AMD only just released their Second Generation Trinity based APUs for the desktop market last month built on the 32 nm manufacturing process that details for their next (Third) Generation APUs (Accelerated Processing Units) has already been outed thanks to a leaked company road map slide.
AMD Third Generation APUs
AMD's next generation APUs, like the previous two iterations of AMD APUs will be very exciting. Here's a highlight of what's to come:
As we go lower down the performance food chain (and higher up the power efficiency), the design becomes more and more integrated. In fact, Temash boasts to be the 1st generation SOC from AMD with an integrated FCH.
Kaveri APUs
The Kaver APUs will be AMD's flagship performance APUs based on Piledriver's successor, Steamroller CPU architecture. Expect a 10-20% performance increase (as per AMD's forecasts). On the GPU front, AMD will incorporate the latest Graphics Core Next (GCN) architecture which debuted with the HD 7000 series AMD GPUs. The APUs will gain additional HSA (Heterogeneous System Architecture) features.
Kabini APUs
The Kabini APUs are targeted to replace lower end Trinity APUs (instead of cheap or disabled Kaveri APUs in it's place) as well as Brazos 2.0 APUs. Expect Kabini to provide a huge performance gain over Brazos solutions, which is nothing but good news.
Temash APUs
Temash is AMD's 2nd generation take on APUs for tablets and AIO products. Hondo hasn't been very successful, and doesn't perform that well either. Temash will arrive to fix just that, with higher performance per clock and lower power consumption, ideal for products like tablets.
The 3rd Generation APUs will be compatible with current 2nd generation A85 chipset based motherboards (good news!). Overall, 2013 looks to be another very exciting year for AMD, although the recent management changes and lay offs paint an entirely different picture. Well, we can only hope for the best as AMD continues to offer products with great value for money factor.
AMD Third Generation APUs
AMD's next generation APUs, like the previous two iterations of AMD APUs will be very exciting. Here's a highlight of what's to come:
- Built on the 28 nm manufacturing process
- Kaveri, Packing Next Generation "Steamroller" CPU Cores
- Kaveri, Packing Next Generation "Graphics Core Next (GCN)" GPU Cores
- HSA Features integrated
- Kabini Second Generation Low Power APUs, Jaguar CPU Cores
- Temash Second Generation ULP APUs, Jaguar CPU Cores
As we go lower down the performance food chain (and higher up the power efficiency), the design becomes more and more integrated. In fact, Temash boasts to be the 1st generation SOC from AMD with an integrated FCH.
Kaveri APUs
The Kaver APUs will be AMD's flagship performance APUs based on Piledriver's successor, Steamroller CPU architecture. Expect a 10-20% performance increase (as per AMD's forecasts). On the GPU front, AMD will incorporate the latest Graphics Core Next (GCN) architecture which debuted with the HD 7000 series AMD GPUs. The APUs will gain additional HSA (Heterogeneous System Architecture) features.
Kabini APUs
The Kabini APUs are targeted to replace lower end Trinity APUs (instead of cheap or disabled Kaveri APUs in it's place) as well as Brazos 2.0 APUs. Expect Kabini to provide a huge performance gain over Brazos solutions, which is nothing but good news.
Temash APUs
Temash is AMD's 2nd generation take on APUs for tablets and AIO products. Hondo hasn't been very successful, and doesn't perform that well either. Temash will arrive to fix just that, with higher performance per clock and lower power consumption, ideal for products like tablets.
The 3rd Generation APUs will be compatible with current 2nd generation A85 chipset based motherboards (good news!). Overall, 2013 looks to be another very exciting year for AMD, although the recent management changes and lay offs paint an entirely different picture. Well, we can only hope for the best as AMD continues to offer products with great value for money factor.