AMD "Piledriver" refresh of Zambezi - info, speculations, test, fans

[Smartidiot89]

@Smartidiot89

Are you sure they explicitly said "IPC" performance when they mentioned 10-15% uplift? And not clock+IPC?

I am sure that is what I was told, but I see other media are saying clocks+IPC. But 10-15% increase in IPC might as well be in well optimized software. These are PR-people and after Bulldozer I definitely won't trust it for certain I think 10-15% yearly is a realistic goal, looking at how Bulldozer is today.

Regarding Llano -> Trinity by the way we are forgetting one thing which should also be held accountable for the 20% increase. Llano was supposed to have been a >3,0 GHz design and it launch at 2,9 GHz, again probably due to GlobalFoundries. So the jump from Husky -> Piledriver should be a mix of IPC and clocks.

EDIT: Just noticed your signature, Terrace was right all along