Confirmed for CeBIT 2011 : BULLDOZER

[Dadofamunky]

Sweet!
Right now I am just so "meh" about the CPU performance delta between my Q6600 @ 3.3GHz and a 2600K @ 4.2GHz or an X6 @ 4GHz. My only hope for 2011 being another 2006 or another 1999 is if Bulldozer is all that.

I wonder if the ALU has changed much since the Conroe days. I ran a simple benchmark across both my systems in the sig and the performance rating scales almost identically between the two systems. My WAG is that that this piece of benchmark software (which is apparently orphaned and has no explanation for its algorithms) runs primarily on Intel's math circuitry and in my experience shows very little delta between Wolfdale and SB.

But in my direct experience, my Adobe software flies on Nehalem and SB, even compared to my Wolfdale, which is also no slouch. I personally think these are great times to be a serious computer user.

 

[JFAMD]

Well it is clear we are not going LGA. We actually don't need more pins. PCIe lanes are routed out of the chipset. HT needing more lanes? How?

All LGA will do is increase the cost of infrastructure, there is no benefit that LGA brings. People keep asking for it, but they assume that a.) costs are the same and b.) somehow it will make their processors faster. Neither case is true.

 

[Idontcare]

Well it is clear we are not going LGA. We actually don't need more pins. PCIe lanes are routed out of the chipset. HT needing more lanes? How?

All LGA will do is increase the cost of infrastructure, there is no benefit that LGA brings. People keep asking for it, but they assume that a.) costs are the same and b.) somehow it will make their processors faster. Neither case is true.

What was Intel's motivation for going to LGA?

 

[exar333]

What was Intel's motivation for going to LGA?

My understanding is that Intel moved to LGA because of the following reasons:

-higher pin density
-better/more power contact
-larger contact point (allowing potentially higher frequencies)

I don't know how much this helps current chips, but it definitely makes sense considering that this change was effected during the Netburst days (high power usages and potentially huge clock speeds). From a server perspective, it makes sense with the pin densities to allow for a large number of pins for multiple memory channels, etc.

 

[JFAMD]

What was Intel's motivation for going to LGA?

You should ask them that.

The key to keep in mind is that just because somebody does something it doesn't mean everyone else has to do it.