For purposes of making people see my prediction, I will post after my post
The Corona Platform:
Bulldozer Revision 1/Version 2 will have a:
PCI-E 3.0 Controller
The GPU won't be using VLIW4 architecture but use the
GCN Architecture
Reason:
Zambezi (4 Modules) -> Komodo (5 Modules)
Instead of going to 6 Modules like the Phenom IIs(4 core to 6 core)
That missing module will become the PCI-e 3.0 Controller
Reason #2:
FX v2 + GCN = Parallelism
In which the connection between the CPU and GPU will be bus-less
What is going to happen:
You'll get really good F@H scores
With Kepler or GCN
Fermi and Kepler is already supported in this
As long as it uses the PCI-e controller(Most likely this will be a PCI-e 3.0 x32 lane Controller(NB Interface->PCI-e Controller))
So, you will have basically no buses for 4 GPUs (Much better than Intel's PCI-e controller)
Problems:
You can't go from AM3+ Bulldozer to FMx(FM2 most likely) Bulldozer
Showing the major differences between Gen 1(PCI-e controller-less) and Gen 2(PCI-e controller)
Phenom II x6 - 346 mm^2
Bulldozer 10-core Gen 2 - ~325.3 mm^2
AM3 = 941 Contacts/AM3+ = 942 Contacts
FM1 = 905 Contacts/FMx = 905? Contacts
B2 Bulldozer 16-core 1.8GHz/115W
B3 Bulldozer 16-core 2.3GHz/115W
C2 Bulldozer 16-core 2.5GHz/115W
C3 Bulldozer 16-core 2.6GHz/115W
^Upgrade paths 115W TDP = 75(Stock)W-95(Turbo)W ACP
B2 3.6GHz
B3 4.6GHz
C2 5.0GHz
C3 5.2GHz
^Desktop upgrade path, highest stable stock clock (if real world physics don't affect anything)
BD Gen 2 will start off with C3
Reason for the high clocks
i7 SB(8-wincore) 995M Trannies
BD(8-wincore) 852M Trannies
Wincore = Windows Core(What you see in Task manager)
post edited by seronx - 2011/06/18 08:08:38