Zambezi of AMD processors, using the Bulldozer architecture, would be further delayed according to documents published on the site DonanimHaber. Four Zambezi were originally planned for the months of September and four the following month. AMD have finally decided to leave the eight at the same time. The launch will take place a month later than expected and anticipated especially the years holiday.This leak comes therefore complete as of last June (see "The Zambezi-FX AMD roadmap on the run") from the same site which had the merit of revealing the features of the Llano. In addition to confirm the names of the processors and the TDP announced last month, the present document brings operating frequencies and the size of caches. If this information is verified, the only unknown will remain price and performance. The technical characteristics are presented in a table at the bottom of this news. You should also know that processors are engraved in 32 nm SOI. For memory, the self is a technology developed by French SOITEC which place a layer of insulation between two layers of silicon to reduce leakage currents. According to information collected by DonanimHaber, AMD processors would be stepping B2. The firm would have corrected the performance problems of B0 and B1 steppings that would be the source of many delays.Finally, the same site had his hands a processor AMD FX-8130P, a prototype running at 3.2 GHz and having a Turbo to 3.7 GHz frequency when eight cores are enabled. If only four of them are active, the frequency may rise to 4.2 GHz. Editors have obviously launched a series of benchmarks, but inadequate testing protocols do not draw conclusions on the new architecture. Indeed, they have for example used Cinebench R10 and SuperPi. The first is unnecessary on a processor using more than four cores and the second is a single application thread that does not derive advantage of all of the smart. Fritz Chess shows he improved by 23% from Thuban processor, which is normal since the Bulldozer integrates two cores and more.Donanim Haber has since withdrawn its website testing. It is not the first benchmarks to appear on the canvas (see "A CPU AMD Zambezi pushed 4.6 GHz"). Unfortunately, it is impossible to be an opinion on the issue. The Zambezi, according to early estimates, should reach the level of the Sandy Bridge. Must nevertheless await final flea market and the publication of the tariff policy of AMD to make a real opinion on this architecture that is supposed to replace the Green Giant in the race for performance.
ModèlesFréquences CPUTDPCoresCache L3Contrôleur mémoireBlack Edition L2Cache
SocketAMD Turbo Core v2.0
