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A 32nm quad core with 125W TDP?
But really, not that interesting. Had they been 95W parts (and I think there are a couple new ones with more modest clock bumps coming as well) they would have garnered a bit more interest. What I think is surprising is that we have gone this long with such a limited number of SKU's. They must have horrible yields, horrible sales, or both IMHO.
They seemed to have decreased the prices slightly for the other BD models with the exception of the 8150 as well, so I'd imagine you're right. Hopefully they did this just to satiate the thirst of OEMs for new products. With no word of a B3 stepping outside of this AT article by Kristian, I'm hoping they decided to abandon Bulldozer and put their efforts towards Trinity and Piledriver. I doubt they're that cheap to produce, especially with lower margins on those 2 and 3 module parts.
Right. Clearly, why would we (the informed/enthusiast) choose these parts if they have any premium attached to them at all. They all have unlocked multipliers anyway, and AMD has been quietly saying that they are good to go for more than 4Ghz with the stock cooler, why would we pay more for them when we can basically make one of them ourselves?
Like you said, it's probably just for OEMs who want to be able to through that incremental $30-$50 CPU upgrade in there to get people who want a "better than budget" PC build or something. I know that certain people have a hard time buying anything, whether it is a car or a PC without making it a little sweeter... it's like they are immune to the cost/benefit of those options
http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/t/60359.aspxBoth of the new parts are clocked ~15% faster than the FX-4100 and FX-6100 and may offer a slightly faster integrated memory controller as well; rumors indicate that the IMC is clocked at 2.2GHz, up from 2GHz. The new chips are reportedly based on the B3 stepping that's been in the works for months; current Bulldozer parts are all based on the B2 stepping
A 32nm quad core with 125W TDP?
These are finally rolling out, eh?
Well, you get four threads at 4.2 ghz for your 125W versus 8 @ 3.6 with the 8150, in less threaded games/usage you could argue that the clockspeed is more useful.
But really, not that interesting. Had they been 95W parts (and I think there are a couple new ones with more modest clock bumps coming as well) they would have garnered a bit more interest. What I think is surprising is that we have gone this long with such a limited number of SKU's. They must have horrible yields, horrible sales, or both IMHO.
The 8150 should be 185, pricing is still messed up but its a start.
is that slide real? are they actually using comments from newegg reviews? so will they be seeking out random comments from forums and maybe even youtube now?
is that slide real? are they actually using comments from newegg reviews? so will they be seeking out random comments from forums and maybe even youtube now?
What I don't understand is why they're aiming for higher core clocks when they could go for a reduction in cache latency. If anything, they should aim for lower latency in the L2 and L3 cache and if possible raise the L3 cache's clock speed while reducing the core clock speed. What good is raising the core clock speed going to do when the cache sucks?