AMD - Piledriver chitchat

[watercooled]

It is Ebay and they are new cards,but they are not the typical GCN based cards people might think about.

You mean Oland?

[CountBartok]

Two new Kabini APUs spotted E1-2150 and A4-5050 maybe HP only?
http://www.cpu-world.com/news_2014/2...s_spotted.html

[scaryjim]

Sounds like HP are getting in on the "semi-custom" side of AMD's silicon business, although deci-custom might be a more appropriate term given they've just taken existing AMD APUs and changed the clock speed!

Samsung did something similar with one of the Ativ Lite ranges, using an AMD APU but marketing it as a Samsung processor. If AMD get the semi-custom business growing the way they want, I suspect we might see a lot more of this kind of thing. Perhaps that's the hope for Kaveri - AMD do a small number of sample SKUs in the channel, and OEMs then pick and choose the clock speeds and configs they want as semi-custom parts.

[ik9000]

Perhaps that's the hope for Kaveri - AMD do a small number of sample SKUs in the channel, and OEMs then pick and choose the clock speeds and configs they want as semi-custom parts.

I'm an OEM. I'd like an 8 core 4.5GHz at 65W TDP please. Oh and 2x16PCI3 lanes plus DDR4 quad channel. Jump to it AMD.

[DanceswithUnix]

I'm an OEM. I'd like an 8 core 4.5GHz at 65W TDP please. Oh and 2x16PCI3 lanes plus DDR4 quad channel. Jump to it AMD.

lol

HP have had cut down/bits fused off silicon from AMD for ages. I think the lovely Athlon X2 5200 45W started off as an HP part, they seem to end up in the general channel after a few months.

So if you change that to "I want 2 cores at 2.5GHz and all the cache disabled please" then now you are sounding more like HP and are in with a chance

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

It would be nice if AMD had made Kaveri three module as previously hinted on one of their earlier documents. That and GDDR5 memory for the IGP would have made an awesome APU.

[DanceswithUnix]

Intel subsidising tablet chips:

http://www.fudzilla.com/home/item/33...rts-below-cost

I don't remember "value engineering" as a module on my engineering degree course, though it was a while ago perhaps the syllabus has changed. Or this is slimy spin doctoring

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Intel subsidising tablet chips:

http://www.fudzilla.com/home/item/33...rts-below-cost

I don't remember "value engineering" as a module on my engineering degree course, though it was a while ago perhaps the syllabus has changed. Or this is slimy spin doctoring

I thought ARM was finished due to Bay Trail, Haswell and 22NM finfets due to certain online experts located somewhere. So now its Cherry Trail,Broadwell and 14NM??

[ik9000]

I thought ARM was finished due to Bay Trail, Haswell and 22NM finfets due to certain online experts located somewhere. So now its Cherry Trail,Broadwell and 14NM??

No ARM will be finished due to Intel SHARK bay swell. NOM NOM NOM....

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Funnily enough Shark Bay is the name for the Haswell platform!!

[ik9000]

Funnily enough Shark Bay is the name for the Haswell platform!!

Coincidence?

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Haswell die sizes revealed:

http://anandtech.com/show/7744/intel...-at-isscc-2014

[DanceswithUnix]

It is Ebay and they are new cards,but they are not the typical GCN based cards people might think about.

So no more clues as to which cards you mean then?

I notice Scan have the R5 230 for £30. That's the price I was after, but not for a VLIW5 card with only 80 shaders. Perhaps it could be crossfired with a box of crayons.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

So no more clues as to which cards you mean then?

I notice Scan have the R5 230 for £30. That's the price I was after, but not for a VLIW5 card with only 80 shaders. Perhaps it could be crossfired with a box of crayons.

OEM Oland cards as watercooled guessed.

[scaryjim]

OEM Oland cards ....

Cunningly marketed as Radeon 8570 and Radeon 8670 - which are the same numbers as the IGPs in the 6600k and 6800k respectively. Just done a quick search but drew a blank...

[DanceswithUnix]

Cunningly marketed as Radeon 8570 and Radeon 8670 - which are the same numbers as the IGPs in the 6600k and 6800k respectively. Just done a quick search but drew a blank...

Yeah, all I could find were r7 240 cards from the states. Shipping and import duty makes them rather expensive.