AMD cuts to the core with 'Bulldozer' Opterons

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See my previous post.

AMD just stated that 2 cores inside the module(or a big core if you will) net 80% linear increase in throughput over a module with one single Bulldozer core inside it... That's all. Nothing is said performance wise or compared to Shanghai cores. Each integer core inside BD module is 4 way capable,while Shanghai is 3way capable core.Theoretically if you have a mix of int and fp code,BD module will simply destroy 2 K10.5 cores in throughput since it has much higher theoretical throughput capability(think 2x higher),plus it has a much much more potent SIMD unit (FMAC capable).Single thread perf. should also get a healthy bump due to uarch. modifications (before mentioned wider decoding + more on the memory disambiguation front + a whole new Turbo mode on the core level inside the modules etc.).