AMD "Steamroller/Excavator" -info, speculations and experience

[informal]

I dug out a Jaguar HC24 video presentation and posted it on AT forum. FUDzilla saw it so they re-posted it as news . But they cerdit me,sort of :P :

We already reported that AMD plans to introduce E-series and X-series chips, with the X4 5110 pegged as the top quad-core SKU. It’s a 25W part manufactured in 28nm, but we still don’t know the clocks. Thanks to forum member over at Anandtech who unearthed an interesting Q&A video, we now have some official info. However, rather than answering any questions, the video raises a few new ones.

[tbone8ty]

some more little stuffs from internets on kabini...

http://wccftech.com/amds-flagship-es...faster-bobcat/

http://www.fudzilla.com/home/item/29...-hd-8000-cards

kaveri

http://www.fudzilla.com/home/item/29...2014-is-kaveri

ps this is from fudzilla lol

[cezar]

Kaveri will show up in 2H 2013, Steamroller cores + GCN + HSA

Officially updated roadmap by AMD:
http://phx.corporate-ir.net/External...F8VHlwZT0z&t=1

[Alex-Ro]

Any ideas when richland will show up in desktops?the stilt should know

[FlanK3r]

there was only this one slide?...I hope, enthusiast desktop will be stil alive....

[FlanK3r]

this is very interestig, thanks to Del422 from Czech forums for it....
http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.aspx?m...e=1&print=true

[demonkevy666]

this is very interestig, thanks to Del422 from Czech forums for it....
http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.aspx?m...e=1&print=true

This man "seronx" Is everywhere

Interesting theory's that's for sure.

[tbone8ty]

thats alot of extra PCI express lanes

[FlanK3r]

AMD Kaveri sockets info - welcome FM3:
http://www.planet3dnow.de/vbulletin/...d.php?t=410680

[Olivon]

Thanks FlanK3r for the info

[tbone8ty]

So Kaveri isn't fm2 compatible?

[The Stilt]

So Kaveri isn't fm2 compatible?

FM2 socket is already severely chocking on GPUs found in TN/RL, 2x 64-bit MCTs simply cannot provide enough bandwidth with DDR3.

[demonkevy666]

FM2 socket is already severely chocking on GPUs found in TN/RL, 2x 64-bit MCTs simply cannot provide enough bandwidth with DDR3.

oh RL richland seem you've had some new toy

[demonkevy666]

Why does FX still have a crossbar ? :| it's ancient

[FlanK3r]

Today some info about AMD Jaguar only...But very detailed
http://www.techpowerup.com/180394/AM...Quad-Core.html

[Darakian]

AMD Kaveri sockets info - welcome FM3:
http://www.planet3dnow.de/vbulletin/...d.php?t=410680

So does that imply a new socket for steamroller or is the new socket needed because of the added gpu? time will tell I guess.

[trueblue]

So does that imply a new socket for steamroller or is the new socket needed because of the added gpu? time will tell I guess.

Another question is if a socket am3+ version will be produced (no graphics). I can't imagine the server socket having the built in graphics. Maybe the enthusiast line will be merged with it.

Socket fm3 with 10 cores would be a nice bone.

[Darakian]

Another question is if a socket am3+ version will be produced (no graphics). I can't imagine the server socket having the built in graphics. Maybe the enthusiast line will be merged with it.

Socket fm3 with 10 cores would be a nice bone.

If FM2 is any indication then fm3 will have at most half the cores of the high end desktop chip on whatever socket it ends up on. 10 cores on fm3 with a gpu would be pretty awesome though. I really just want to know if my am3+ system has any life left in it though.

[Olivon]

http://phx.corporate-ir.net/External...F8VHlwZT0z&t=1

Thanks to Gipsel from B3D

[G.Foyle]

this is very interestig, thanks to Del422 from Czech forums for it....
http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.aspx?m...e=1&print=true

These circuitry blocks can be the same for PCI-E, UMI (link to southbridge) and DDI (digital display interfaces - DP and HDMI). They could very well serve other unknown purposes besides the most obvious.

[FlanK3r]

Interesting
http://www.brightsideofnews.com/news...ets-gddr5.aspx

[tbone8ty]

I can see this in lapto being a neat system.

I wanna see a ben heck ps4 laptop

[FlanK3r]

but PS4 is Jaguar core (kabini) and this is Kaveri (APU SR)

[behrouz]

Specifically the document lists 800 MHz QDR and 850MHz QDR (3200MHz and 3400MHz) clocks which would result with 51.2 GB/s and 54.4 GB/s of system memory bandwidth. Compared to current 25.6 GB/s with the DDR3-1600, this is quite the performance bump. The surprises don?t end there - Kaveri will support DDR3 up to 1250 MHz DDR (2500MHz) ? it specifically adds 2400MHz and 2500MHz modes over Trinity, which officially supported up to 2133MHz. Nevertheless GDDR5 would provide a tangible bandwidth improvement and might be the smarter choice given that DDR3 above 1866MHz starts to get prohibitively expensive.

wow !! 50 GB/s vs 25 GB/s is awesome but isn't problem for cooling memory Chip ? because 50 GB/s is high and can releases so much heat.

[informal]

Heat is not a problem with GDDR memory. Capacity is. Only 4GB max. is not much in 2013+.