Processor manufacturer AMD will debute its new desktop architecture Bulldozer in Q2 2011 and is expected to reveal the first models sporting up to 8 cores. The first wave of Bulldozer processors will be called Zambezi and according to a recently leaked roadmap there will also be 6 and 4-core models in the same quarter.
AMD Zambezi will step up in early Q2 2011 and sport four processor modules with two calculation units – cores. According to the leaked information AMD is planning two different octo-core Zambezi processors, one with 125 watts TDP and the other slightly more efficient at 95 watt max. The exact difference other than that was not revealed. Both models have the same launch date, 8MB L3 cache and Turbo mode. These two models are expected to appear in April.
Sometime later in Q2 we will see two new Zambezi models, this time with 6 and 4 cores. Both processors have a power consumption of maximal 95 watt and looks to launch on the same day, but while the hexa-core model comes with 8MB L3 cache the quad-core model settles for 4MB. Both processors support AMD’s Turbo function. Among the news we also find official support for DDR3-1866 memory.
Zambezi will be first processor from AMD made at the 32nm node and requires new Socket AM3+ motherboards. These motherboards will be backwards compatible with current Socket AM3 processors. How Zambezi stands up to Intel Sandy Bridge will be exiciting to see and hopefully AMD can stick to the current launch schedule.
Source: ATI-Forums
