU computing). Both also include UVD dedicated hardware acceleration for HD video including 1080p resolutions.[15][16][17][18] This platform consists of:
AMD mobile | Initial platform |
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Mobile processor | Processors
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Mobile chipset |
Brazos IGP Overview | ||||||||||||||
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Model | Released | Code name | Fab (nm) | Core Clock (MHz) | Config core1 | Fillrate | Shared Memory | GFLOPS | Combined TDP2 (W) | Notes | ||||
Pixel (GP/s) | Texture (GT/s) | Bandwidth (GB/s) | Bus type | Bus width (bit) | Idle | Max. | ||||||||
Radeon HD 6250[19] | Nov 9, 2010[20] | Palm[1][3][4][5][8] , Sumo[1][2], Wrestler[21][N 1] |
40 | 280[19] | 80:8:4 | 1.12 | 2.24 | 8.525 | DDR3-1066 | 64 | 44.8 | 9 | ||
Radeon HD 6290 | 500 | |||||||||||||
Radeon HD 6310 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 80 | 18 | ||||||||||
Radeon HD 6320 | 500/508(?)-600 | DDR3-1333 |
- 1 Unified Shaders (Vertex shader/Geometry shader/Pixel shader) : Texture mapping unit : Render Output unit
- 2 TDP specified for AMD reference designs, includes CPU power consumption. Actual TDP of retail products may vary.
- ^ used in C-30 (1.2 GHz) and C-50 (1.0 GHz) APU, paired with Hudson-M1 SB, socket FT1 (BGA-413)
"Ontario" (40 nm)
- All models support: SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4a, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD-V
- Memory support: DDR3 SDRAM, DDR3L SDRAM (Single-channel, up to 1066 MHz)
- Config GPU are Unified Shaders (Vertex shader/Geometry shader/Pixel shader) : Texture mapping unit : Render Output unit
Model Number | Step. | CPU | GPU | Memory Support |
UMI | TDP | Socket | Released | Part Number | |||||||
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Cores | Freq. | Turbo | L2 Cache | Multi | Voltage | Model | Config | Freq. | ||||||||
C-30 | B0 | 1 | 1.2 GHz | — | 512 KB | 12× | 1.25 - 1.35 | HD 6250 | 80:8:4 | 276 MHz | DDR3-1066 | 2.5 GT/s | 9 W | Socket FT1 (BGA-413) |
January 4, 2011 | CMC30AFPB12GT |
C-50 | 2 | 1.0 GHz | 2 × 512 KB | 10× | 1.05 - 1.35 | 277 MHz | CMC50AFPB22GT | |||||||||
C-60 | 1.33 GHz | HD 6290 | 276–400 MHz | August 22, 2011 |
"Zacate" (40 nm)
- All models support: SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4a, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD-V
- All models use the BGA-413 CPU socket
- All models support single-channel DDR3 SDRAM, DDR3L SDRAM
- Config GPU are Unified Shaders (Vertex shader/Geometry shader/Pixel shader) : Texture mapping unit : Render Output unit
Model Number | Step. | CPU | GPU | Memory Support |
UMI | TDP | Socket | Released | Part Number | |||||||
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Cores | Freq. | Turbo | L2 Cache | Multi | Voltage | Model | Config | Freq. | ||||||||
E-240 | B0 | 1 | 1.5 GHz | — | 512 KB | 15× | 1.175 - 1.35 | HD 6310 | 80:8:4 | 500 MHz | DDR3-1066 | 2.5 GT/s | 18 W | Socket FT1 (BGA-413) |
January 4, 2011 | EME240GBB12GT |
E-300 | 2 | 1.3 GHz | 2 × 512 KB | 13× | 488 MHz | August 22, 2011 | ||||||||||
E-350 | B0 | 1.6 GHz | 16× | 1.25 - 1.35 | 492 MHz | January 4, 2011 | EME350GBB22GT | |||||||||
E-450 | 1.65 GHz | 16.5× | HD 6320 | 508–600 MHz | DDR3-1333 | August 22, 2011 |
"Desna" (40 nm)
- All models support: SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4a, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD-V
- Memory support: DDR3 SDRAM, DDR3L SDRAM (Single-channel, up to 1066 MHz)
- Config GPU are Unified Shaders (Vertex shader/Geometry shader/Pixel shader) : Texture mapping unit : Render Output unit
Model Number | Step. | CPU | GPU | Memory Support |
UMI | TDP | Socket | Released | Part Number | |||||||
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Cores | Freq. | Turbo | L2 Cache | Multi | Voltage | Model | Config | Freq. | ||||||||
Z-01 | B0 | 2 | 1.0 GHz | — | 2 x 512 KB | 10× | HD 6250 | 80:8:4 | 276 MHz | DDR3-1066 | 2.5 GT/s | 5.9 W | Socket FT1 (BGA-413) |
June 1, 2011 |
Lynx (Desktop)
- All models support: MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4a, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, Cool'n'Quiet, AMD-V, Turbo Core (AMD equivalent of Intel Turbo Boost)
- Memory support: DDR3 SDRAM-1866 (up to PC3-15000)
- All models support DirectX 11, OpenGL 4.0 and OpenCL 1.1
- All models feature the UNB/MC Bus interface
- All models do not feature double-precision GPU FP
- All models feature Angle independent anisotropic filtering, UVD3, & Eyefinity capabilities, supporting up to 3 outputs.
