CPU/Mobo AMD's first Fusion comes in Q4 2010

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Dual core, fits in Brazos platform

The first Fusion to come from AMD is a dual-core. This chip fits in Brazos platform that take care the entry level of market, and such a GPU has a big chance to end up in notebooks.
We can tell you that this dual-core has a DirectX 11 GPU, it comes in BGA packaging and it works with a quite acceptable 25W TDP.

The planned launch date is the latter part of Q4 2010 and this is of course if all goes well. You can bet that after CES 2011, many vendors might have this CPU in their desktop and notebooks systems.

We can also add that this is a 32nm CPU/GPU or APU (Application Processing Unit) how AMD likes to call it and even this version of Fusion can support up to 4 cores, but it's different from Llano APU that goes in Lynx platform.
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Fusion chipset Hudson has USB 3.0 ​

There will be two different versions of AMD's Hudson chipset, the chipset of choice for Fusion APUs. They should talk to Llano or similar APUs and only the top one will have USB 3.0 support.
The others, we heard of two different southbridge chips, will have many USB 2.0 ports, but that is just about it. No USB 3.0 for the cheaper fusion that fits Brazos. Remember, the first Fusion that aims for Brazos platform is replacing Dorado / Kodiak Athlon II based CPUs in mainstream market.

Fusion is not for the high end, but Lynx platform will be responsible for the upper part of the mainstream market, something that graphics companies usually call the performance market.

Enthusiasts will have to wait for Scorpius platform and Bulldozer CPUs, but most of this stuff comes at some point of 2011.

As we said, Hudson is reserved for Fusion chips that have most of the Northbridge and graphics inside and they will simply act as a Southbridge.
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Seems the first fusion CPU will be a notebook one. AMD seemed to regain some market share with their Tigirs platform and all PC makers have embraced their Tigris platform :D Hope the Brazos even better that. Who wouldnt want their notebook's IGP to perform better.

So many sales in new egg with likes of Acer and Toshiba laptops based on entry level tigris platform with entry level AthlonII dual core, 4GB DDRII and 250GB HDD for $400 :O Hope they end up in India for about 24-25k :D

Source: Brazos | Hudson
 
My main reason to postpone the laptop purchase is Fusion :P

With Bazos/Liano loaded I can finally have a laptop capable of churning out the max in both graphics and cpu intensive task with better battery backup. Not to mention that they will come with all the HKMG goodness :D

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The Sabine platform comprise of 32nm products featuring Liano APUs. While the Bazos is a 40nm counterpart.

AMD's 2010 - 2011 Roadmaps: ~1B Transistor Llano APU, Bobcat and Bulldozer - AnandTech :: Your Source for Hardware Analysis and News

Those interested at Desktop offering, AMD has something new in the sleeves a completely new HT technology that works completely different from the likes of Intel and Sun

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love the name Zambezi :) named after mighty river Zambezi which runs through southern africa. I used to go rafting on it often during my stay in Zim :) will definitely be getting one of these CPUs... even if its jus for the name. Im sure the performance will be great too :D
 
This is amazing news, all this time I was thinking that Bulldozer will be a different platform but according to this the Bulldozer cpu 'Zambezi' will work in th eAM3 board... Hey love this...

Thanks if this comes out to be true, mate.

Now to get the AM3 board pronto :)

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My main reason to postpone the laptop purchase is Fusion :P

With Bazos/Liano loaded I can finally have a laptop capable of churning out the max in both graphics and cpu intensive task with better battery backup. Not to mention that they will come with all the HKMG goodness :D

The Sabine platform comprise of 32nm products featuring Liano APUs. While the Bazos is a 40nm counterpart.

AMD's 2010 - 2011 Roadmaps: ~1B Transistor Llano APU, Bobcat and Bulldozer - AnandTech :: Your Source for Hardware Analysis and News

Those interested at Desktop offering, AMD has something new in the sleeves a completely new HT technology that works completely different from the likes of Intel and Sun

amd_analyst_day_2009_desktop_roadmap.png
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32nm, DDR3, 2011

AMD's Fusion project will get to quad-core. Of course the first one is a dual-core, aiming for the Brazos platform and after that there should be a Llano version of Fusion that comes in dual and quad-core versions.

We've already said that Llano dual-core has a 20W TDP and some of them will get even to 40W, but more importantly the quad-core Llano with integrated graphics should set to 55W TDP.

This is not that bad considering that Fusion has most parts of chipset, graphics and a quad core CPU. The launch date is again 2011 and we cannot get more precise than that.

