Quote Originally Posted by nn_step View Post
1) AMD doesn't need new fabs, just needs to upgrade current
Interesting; why do they bother with Albany New York ?

And what can you upgrade on FAB 30 ? It's an empty shell.

2) There has not been any revolutionary new features in CPUs in the past decade. OoO, uOPs, and hardware virtualization have been around for over a decade.
Run ahead execution , scout threads , integrated accelerators , etc.

Look at SUN Rock or Niagara ; Intel Larrabee , there's plenty of new work going on.
4) Fusion is about combining 2 finished products, not exactly a hard task unless they plan on trying to optimize it
They are as different as different can be.You need to share resources like caches and IMC ; optimize for the same process ( SOI in this case , GPUs are made on bulk )