Lynx IGP Overview | ||||||||||||||
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Model | Released | Code name | Fab (nm) | Core Clock (MHz) | Config core1 | Fillrate | Shared Memory | GFLOPS | Combined TDP2 (W) | Notes | ||||
Pixel (GP/s) | Texture (GT/s) | Bandwidth (GB/s) | Bus type | Bus width (bit) | Idle | Max. | ||||||||
Radeon HD 6370D | 4th quarter 2011 | WinterPark, Sumo2[1][2] | 32 | 443 | 160:8:4 | 1.77 | 3.54 | 25.6 | DDR3-1600 | 128 | 142 | 65 | ||
Radeon HD 6410D | Jun 20, 2011[20] | WinterPark, Sumo2[1][2] | 32 | 600 | 160:8:4 | 2.4 | 4.8 | 29.9 | DDR3-1866 | 128 | 192 | 65 | ||
Radeon HD 6530D | Jun 20, 2011[20] | BeaverCreek | 32 | 443 | 320:16:8 | 3.54 | 7.08 | 29.9 | DDR3-1866 | 128 | 284 | 65-100 | ||
Radeon HD 6550D | 600 | 400:20:8 | 4.8 | 12 | 480 |
- 1 Unified Shaders (Vertex shader/Geometry shader/Pixel shader) : Texture mapping unit : Render Output unit
- 2 TDP specified for AMD reference designs, includes CPU power consumption. Actual TDP of retail products may vary.
"Llano" (32 nm)
- All models feature upgraded Stars (Mobile Phenom II architecture) [22] CPU cores (Husky) with no L3 cache, and with Evergreen family graphics, specifically Redwood-class integrated graphics on die (WinterPark for the dual-core variants and BeaverCreek for the quad-core variants).
- All models are manufactured on GlobalFoundries' 32 nm SOI process.
- All Lynx desktop models support up to 4 DIMMs of DDR3-1866 memory and Sabine mobile models support up to 2 DIMMs of DDR3-1333 / DDR3-1600 dual-channel memory.
- All models feature UVD3 for hardware video decoding, including 120 Hz stereoscopic 3D support.[23]
- All models have an integrated PCIe 2.0 controller.
- Select models support AMD's Turbo Core technology for faster CPU operation when the thermal specification permits.
- Select models support Hybrid Graphics technology to assist a discrete Radeon HD 6450, 6550, or 6570 discrete graphics card. This is similar to the Hybrid CrossFireX technology.