The platform supports DDR3, and is a 32nm product. As we said many moons ago the 45nm version of Fusion has been cancelled a while back.
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http://www.techenclave.com/cpu-mobo-corner/amds-first-fusion-comes-q4-2010-a-169339.html
 
sorry for the n00b question but can any 1 explain why every 1 is so excited abt fusion ..... for desktop they will have 4 cores and dx11 gpu ... we already have 6 cores as low as 10k
 
^^^ It's the same chip, the GPU and CPU come together as an "APU"..(wikipedia or google for more)

As we already know GPU's are milestones ahead of CPUs in computing power, (GTX280 faster 14x than Core i7 960 3.2GHz), imagine all that power in the form of a CPU....(if coding and optimizations are done right)...

This is going to be very very interesting...
 
comp@ddict said:
^^^ It's the same chip, the GPU and CPU come together as an "APU"..(wikipedia or google for more)

As we already know GPU's are milestones ahead of CPUs in computing power, (GTX280 faster 14x than Core i7 960 3.2GHz), imagine all that power in the form of a CPU....(if coding and optimizations are done right)...

This is going to be very very interesting...
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Actually I don't think this is that exciting for us gamers.First of all multi-platform compute languages like OpenCL and DirectCompute are not yet mainstream.Even if say we had a lot software which were GPGPU optimized...I don't see how it will be faster than using a dedicated GPU and CPU.Please tell me if I'm missing something.
 
Desktop Llano uses Socket FM1, succeeds Socket AM3 - TechSpot News
According to a report by Fudzilla, socket AM3's days are numbered. The year and a half old desktop platform will supposedly be replaced by a new socket called FM1 by the time early 2011 rolls around. Socket FM1 will launch alongside AMD's upcoming Lynx-based Llano APU – the 32nm CPU + GPU Fusion project we've heard about for the last few years.
Llano will be a dual or quad-core part with support for DDR3 1600MHz memory, and it'll have a DirectX 11 graphics chip built-in. Fudzilla believes the GPU will be from the Radeon HD 5000 generation, and should be on par with the HD 5350 – basically toward the lower end of discrete graphics performance. That said, it should be quicker than AMD's 880G IGP.
Socket FM1 will be paired with the "Hudson" series of chipsets, some of which will support USB 3.0 as well as SATA 6Gb/s, but most will only support USB 2.0 outright. Llano is expected to enter mass production toward the end of this year, so a CES 2011 launch seems plausible. At the very least, you can expect some major hype.
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comp@ddict said:
^^^ It's the same chip, the GPU and CPU come together as an "APU"..(wikipedia or google for more)

As we already know GPU's are milestones ahead of CPUs in computing power, (GTX280 faster 14x than Core i7 960 3.2GHz), imagine all that power in the form of a CPU....(if coding and optimizations are done right)...

This is going to be very very interesting...
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thanks for the info ..... this should be something really powerful
PoBoy said:
Desktop Llano uses Socket FM1, succeeds Socket AM3 - TechSpot News
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new socket ..... bad news for those who have upgraded recently .... like me
 
Comes in Q4 2010 with USB 2.0 only
The first to launch Fusion, a dual-core 32nm CPU with DirectX 11 graphics will interconnect with the Hudson D1 Southbridge.
We've already told you that the TDP of first Fusion to show is a 25W part, and the Southbridge will need an additional 6W. Hudson D1 supports PCIe 4X and well as PCIe 1X interface. The USB support is kind of an awkward as it supports 14 USB 2.0 ports and two USB 1.1 slots.
The good news is that Hudson D1, most likely named after New York's famous river has RAID 5 support as well as six SATA 3GB/s ports. There is some indication that there will be a version without RAID as well and the document we've seen implies that there won't be an integrated Gbit LAN on this Southbridge.

Since this is a mainstream Southbridge you should not be surprised and you can only hope that this dual-core Fusion can support PCIe 8X or 16X in order to enable external graphics on Brazos platform. I guess that integrated graphics will have to do, as this is the whole point of AMD's Fusion chip to begin with.
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Soruce: Dual core Fusion has Hudson D1 Southbridge - Processors - Fudzilla
 
no matter what, to really fight intel in the minds of common people amd needs a radically better microarchitecture and better marketing :)
 
comp@ddict said:
^^^ It's the same chip, the GPU and CPU come together as an "APU"..(wikipedia or google for more)
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Just a small modification, by chip he means die, so its not the same as the core i3s. The IGP is suppose to have 400sp i believe...pretty awesome if true.
 
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