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AMD Bulldozer Opteron Processors Will Feature Adjustable TDP

The next-generation AMD Opteron server processor, which is based on the Bulldozer architecture, will display the user set the maximum TDP (Thermal Design Power), which will enable clients to manage the power consumption of the CPU in accordance withtheir specific needs.

Opteron currently rely on lethal P-state to obtain a similar result, but this approach limits the maximum operating frequency of the CPUand can have a detrimental effect on chip performance.

"With the Cap Managers Power AMD these days, you can limit theprocessor P-state and cut power consumption even though this limits the ability of processors to get the upper frequency (which is also where the most power-hungry on the curve as you canimagine ...). "

"By essentially" locked "state of P, the processor never enteredinto the country, even under heavy use, help reduce the total powerto the processor," said John Fruehe, Director of Product Marketingfor Server, Embedded and products at AMD FireStream, inposting on the company's official blog.

In order to overcome the performance loss associated withdisabling P-state, next-generation AMD Opteron processorsbased on new Bulldozer architecture will use TDP Cap Power,according to Fruehe.

Unlike previous iterations of technology, this new version will allow customers to determine the boundaries of the TDP in a gradualWatt power means that instead of having to choose betweendifferent power ratings draw for the processor, which can really get a CPU for the TDP is required.

More importantly, when running the workload does not exceed thelimits of new power modulated, the chip can still operate at top speed because there is no CPU P-states are locked.

According Freuhe, this new technology will be included in both theValencia and Interlagos core, which is expected to become officialin the third quarter of 2011.

Nvidia 28nm Kepler GPU Taped Out in Q4 2011

Designed to offer a surprising boost in graphics performance,Nvidia Kepler architecture, which is the successor of the FermiGF1xx current GPU, has taped out, according to a report recentlyposted online.

This report comes from the publication of Fudzilla, so you shouldtake with a grain of salt, and cites a number of sources familiarwith Nvidia's efforts.

In electronic design, "tape out" is used to describe the end result ofthe chip design cycle and means that integrated circuits can be sent to a foundry to manufacture the first physical sample.

It then will go through a number of spins as a more refined designto eliminate the potential drawbacks that make their way into theintegrated circuit.

According the same source, up to this point Kepler looks prettygood and the most important barriers that Nvidia has overcomesomething to do with the leak, as the new chips yet to be setproperly for fabricating 28nm node.

The process is expected to take quite a bit of time, and the most optimistic estimates put the availability of Kepler's first GPU-basedretail in the fourth quarter of 2011, although more realistic launch date is Q1 2012.

Unfortunately, this is all the information available to date aboutKepler, such as Nvidia pretty silent when it comes to detailing thefamily of its upcoming GPU.

From the data available until now, we know however, Kepler is expected to provide an estimated 3 to 4 times the performanceper watt is offered by Fermi.

Meanwhile, the latest rumor to make their appearance suggeststhat the first AMD Radeon HD 7000 graphics card, based on thearchitecture of the South Islands, will arrive in September 2011.

AMD Desktop Llano APU Roadmap

Earlier today, AMD has announced two desktoppeluncuranpertama Llano APUs, however, as everyone surelyknows, this will be accompanied by some models laindalam the not too distant and recent roadmaps have revealed the launch of the estimates iniditemukan tanggaltesis chip that will come .

Road map was found in a marketing document released by MSIentitled "A75-Series MSI motherboard" and available for downloadat the company's website.

Judging by the information provided by this roadmap, the rest of the Series A-accelerated processing unit is expected to be launched in the third quarter of this year, while the entry-level E2-2300 will not arrive until Q4 hit.

As far as the specifications of the APUs are concerned, the MSIdocument does not seem to hold a big surprise and all three A-series chips will feature the same 65W TDP.

Making our way from top to bottom, the most powerful desktopkeduaAMD be released APU, A8-3800, has a fundamental frequency empatcore 2.4GHz, which can be upgraded to 2.7GHzdepending on the workload placed padacore.

The chip will be accompanied by the same Radeon HD 6550Don-dieGPU as found in, A8-3850 which includes 400prosesorStreams clocked at 600MHz.


Slightly below the A8-A6-3800 stand 3600, which alsomencakupempat processing cores with support for Turbo Boost,but the core operating frequency that can range from 2.1 to2.4GHz, while the HD 6530 integrated graphics sports 320shaders clocked at 433MHz.

Finally, the last A-Series APU is expected in Q3-3400 dual-coreA4 does not have support for Turbo Boost, but comes with a2.7GHz frequency basis as well as with the Radeon HD6410D on-die GPU. This included 120 shader processors running at600MHz.

Earlier today, AMD made ​​official A8 and A6-3850-3650desktopthe Llano APUs that will be available from 3 Julidengan a suggested retail price of $ 135 and $ 115, respectively.

The First Notebook with Radeon HD 7000M Graphics : Dell Vostro 3350

Dell Germany has recently updated the product pages for the notebook 13-inch Vostro 3350, and, judging by a list of its specs,this seems to be the first laptop to get a AMD Radeon HD 7000 series graphics cards based on the architecture of the Southern Islands.

Graphics card in question is the AMD Radeon HD 7450M, whichDell said it features 160 shader cores paired with GDDR5 memoryfor a total bandwidth of 13GB/sec.

Although it is possible that the name of the GPU may have beenmisspelled, specifications posted does not seem to resemble any current AMD HD 6000 mobile graphics cores.

Regardless of the Radeon HD 7000 graphics card, 13.3-inch DellVostro 3350 notebook is nothing extraordinary as the user can configure with one of three Intel processors Sandy Bridge(I3-2310M,-2410M i5, and i7-2620M), which can be pairedtogether with up to 6GB of system memory.

Depending on the selected CPU and other hardware options, the Dell Vostro 3350 can be purchased for as low as € 489 while theRadeon HD 7450M comes as an upgrade to  60.

This apparition Radeon HD 7450M seems to confirm rumors thatwe reported on earlier today, stating that AMD is ready to launch the Radeon HD 7000 series GPU, code named South Islands, in the third quarter of this year.

From what we know until now, the Radeon HD 7000 GPU series based on the same VLIW4 arrangement introduced by the Cayman architecture (AMD HD 6900-series), but it is built with a28nm manufacturing process.

Use of this node fabrication allows AMD to lower power requirements of chips South Islands, while also improving the performance of their graphics.

Earlier this month, AMD officially confirmed that the company will release a new series graphics core by the end of this year, butrefused to disclose other details.