AMD Steamroller details

[Andster29]

Does anyone have any better information than me on Steamroller?

What I know:

Will be released either later this year or sometime next year.

Will be 30% faster.

Will be using AM3+.

Will be 28nm process.

[unidentical]

*reported to be

until we see some real world benchmarks that 30% figure is suspicious. They had some bold claims about the first gen of the module architecture as well.

[vkadurin]

You can read this : http://www.anandtech.com/show/6201/amd-details-its-3rd-gen-steamroller-architecture

[TechFan@ic]

What do you want to know specifically ?

Steamroller is going to bring 30% improvement in ops/cycle, AMD didn't specify if that was 30% better than Piledriver or bulldozer though.

The chips are going to be AM3+ compatible & will be manufactured on Global Foundries' 28nm High K Metal-Gate process, which is a half-node jump from 32nm SOI so the improvement in performance/watt will be mostly architectural rather than manufacturing based.

All info suggests a 2013 release date, possibly November or December.

[GM_Peka]

Yeah, I must admit, I think the Steamroller chips will put AMD back into serious competition with Intel, since Intel doesn't really seem to be focusing on actual CPU performance right now, making it pretty easy (or easier at the least) for AMD to catch up on that side of things.