I think Bristol Ridge for mobile being released early would be a good thing.
Yes, we know.
So why are we discussing this in a thread about Jim Keller?
You can read the following post and get the idea on how it started:
http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=37995017&postcount=399
But here is a summary in a nutshell:
1. AMD focuses on mobile with APUs (leaving only the "undesirable for mobile" harvested APU parts for AM4 desktop)
2. AMD brings back low end desktop dGPUs and competes with Nvidia again (And yes DrMrLordX, Nvidia is launching new low end dGPUs. See recent
GT 710 and rumor of GT 930. Low end desktop dGPUs won't be going anyway as not everybody has brand new high end iGPU for their desktop)
3. With the return of affordably priced low end AMD dGPUs Radeon becomes more ubiquitous (instead of being exclusive)...this should help Linux development for AMD.
4. With Linux development improving for AMD, the K12 APU should have a better graphics driver and stands a higher chance of launching (or being successful when it launches).
With that mentioned, seeing K12 APU successfully launch is not my motive for Bristol Ridge being focused on mobile. I believe that 4C + 512sp and 4C + 384sp (basically most of the Bristol Ridge dies) focused on mobile is good for AMD even if K12 never launches as an APU.