Dresdenboys' blog: AMD Bulldozer - Patent based research part 2

[AliG]

Is there in preparation new FX system with dual socket for high end coming a day ?

I don't see any use for one. If you buy a top end bulldozer chip with 8 modules, that's a total of 16 threads. I'd be shocked if any games will support even 8 threads, let alone 16.

[madcho]

I don't see any use for one. If you buy a top end bulldozer chip with 8 modules, that's a total of 16 threads. I'd be shocked if any games will support even 8 threads, let alone 16.

I don't think 8 modules to go out in the first chips. I think AMD will realease a 4 mods and a 6 mods after or in same time but only FX. 8 is not for 2011.

Dual socket is interesting in massive multi apps running, with 8 dimm of ram to have a great bandwith and pool of ram.

i have 4*2GB of rams. A larger dimms are not very available on market.

i hope do 8*2 or 8*4GB.

[Helmore]

I don't see any use for one. If you buy a top end bulldozer chip with 8 modules, that's a total of 16 threads. I'd be shocked if any games will support even 8 threads, let alone 16.

I don't think there will be an 8 module Bulldozer made on the 32 nm node, not as a single die at least. I expect an 4 module version to be the biggest version for consumers, at least initially.

[AliG]

I don't think there will be an 8 module Bulldozer made on the 32 nm node, not as a single die at least. I expect an 4 module version to be the biggest version for consumers, at least initially.

I'm fairly certain that AMD said they would make 8 module chips, just as MCMs. It's only logical that they're top chips would become the FX line (I doubt we'll see a 12 module MCM, that would be a humongous chip; probably the next generation will come out before they have the manufacturing tech).