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Fusion AMD and ATI joined hands in 2006 and Fusion was the codename assigned to the new initiative that would merge a CPU and a GPU on a single chip. The new technology focuses on combining general processer execution and 3D geometry processing onto a single package.

The processors based on Fusion would be heterogeneous in nature and would have different clock speeds for the graph ics core and central processing core. To accommodate external PCT Express peripherals, Fusion would feature a minimum 16lane PCI Express link, thereby having the ability to eliminate the Northbridge chip completely from the motherboard. The processors would also see a new modular design methodology called M-SPACE, enabling future processor designs to have more flexibility and wider range of combinations. The processors based on Fusion would be meant for both desktop and for mobile computing. The desktop implementation of Fusion has been assigned the codename Falcon and for notebooks, it's called Swift. An option for mobile phones, UMPCs and small multimedia devices has also been kept open with I-lOW TDPs.



The New Phenom Phenom is AMD's desktop line of microprocessors based on the KIO microarchitecture. A number of new processors, both triple a d quad core belonging to the same family are going to be introduced to the world. The key thing about these new chips would be the 45 nm process that they would be manufactured on as it helps in controlling heating issues and influences the performance and DDR3 support. The technical details of a number of processors to be launched codenamed Deneb, Propus, Toliman, Heka etc include a common set of features comprising of AMD's Enhanced 3D Now,NX bit,Cooln Quite technologies.

Westmere and Sandy Bridge Core i7 is the successor to I nte}'s core 2 brand of desktop processors. The new quad core processors are based on the brand new microarchitecture-Nehalem. Westmere is going to be the 32nm shrink of Core i7 and is supposed to be followed by Sandy Bridge with another new microarchitecture to be launched in 2010. Postthis, a 22nm shrink of Sandy Bridge is expected to be introduced.