Frequent mention of the new stepping of Kaveri processors indicate the proximity of Godavari processors announcement . In addition,DigiTimes began the week with the message of AMD intent to introduce hybrid processors Godavari at the end of May this year. In fact, it will be slightly overclocked processors Kaveri unchanged design concept Socket FM2 +, but AMD believes that it is necessary to assign new processors name to somehow boost interest of consumers to the long-familiar platform.
Actually, even Taiwanese sources acknowledged that debut Godavari must to some extent become a counterbalance to the announcement of processors Intel Broadwell and Skylake. Of course, it is not about contrasting performance levels , but the simple synchronization debuts. In addition, Taiwanese sources again reminded that the 14-nm processors Bristol Ridge Summit Ridge will be presented by AMD in 2016. Unified design concept Socket FM3 will support memory type DDR4, but if Bristol Ridge will be based on Excavator architecture , then Summit Ridge already have to offer up to eight cores with Zen architecture .
14-nm AMD processors in 2016 will be produced at the facilities of GlobalFoundries and friendly company Samsung. And in 2017 will be presented hybrid processors Raven Ridge. However, in May, AMD representatives will serve twice to investors, so the main events medium-term plans of the company must be inevitably sounded. Along the way, it is reported that in September this year, AMD will introduce some new chipsets, which will be accompanied by discrete controllers USB 3.1 development ASMedia. Related Products :
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