AMD Zen Quad Core Block Diagram Released

[WYP]

An Block Diagram for A Quad core module of AMD's new Zen Architecture has been released.

Read more on AMD's Zen Quad core Unit here.

 

[shambles1980]

I think it looks quite promising for a quad core cpu from amd to be honest..
Could be interesting to see what they do with it as they push it further at later dates.

it does seem to imply that amd do not have much hope for dx 12 bringing the 8 module "AKA core" cpu's they already have up to a point that beats intels quads consistently across the board though, which is really what they needed to do for the majority.

 

[NeverBackDown]

Isn't this the same as the other Zen thread but with 4 cores instead of a single core diagram?

I'm still wondering if they have sacrificed any multi threading capabilities compared to Piledriver as they really shined in those situations. Hopefully they kept it at least the same while massively increasing their single threaded performance.. especially since they probably need both for new APIs in the gaming side of things.

 

[WYP]

Isn't this the same as the other Zen thread but with 4 cores instead of a single core diagram?

I'm still wondering if they have sacrificed any multi threading capabilities compared to Piledriver as they really shined in those situations. Hopefully they kept it at least the same while massively increasing their single threaded performance.. especially since they probably need both for new APIs in the gaming side of things.

Ads a little more detail on the cache and fills on a few more blanks, but we really need AMD to talk about the architecture more before we can make any guesses to performance .

 

[shambles1980]

i cant see any reason why they would suffer at multi threding, they should really be better than a bull dozer at multi threading going by the lay out.
think the only reall worry with this type of layout is the pipelines.
I think with the fx chips they made them as short as possible which should have been good in theory, but having to share fp units and so on did cause them to suffer at points.

these zen things do look a lot like what they should have done with the bulldozer chips to start it..
also the 8MB l3 seems to imply that it will either be working pretty damned fast, or that the 4 cores and 8 cores will be the same but with locked cores on the 4 core version. But seemingly no changes to the L3...

like i said though i do hope to see this pushed to its full potential within 2-3 revisions..

Havings said that though if they decide low powered is the way to go i guess that is their choice if they want to keep the console market cornered.. But if what this says is true "being low powered or high performance as an option" then it could be a good few years coming up for upgrades.