Fusion confusion

[Cilus]

Making a heterogeneous processor or a Die consisting of different type of cores with inbuit interconnect is not an easy job and they are far more complex than creating current generation multicore homogeneous processors where all the cores are of same type.
AMD has been working on this field for last 5-6 years, even before the launch of their Phenom (1) processors and it is like Intel's Larabee project.

So don't expect Intel to just implement some equivalent technology sooner. It is not so easy. By the way, even llano CPU core is actually based on K10 architecture which is currently in use in Phenom II/Athlon II processors, it is going to have a lot of tweaking.

The fabrication process will be 32 nm, so expect more Transistors in a die, less power consumption and less heat. Also the it allows the processors to run at very high speed. It can also help to integrate a more efficient and fast memory controller to increase the Memory rad/Write performance...a field where AMD is lagging in quiet a margin from Intel.

 

[vickybat]

^^Correct buddy.

Don't expect intel to jump guns straightaway. Its clear that intel is lagging behind amd in gpu technology and amd is clearly superior here after aquiring ati. So to attack fusion, intel has to strengthen its gpu prowess and the first implementation will be on ivybridge.
The current EU's of sandybridge are no match to the cedar based radeon gpu's in performance.
So simply replacing the sandy igp's pci express bus lane with some qpi like interconnect won't help cause the gpu isn't strong enough to challenge llano. Intel has to do something out of the box.

Its gonna take a while for intel to come up with something. But exceptions always happen and who knows what trick intel has in their sleeves.

Amd is expecting to capture the mainstream market with llano and it might as well successfully do it.

 

[spm]

nice info here.
@Cilus great work bro.
BTW does this mean i have to change my decision. i was hoping to go for the current products( athlon II x4 640). so is fusion worth a wait for me in this budget.

 

[Skud]

^^wait for a couple of months, if you can, then make a decision

 

[vickybat]

nice info here.
@Cilus great work bro.
BTW does this mean i have to change my decision. i was hoping to go for the current products( athlon II x4 640). so is fusion worth a wait for me in this budget.

Yes its worthwhile if you are not planning to go for a gpu right away. The llano apu's will be launched on june 20 2011 worldwide.

The gpu performance of the quad apu will be somewhere close to a 5670 in performance.