Bobcat (processor)

Bobcat (processor)

"Bobcat" is a processor codenamed and designed by AMD. The processor's existence was revealed during a speech from AMD executive vice-president Henri Richard in Computex 2007 held in Taiwan, no specific release dates was given but rumours and speculations forecast a post-2008 launch.

The "Bobcat" processor is a very simplified x86 CPU core aiming at low power x86 processing with TDP value between 1 to 10 W, together with low voltage operation, the processor was aimed at consumer electronic markets. According to Dave Orton (previous executive vice-president of AMD), "Bobcat" would make its debut in UMPC devices, OLPC devices, handheld devices, and other small form factor devices. [ja icon [http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2007/0621/kaigai367.htm PC Watch report] ]

According to AMD roadmaps in latest presentations, the "Bobcat" processor will be incorporated together with GPU cores into processors under the codenamed "Fusion" label [http://www.dailytech.com/Article.aspx?newsid=7623 Dailytech report] ] . This is similar in concept with earlier AMD research in 2003 [AMD 2003 Microprocessor Forum Slides: [http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2007/0529/kaigai363_05l.gifSlide 11] and [http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2007/0529/kaigai363_04l.gifSlide 22] ] , detailing the specifications and advantages of extending x86 "everywhere".

Some sources have said that Bobcat has been discontinued [cite web | url=http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/09/22/amd-kills-bobcat | title=AMD kills Bobcat | author=Charlie Demerjian | date=2008-09-22 | publisher=The Inquirer ] , but AMD denies these claimscite web | url=http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/mobile/display/20080924115649_AMD_Bobcat_Processor_Still_in_Development_Despite_Rumours.html | title=AMD: Bobcat Processor Still in Development, Despite Rumours. | author=Anton Shilov | date=2008-09-24 | publisher=X-bit Labs ] .

References

ee also

*AMD Fusion
*Bulldozer, core for 10 Watts to 100 Watts TDP products

External links

*ja icon [http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2007/0621/kaigai367.htm PC Watch report]
* [http://www.dailytech.com/Article.aspx?newsid=7623 Dailytech report]
* [http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/06/11/amd_readies_umpc_cpu/ RegHardware report]


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