AMD showed an updated map release, which states that by 2011, the company promised to debut a new platform Scorpius. This platform is significant because it should replace the platform Leo, based on AMD processors Phenom. At the heart of Scorpius is the processor Zambezi, which will actually be 8-core version of the Bulldozer. This definitely means that the light may well be a version Bulldozer with six and four cores.

32nm CPU AMD Bulldozer will have a capacity of 8MB of cache L3, and will support DDR3-1866 memory. Note that the standard memory is not even officially adopted. Interestingly, the new processor will support Socket AM3 R2. This version of the last socket AMD should be similar to Socket AM3, which is used now, but perhaps users will need a new motherboard, or at least a BIOS update to support the new processor.

These processors will work with chipset AMD 890FX/GX + SB850, which should appear by mid-2010; probably they will be presented on display at Computex. Bulldozer will appear in 2011, probably closer to the middle of the year so that manufacturers of motherboards, and RAM is quite enough time to prepare for the release of new high-performance processor AMD. Future processor supports a new technology called APM Boost Technology, and, perhaps, this technology is a response to AMD technology to Intel Turbo, but the manufacturer has not said a word about it.

Quad processors Deneb and six-core 45nm processors Thuban will hold the position before the release Zambezi, part of the platform Scorpius, which will occur in 2011.