From what I understand, the current AMD FX series (Piledriver) has 2 problems: Poor single-threaded performance (which is caused, from what I understand, by a low IPC), and it is power-hungry.
I was just thinking, could the K10 architecture used for the Phenom II be successfully used to make a CPU today, if the 45nm transistors could be shrunk down to 28nm, and made at GlobalFoundries' Fab 8?
My idea is that AMD would make a lineup similar to that of the Phenom II - X2=dual core, X4=quad core, x6=hex core. If AMD could implement their own version of hyper=threading, too, that would be interesting.
All Phenom IIIs would work with socket AM3+, so enthusiasts could just swap out their Phenom IIs and FX-8xxxs for these after a BIOS flash.
My idea is that this would work as a nice stopgap CPU for AMD while they work on a new architecture.
I was just thinking, could the K10 architecture used for the Phenom II be successfully used to make a CPU today, if the 45nm transistors could be shrunk down to 28nm, and made at GlobalFoundries' Fab 8?
My idea is that AMD would make a lineup similar to that of the Phenom II - X2=dual core, X4=quad core, x6=hex core. If AMD could implement their own version of hyper=threading, too, that would be interesting.
All Phenom IIIs would work with socket AM3+, so enthusiasts could just swap out their Phenom IIs and FX-8xxxs for these after a BIOS flash.
My idea is that this would work as a nice stopgap CPU for AMD while they work on a new architecture.