Model Number |
Step. | CPU | GPU | Memory Support |
UMI | TDP | Socket | Release Date | Price at introduction2 |
Part Number(s) | |||||||
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Cores | Freq. | Turbo | L2-Cache | Multi | Voltage | Model | Config1 | Freq. | |||||||||
E2-3200 | B0 | 2 | 2.4 GHz | — | 2 × 512 KB | 24x | 0.9125 - 1.4125 | HD 6370D | 160:8:4 | 443 MHz | DDR3-1600 | 5 GT/s | 65 W | Socket FM1 | 4th quarter 2011 | ED3200OJZ22GX ED3200OJGXBOX | |
A4-3300 | 2.5 GHz | — | 2 × 512 KB | 25x | HD 6410D | 443 MHz | 65 W | September 7, 2011 | 64$ | AD3300OJZ22GX AD3300OJGXBOX | |||||||
A4-3400 | 2.7 GHz | — | 27x | 600 MHz | 65 W | September 7, 2011 | 69$ | AD3400OJZ22GX AD3400OJGXBOX | |||||||||
A6-3500 | 3 | 2.1 GHz | 2.4 GHz | 3 × 1 MB | 21x | HD 6530D | 320:16:8 | 443 MHz | DDR3-1866 | 65 W | August 17, 2011 | 89$ | AD3500OJZ33GX AD3500OJGXBOX | ||||
A6-3600 | 4 | 2.1 GHz | 2.4 GHz | 4 × 1 MB | 21x | 443 MHz | 65 W | August 8 2011 | 109$ | AD3600OJZ43GX AD3600OJGXBOX | |||||||
A6-3650 | 2.6 GHz | — | 26x | 443 MHz | 100 W | June 30, 2011 | 115$ | AD3650WNZ43GX AD3650WNGXBOX | |||||||||
A8-3800 | 2.4 GHz | 2.7 GHz | 24x | HD 6550D | 400:20:8 | 600 MHz | 65 W | August 8 2011 | 129$ | AD3800OJZ43GX AD3800OJGXBOX | |||||||
A8-3850 | 2.9 GHz | — | 29x | 600 MHz | 100 W | June 30, 2011 | 135$ | AD3850WNZ43GX AD3850WNGXBOX | |||||||||
A8-3870K | 3.0 GHz | — | 30x | 600 MHz | 100 W | 4th quarter 2011 |
- 1 Unified Shaders (Vertex shader/Geometry shader/Pixel shader) : Texture mapping unit : Render Output unit
- 2 Per 1000 units
Sabine (Mobile)
- All models support: SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4a, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD-V
- All models support 1.35 V DDR3L-1333 memory, in addition to regular 1.5 V DDR3 memory specified.
- mobile platform
- All models support DirectX 11, OpenGL 4.0 and OpenCL 1.1
- All models feature the UNB/MC Bus interface
- All models do not feature double-precision FP
- All models feature Angle independent anisotropic filtering, UVD3, & Eyefinity capabilities, supporting up to 3 outputs.
- 1 Unified Shaders (Vertex shader/Geometry shader/Pixel shader) : Texture mapping unit : Render Output unit
- 2 TDP specified for AMD reference designs, includes CPU power consumption. Actual TDP of retail products may vary.
Sabine IGP Overview | ||||||||||||||
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Model | Released | Code name | Fab | Core Clock (MHz) | Config core1 | Fillrate | Shared Memory | GFLOPS | Combined TDP2 (W) | Notes | ||||
Pixel (GP/s) | Texture (GT/s) | Bandwidth (GB/s) | Bus type | Bus width | Idle | Max. | ||||||||
Radeon HD 6380G | June 14, 2011 | WinterPark | 32 nm | 400 | 160:8:4 | 1.6 | 3.2 | 17.06 | DDR3-1333 | 128-bit | 128 | 35 | ||
Radeon HD 6480G | BeaverCreek | 444 | 240:12:4 | 1.77 | 3.55 | 17.06 | DDR3-1333 | 213.1 | 35-45 | |||||
Radeon HD 6520G | 400 | 320:16:8 | 3.2 | 6.4 | 17.06 | DDR3-1333 | 256 | 35-45 | ||||||
Radeon HD 6620G | 444 | 400:20:8 | 3.55 | 8.88 | 25.6 | DDR3-1600 | 355.2 | 35-45 |
- 1 Unified Shaders (Vertex shader/Geometry shader/Pixel shader) : Texture mapping unit : Render Output unit
- 2 TDP specified for AMD reference designs, includes CPU power consumption. Actual TDP of retail products may vary.
