AMD publishes CPU roadmaps through 2012, runs a quad-core Bulldozer through the laptop realm

Heard of Trinity, Krishna, Wichita and Komodo? You have now — they’re the codenames of brand-new processors that AMD plans to ship in 2012. AMD dropped preliminary details on the basic platform lineup earlier this week, and it looks like there are some sweeping changes in store — like the fact that every single chip will have a DirectX 11 capable GPU on board in true Fusion style. Also, if you thought Bulldozer was a desktop processor and Bobcat limited to laptops, you’ll be interested to know that’s not at all how it’s going to work — powerhouse notebooks and mid-range towers can get the same four high-end cores in the form of a 32nm Trinity APU, while Krishna and Wichita mop up the low-end and hopefully address low power consumption scenarios with 28nm silicon. Of course, there’s a little something extra for the desktop enthusiast, and that’s where the octa-core Komodo will come in (picture after the break). AMD’s also enacted one other very important change, and that’s to provide the handy-dandy AMD Codename Decoder[TM] for telling all these platforms apart. You’ll find it at our more coverage link. We kid you not. Continue reading AMD publishes CPU roadmaps through 2012, runs a quad-core Bulldozer through the laptop realm AMD publishes CPU roadmaps through 2012, runs a quad-core Bulldozer through the laptop realm originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 11 Nov 2010 06:24:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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