Quote Originally Posted by jvc View Post
That's disappointing. An 8-core Steamroller/Excavator would be no slouch.
Steamroller FX models were planned all along up till the end of '12 when they vanished from the road maps. Excavator will be on a different socket but Steamroller on AM3+ would have been a money-maker for AMD as their AM3+ installed base numbers millions and the take rate is an incredible 90+ % in numerous PC polls.