"Llano" (32 nm)
Model Number | Step. | CPU | GPU | Memory Support |
UMI | TDP | Socket | Release Date | Part Number(s) | |||||||
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Cores | Freq. | Turbo | L2-Cache | Multi | Voltage | Model | Config1 | Freq. | ||||||||
E2-3000M | B0 | 2 | 1.8 GHz | 2.4 GHz | 2 × 512 KB | 18x | 0.9125 - 1.4125 | HD 6380G | 160:8:4 | 400 MHz | DDR3-1333 | 2.5 GT/s | 35 W | Socket FS1 | June 14, 2011 | EM3000DDX22GX |
A4-3300M | 1.9 GHz | 2.5 GHz | 2 × 1 MB | 19x | HD 6480G | 240:12:4 | 444 MHz | 35 W | AM3300DDX23GX | |||||||
A4-3310MX | 2.1 GHz | 2.5 GHz | 21x | HD 6480G | 240:12:4 | 444 MHz | 45 W | AM3310HLX23GX | ||||||||
A6-3400M | 4 | 1.4 GHz | 2.3 GHz | 4 × 1 MB | 14x | HD 6520G | 320:16:8 | 400 MHz | 35 W | AM3400DDX43GX | ||||||
A8-3500M | 1.5 GHz | 2.4 GHz | 15x | HD 6620G | 400:20:8 | 444 MHz | 35 W | AM3500DDX43GX | ||||||||
A6-3410MX | 1.6 GHz | 2.3 GHz | 16x | HD 6520G | 320:16:8 | 400 MHz | DDR3-1600 | 45 W | AM3410HLX43GX | |||||||
A8-3510MX | 1.8 GHz | 2.5 GHz | 18x | HD 6620G | 400:20:8 | 444 MHz | 45 W | AM3510HLX43GX | ||||||||
A8-3530MX | 1.9 GHz | 2.6 GHz | 19x | HD 6620G | 400:20:8 | 444 MHz | 45 W | AM3530HLX43GX |
- 1 Unified Shaders (Vertex shader/Geometry shader/Pixel shader) : Texture mapping unit : Render Output unit
- Hidden APU info found in an AMD System Monitor (v1.0.0.2) config file,[24] showing graphics segment model numbers with core/mem clocks; no other APU info available (model, cores, clocks, etc.). HD 6480M may be current model name for older G prefix from the file, thus the G clock info may be applicable.
Future platforms
- AMD's Financial Analyst Day 2010 revealed a new generation of Fusion APUs for 2012.[25] Further details for the 2012 Fusion line was released in late-May 2011, by technology website DonanımHaber.[26]
2012: Piledriver
- Piledriver is the codename for the new core design (Enhanced-Bulldozer based) that will replace the Husky (Stars based) cores in the A- and E2-series (Llano).
- Like Llano, Piledriver based APUs will be manufactured on the 32 nm SOI process.
- Comal is the mobile platform codename for the Piledriver based APU line. It is to replace the Sabine mobile platform.
- Virgo is the desktop platform codename for the Piledriver based APU line. It is to replace the Lynx desktop platform.
- The chipset series for both Sabine and Lynx will be carried over to Comal and Virgo respectively.
- The processor package for the mobile variant will be revised from FS1 uPGA package to FS1r2 uPGA package.
- The desktop variant will be equipped with Radeon 7000 GPU, 2nd generation Bulldozer core, DDR3-2133 memory controller.
- The processor socket format for the desktop variant will be revised from Socket FM1 to Socket FM2.
"Trinity" (32 nm), "Weatherford" (32 nm), and "Richland" (32 nm)
Piledriver based APUs will be divided into three main versions for specific price-points and markets:
- Trinity covers the performance segment of the APU line. It will replace the Llano based A8-series.
- Weatherford covers the upper-mainstream segment. Replacing the Llano based A6-series.
- Richland covers the lower-mainstream segment. It is to replace the Llano based A4-series.
2012: Deccan and Brazos-T
- Deccan is the codename for the Enhanced-Bobcat based platform. It is to replace Brazos platform.
- Processors for Deccan are to be manufactured on the 28 nm bulk process.
- The chipset series for Deccan is Yuba.
- For tablets, the power optimised Brazos T (Bobcat-based) will replace Brazos (AMD Z-01) platform.
- The tablet variant chipset is Hudson A55T FCH.
- Processors for Brazos-T are to be manufactured on the 40 nm process.[27]
- The processor package will be revised from FT1 BGA package to FT2 BGA package. While for tablets, the processor package remains as FT1 BGA.
"Krishna" (28 nm), "Wichita" (28 nm), and "Hondo" (40 nm) (Cancelled) [28]
- For the Budget desktop and notebook markets (18 W TDP), Krishna will replace the Zacate based E-series. It is expected to be available in 2 to 4-core variants.
- For the Low-power/netbook markets (9 W TDP), Wichita will replace the Ontario based C-series. It is expected to be available with 1 to 2 core versions.
