- Bulldozer (processor)
Bulldozer is the codename AMD has given to one of the next-generation CPU cores after the K10 microarchitecture for the company's "M-SPACE" design methodology, with the core specifically aimed at 10
watt to 100 watt TDP computing products. Bulldozer is a completely new design developed from the ground up. AMD claims dramatic performance-per-watt improvements in HPC applications with Bulldozer cores. [cite web | url=http://www.guru3d.com/newsitem.php?id=5673 | title=AMD CPU strategy for 2009 | date=July 28 2007 | first=Hilbert | last=Hagedoorn | publisher=Guru 3D | accessdate=2007-08-01] Products implementing the Bulldozer core are planned for release in 2010. [ [http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9584_22-6224419.html ZDNet report] ]The Bulldozer core, under the "M-SPACE" design method, can also to be paired with at least one full DirectX compatible
GPU core (though AMD did not specify the compatible GPUs, it was presumed to be based onRadeon GPUs), to become part of the "Falcon" family, a product under the codename "Fusion" label. A new architecture, codenamed "Sandtiger," with 8 to 16 "Bulldozer" cores was also in the works, optimized for servers and HPC applications. The "Bulldozer" cores will also implement a new iteration ofStreaming SIMD Extensions (SSE) with 170 new instructions, named "SSE5 ".References
ee also
* AMD
*AMD Fusion
* Bobcat, core for sub 10 watt productsExternal links
* [http://www.amd.com/ AMD website]
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