Im a bit less concerned about dual socket as I am about AMD having a product that will match s2011 sandy bridge. Maybe 8 cores wont keep up, but take a 12 core g34 bulldozer opteron, laser off a hyperT link so its not dual socket capable, unlock its multi and clock it over 3.5ghz then call it fx.
This creates three scenarios
1- It would make mobo makers create oc-rich single g34 mobos (and eventually dual socket that could take opterons and oc them too)
2- It would create a differenciated high perf bulldozer with quad ch. ram that would possibly match anything on s2011 by intel
3- It would not interfere with the server segment since the fx it would not be available in dual socket (hence lasering the HT link)
this is one way to make enthusiast consumers happy and to follow amds policy of staying out of dual socket desktops.
PS: I will further extend my marketing 2 cents by even giving some guesswork figures and a shiny naming scheme (tell me if it makes you feel like buying it)
I like the name that Ive seen floating around for bulldozer to be VISION, then we can simply add the number of cores as a part of the name whch will also work to distinguish the the segment:
VISION 2 (AM3+)- 1 module, 4mb cache, dual ch ddr3. up to 4ghz - 65w
VISION 4 (AM3+)- 2 module, 8mb cache, dual ch ddr3, up to 3.8ghz -90w
VISION 8 (AM3+)- 4 module, 16mb cache, dual ch ddr3, up to 3.5 ghz -105w
VISION GX (??)- 2/4 module, 4/8mb (L2), dual ch ddr3, 3.5 ghz with dx 11 graphics -105/125w
VISION FX (G34)- 3+3 module dual die, 24 mb cache, quad ch ddr3, up to 3.6 ghz -125w
how do you like my AMD bulldozer lineup?
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