Information about the following Fusion APUs and their names
Useful information about GTC2011, hosted by Globalfoundries, was again available. We can find out what code name they are given and what to expect in terms of graphics processor.
Globalfoundries got a lot of information this week, especially about next year’s product ranges. Now a slide has leaked out that gives some fresh details about the next Fusion APU.
Interestingly, the HD 7000 GPU, which will be integrated with the next Fusion APU, is already on the market. Of course, this is only broadly speaking, no one should think that a native of the previous generation will be present here as well. However, the basis of both can be found in the current product range, and yet it is radically different. How? AMD has introduced in the HD 6000 series that not all graphics chips will be built on the same foundations, so currently the HD 6900 is out of line and is the forerunner of the Northern Islands that founded the HD 7000 series, while the other HD 6000 GPUs are HD It is based on Evergreen, introduced by 5000, including the IGP of current Fusion APUs. The next generation of Fusion APUs is already under the wings of the HD 7000 and as a result it uses the VLIW4 architecture used by the Cayman GPU, no further information is available yet. The slide also outlines performance data, according to which the new APU has 50% more computing power than the current one. But let us quickly add here that this does not apply to the acceleration experienced in the use of real everyday life, so it is not recommended to draw far-reaching conclusions for the time being.
Furthermore, of course, they will be manufactured in the factories of Globalfoundries, using the 32 nm gate first HKMG technology. The APU intended for lower consumption netbooks and notebooks runs under the code name "Comal", while the desktop processors carry the name "Virgo". And the CPUs use the Bulldozer-based architecture called "Piledriver", which is good news, as there will be great progress here as well. So, in summary, the next Fusion APU will be renewed in every detail, so it is quite certain that there will be big differences in performance when running various programs compared to the previous generation.
Source: BSN
