AMD's Fusion Delayed Until 2011
Posted 11/17/08 at 08:32:36 AM by Paul Lilly
When it comes to AMD, the tech world is currently focused on the chip maker's Shanghai processors, which have started showing up at online resellers. Initially planned for a January 2009 release, AMD bumped up the launch of its first 45nm CPUs. But AMD isn't ahead of schedule across the board and the company's 45nm Fusion chip finds itself pushed back once again.
Initially planned for a 2009 release, AMD previously moved the tentative launch date to sometime in 2010 but has now canceled it altogether in its 45nm form. Instead, AMD's senior VP Randy Allen said the CPU/GPU combo won't materialize until 2011 in a 32nm version with the company's Llano core. Llano will sport four cores, 4MB of cache, DDR3 memory support, and an integrated GPU.
On a related note, AMD will actually start producing 32nm chips in 2010, but products won't start to hit the market in any quantity until 2011 starting with the Orochi core, another four-core chip but with 8MB of cache and aimed at the enthusiast desktop sector.
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AMD learned its lesson
Submitted by onewithazureskies on Mon, 11/17/2008 - 2:01pm
from Barcelona on 65nm.
It was too complex and too big for them to get good enough yields. While the B3 stepping has improved things, Barcelona was undeniably a rushed product.
I would much rather see AMD hold Fusion off until the 32nm process is ready than dump more market- and mind-share down the drain with another Barcelona fiasco.
What happened to you AMD
Submitted by Sonickid101 on Mon, 11/17/2008 - 10:55am
The once mighty AMD, come on seriously they need to get thier head in the game.
No Worries
Submitted by Talcum X on Mon, 11/17/2008 - 10:03am
It's the same tune with most companies...plans change, plans dont go as smooth as predicted. This happens to everyone, no big deal.
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