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

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Llano is a quad-core design with 480 shaders.
Brazos is a dual-core design.

Indeed, Llano is a Quad Core K10. I got the idea that it was just a Dual Core when looking at Hans de Vries individual Core size comparision.
However, where did you get the 480 Shaders from? It would make it slighty superior to the Radeon 5670 that got 400. If that is true, it would redesign the meaning of a decent low end machine if priced good enough, as with a Llano Processor and a pretty much generic Chipset you basically got a solid (And even outright overkill) platform for budget users, it could be a terribily strong baseline to settle on.
Possibily, Intel efforts on making a decent GPU starting on Clarkdale (That is a direct competitor for the Radeon 4200 on performance), and whatever Sandy Bridge got that must be at least equal or better, is because all the GPGPU had impact on Intel plans somehow. Intel IGP was always its worst weakness (Besides higher prices for the same performance on AMD, always) and never cared about it, but the fact that the GPU is starting to adquiere importance for everyday usage means that they can't stand still. If they did, AMD would simply run in circles around Intel with an inmense platform superiority mainly because it got a excellent balance (Good Processor, good GPU vs excellent Processor, worst GPU) even in its cheapest parts.

I believe AMDis focused primary on notebooks with Llano. New socket does not really matter for laptop, so where is the problem?

Fusion parts are good for either the Notebook market, and for the low end and mainstream Desktop (That is also where AMD is aiming them at), because getting more things integrated in the Processor piece is cheaper than having them separate.
The problem isn't the new Socket for Notebooks, but the fact that we will have again two Desktop Sockets coexist. And the idea of segmentating the market in both Fusion for low end and mainstream, then Bulldozer for high end desktop, doesn't sound very good if you want the features of both platforms. No one would like buying a Llano then hearing news that Bulldozer will come first to Socket AM3.