AMD to launch desktop Bulldozer "Zambezi" at E3 Show in L.A. (June 7-9)

[Oliverda]

I've just googled RD990 what is the codename of future 990FX chipset and I found a PDF from AMD from September 2010.



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So it looks like that we have a launch date now.

[22JHP]

september 2010 joking right?

[zalbard]

Hm, I was hoping it would come a bit earlier.
Good find, thanks!

[Mats]

Well done, Oliverda!

How come nobody have seen this before?

[Oliverda]

september 2010 joking right?

So, here is an another from October:



If it's still effective then they will start the shipping of the CPUs some weeks before the launch.

Hm, I was hoping it would come a bit earlier.
Good find, thanks!

I was expecting the first half of May but it's only few weeks away from there.

Well done, Oliverda!

How come nobody have seen this before?

That's a very good question.

[RPGWiZaRD]

JF spoke about Q2 2011 for Zambezi too and June is the last month for that quarter, ofc I would have hoped it arrived a month or so sooner but since it's already march now and without any fuss made about it from AMD at all I doubt we will get it any sooner than June now.

[generics_user]

Zambezi is one quarter ahead of schedule; this is old news

[Mats]

this is old news

Yes, as in the info comes from a pdf from last year, check out the OP.

No, as in I haven't seen a launch DATE before.
People have been asking for a launch date pretty much every week for the last year or so, but still, no one have ever pointed to E3 or this slide AFAIK as an answer.
So it's news to me.

But yeah, June have been my guess for the last month or so, it makes sense.
AMD can't start production and make enough CPU's at a shorter time than that.

[bamtan2]

I think the schedule has changed since then. desktop bulldozer may happen sooner. I for one look forward to the launch of AM3+ motherboards. I am going to buy a $200 one and put a $30 Sempron 140 in it. doors = blown off

[cesariuth]

So late!!!

[informal]

I nominate Oliverda's find/post as the best post of 2011 .Inexcusable how we didn't see this before.

[undone]

Sample in March 2011, this means those so-call "leaked bulldozer benchmark" are FAKE after all.

[JumpingJack]

Sample in March 2011, this means those so-call "leaked bulldozer benchmark" are FAKE after all.

Not necessarily -- Engineering samples make out months if not a year for final production samples. On the flip side, this semantic use of terms does not validate them either.

[FlanK3r]

right, production smaples are someting as final revision...ES show AMD at CES 2011 (we seen taskmanager)!

[andos]

Remeber this though:

The information contained herein is subject to change and may be rendered inaccurate for many reasons, including but not limited to product and roadmap changes, component and motherboard version changes, new model and/or product releases, product differences between differing manufacturers, software changes, BIOS flashes, firmware upgrades, or the like. AMD assumes no obligation to update or otherwise correct or revise this information. However, AMD reserves the right to revise this information and to make changes from time to time to the content hereof without obligation of AMD to notify any person of such revisions or changes.

[imamage]

I've just googled RD990 what is the codename of future 990FX chipset and I found a PDF from AMD from September 2010.



source


So it looks like that we have a launch date now.

Why not AMD launch at Computex 2011 ?

[Oliverda]

Sample in March 2011, this means those so-call "leaked bulldozer benchmark" are FAKE after all.

Here is a 2010 October update:



But this doesn't necessarily mean that the launch has been moved forward.

Why not AMD launch at Computex 2011 ?

Probably because AMD is a US based company.

[Aten-Ra]

Here is a 2010 October update:



But this doesn't necessarily mean that the launch has been moved forward.




Probably because AMD is a US based company.

That's more up to date

April-May timeframe seams possible

[Oliverda]

That's more up to date

April-May timeframe seams possible

Yes, but you can see Nov10 as an IP date for Brazos and it only became available about two months later in Jan11. If you add that two months to Zambezi's IP date then you get Jun11.

[SubZero.it]

Argh that's late...but I'm gonna wait it

[generics_user]

Yes, but you can see Nov10 as an IP date for Brazos and it only became available about two months later in Jan11. If you add that two months to Zambezi's IP date then you get Jun11.

on the other hand BD is production ready in march and boards are supposed to be ready too; i think that BD is going to hit the shelves in mid May

[andos]

Yes, but you can see Nov10 as an IP date for Brazos and it only became available about two months later in Jan11. If you add that two months to Zambezi's IP date then you get Jun11.

Well at bottom it says brazos launch at CES, which it kinda did.

EDIT: Corrected 5am no sleep spelling errors.

[informal]

With the October update May seems very possible. Roadmaps are always subject to change.

[Glow9]

Argh that's late...but I'm gonna wait it

I am too but I'm going to prolly piss myself with rage if it isn't out buy then. I've waited like 4 years for this stupid thing if it doesn't I'm buying a $300 whatever the hell Intel has to offer.

[god_43]

I am too but I'm going to prolly piss myself with rage if it isn't out buy then. I've waited like 4 years for this stupid thing if it doesn't I'm buying a $300 whatever the hell Intel has to offer.

lol i was beginning to think that BD was the new duke nukem forever!



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