AMD has used the launch of two new Athlon II to unveil its new roadmap for its future processors, chipsets and platforms. Note also that the manufacturer has slightly altered his plans since the previous roadmap.

Thuban, Zambezi

As for desktop processors, they learn by example as Thuban, hexa-core AMD should indeed see the day in 2010, perhaps early in the second quarter. The memory controller integrated into Thuban should also more manageable than the DDR3 memory. Thuban will be joined by several chipsets Series 800.

The first desktop processors etched into 32 nm projected to arrive in 2011. Using a socket AM3r2, Zambezi - a quad-core - will suffer too as DDR3 memory. It will be part of the platform Scorpius. The manufacturer's Project Fusion should finally come to life in 2011 with the arrival of Llano (an APU, into a single package a quad-core CPU and GPU) and the Lynx platform.

Champlain, Geneva and Ontario

As for phones, Champlain (quad-core) and Geneva (dual-core) should emerge in 2010, followed next year by Ontario, an APU comprising a dual-core CPU with 1 MB of cache and a GPU , all etched into 32 nm. Unfortunately, AMD has "forgotten" to be precise about the exact date of launch of these products...