Thread: AMD's 32nm processor Llano first out with integrated DX11 GPU

Once signed was in place in London to hear more about AMD's graphics business, we also enter a siding with a deeper discussion on AMD's first processor chip with integrated GPU. The so-called fusion concept has been raised for many years but after a detailed conversation with Intel last month, it felt like that was really close to a breakthrough. Gut feeling has now proved correct when AMD announced the first 32nm-tillverkarde Llano processors will start sending to partners already in the first half of 2010.

Llano is the name of AMD's first Fusion CPU who also choose to call APU, Accelerated Processing Unit. During ISSCC AMD has revealed that it has now been long enough with its 32 nanometer SOI high-k metal grinds technology to the first test copies of the Llano then be shipped out already within a few months.

AMD Llano will be a quad CPU with Phenom-based CPU cores also arrives to house a built-in graphics core enclosing a DirectX 11 controllers. We know as so far no specific information regarding the CPU is being reveled, graphics chip, but AMD has at least eased the lid on the CPU part.

Each core comes with either 1MB L2 cache (for a total of 4MB) or clock speed limits should lie north of 3GHz processor in its debut. Just as expected, Intel will also make use of so-called core power gating. Which means that grains can be switched off when not needed, and increase in clock speed when there is room in applications.

During the first quarter of 2011, we see Llano make debut in the consumer market and we sincerely hope that the performance of both the CPU and the integrated graphics chip can live up to our expectations. With its new Fusion family, we will also see AMD's first new processor socket in a while, but the name and refer to it is still unclear.