Items tagged with Steamroller

by Joel Hruska - Sun, Jan 19, 2014

Kaveri Software Documentation Shows AMD Considered GDDR5, Might Release Eight-Core Variant

Of all the rumors that swirled around Kaveri before the APU debuted last week, one of the more interesting bits was that AMD might debut GDDR5 as a desktop option. GDDR5 isn't bonded in sticks for easy motherboard socketing, and motherboard OEMs were unlikely to be interested in paying to solder 4-8GB of RAM directly... Read more...

by Joel Hruska - Tue, Aug 28, 2012

AMD's Next Gen Steamroller CPU Could Deliver Where Bulldozer Fell Short

Today at the Hot Chips Symposium, AMD's CTO Mark Papermaster is taking the wraps off AMD's upcoming CPU core, codenamed Steamroller. Steamroller is the third iteration of Sunnyvale's Bulldozer architecture and an extremely important part. Bulldozer, launched just over a year ago, was a major disappointment. The... Read more...

by Joel Hruska - Thu, Feb 02, 2012

AMD's Financial Analyst Day: Brazos 2.0, 28nm CPUs, Future SoC's

Today is AMD's Financial Analyst Day -- and it's been a long time coming. Questions about the company's future have been piling up since Bulldozer launched and AMD layed off much of its PR/marketing teams. Today, the company lifted the veil on what it's planning for 2012. In graphics, the roadmap is straightforward --... Read more...