- For the Tablet market (<4.5 W TDP), Hondo will replace the Desna based Z-series.[29] It is also expected to be available with 1 to 2 core versions. AMD has scheduled Hondo to begin sampling in December 2011, and start production in Q2, 2012.[12] Hondo is a low power re-architectured variant of Desna. It is still manufactured under the 40nm process by TSMC.[30]
2013: Steamroller
- Steamroller is the codename for the new core design (Next-Generation Bulldozer based) that will replace the Piledriver cores in the A-series line.[31][32]
- Indus is the mobile platform codename for the Steamroller based APU line. It is to replace the Comal mobile platform.
- The chipset for Indus will be codenamed Bolton.
- The processor package for the mobile variant will be revised from FS1r2 uPGA package to FS2 uPGA package.
Kaveri
Steamroller based APUs will be divided into versions for specific price-points and markets:
- Kaveri APU covers the A8-, A6-, A4-, and E2-series of the 3rd generation Fusion APUs.
2013: Kerala and Samara
- Kerala is the codename for the Jaguar cores based platform. It is to replace the Enhanced-Bobcat cores based Deccan platform.
- The chipset for this platform is codenamed Yangtze.
- Samara is the codename for the Jaguar cores based tablet platform. It is to replace Brazos-T platform.
- The chipset for this tablet platform is codenamed Salton.
- The processor package will be remain as FT2 BGA package.
"Kabini" and "Samara"
- For the Budget desktop and notebook markets (18 W TDP), Kabini will replace the Krishna based E-series.
- For the Low-power/netbook markets (9 W TDP), Kabini will also replace the Wichita based C-series.
- For the Tablet market, Samara (codename also used for platform), will replace the Hondo based Z-series.
Competition
The direct competitor of the Intel Atom processor line is the AMD Fusion C- and E-series. The C-series (C-30: single core, C-50: dual cores) has a TDP (9 W) similar to the Atom, the higher clocked E-series (E-240: single core, E-350: dual core) comes with a TDP of 18 Watts what corresponds more to an Atom including a dedicated GPU (e.g. ION2, ATI 5430). The processors include a single or dual core 64-bit CPU with out-of-order execution, DDR3 memory controller and an 80-core Radeon GPU. The performance for games is significantly better for the E-series - up to 326.5% better, although neither of the platforms is well suited for gaming.[33]
See also
- List of AMD Fusion microprocessors
- List of AMD mobile microprocessors
- AMD mobile platform
- AMD Bulldozer
- Unified Video Decoder
- Radeon
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- ^ ATI chipsets already include GPU
- ^ http://androidcommunity.com/amd-roadmap-leaked-desna-tablets-detailed-20110527/
- ^ http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2386272,00.asp
- ^ a b c [1]
- ^ mersenne.org MPrime benchmark reports
- ^ sili.net list of MPrime benchmarks
- ^ http://blogs.amd.com/fusion/2010/09/06/direct-from-berlin-and-ifa-2010-guten-tag-kleine-fusion/
- ^ A closer look at AMD's Brazos platform
- ^ The AMD Fusion™ Family of APUs
- ^ AMD Fusion APU Era Begins
- ^ a b "Zacate CPU and Platform Details", AMD's Low Power Fusion APU: Zacate Unveiled, HotHardware, 9 November 2010, p. 2
- ^ a b c AMD Begins to Ship Ontario and Zacate Application Processing Units for Revenue, Xbitlabs, 9 November 2010
- ^ Ontario/Zacate (Bobcat-Based APUs) And Beta Drivers
- ^ http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/a8-3500m-llano-apu,review-32207.html
- ^ http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/45050-amd-a6-3650-llano-apu-review-5.html
- ^ http://pro-clockers.com/industryreviews/1895-upcoming-amd-apu-crossfire-a-990fx-info-hidden-in-plain-sight.html
- ^ AMD begins shipping Brazos, announces Bulldozer-based APUs, [2] pdf
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External links
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AMD
- AMD Fusion Family official website
- AMD Notebook CPU/APU Roadmap 2011-2012
- AMD Desktop CPU/APU Roadmap 2011-2012
Media
- AMD Announces "Fusion" CPU/GPU Program, DailyTech.com
- AMD's vision for next few years, DigiTimes.com
- AMD's Purchase of ATI Closes, and Fusion Begins, TechReport.com
- AMD Fusion in Laptops - News and Info, Laptoping.com
Benchmarks
- AMD Fusion E-350 and C-50 vs Intel Atom, X-bit labs
- AMD Fusion A8, A6 and A4 vs Intel Core i3 and Pentium, X-bit labs