AMD 'Richland' APU Information Leaked
Details of AMD's upcoming "Richland" APUs, a follow on to the Trinity A-series chips, have been leaked by a Chinese tech news site.
AMD will replace its current line-up of A-series Trinity processors later this year with the updated "Richland" APUs, which are expected to bring a 20 to 40 percent performance boost.
Chinese tech site Expreview has posted information which allegedly details the new silicon.
At the top end is the quad-core A10-6800K, which features a built in Radeon HD 8670D mobile GPU, and has a TDP of 100W. This is an unlocked version designed for overclocking.
Next there's the quad-core A8-6600K with Radeon HD 8570D integrated graphics. This part also has a TDP of 100W, as well as having unlocked multipliers.
Two 65W TDP quad-core variants called the A10-6700 and A8-6500. The A10-6700 is equipped with Radeon HD 8670D GPU, while the A8-6500 has Radeon HD 8570D GPU.
A pair of dual-core APUs is also listed, both with TDPs of 65W. These are the unlocked A6-6400K with Radeon HD 8470D integrated graphics, and the locked A4-6300 featuring Radeon HD 8430D integrated graphics.
The new APUs are based on an updated Trinity architecture and are built using the 32-nanometer process and Piledriver CPU architecture. However, compared to the Trinity parts, Richland are having higher clock speeds, updated Radeon HD 8000 series GPUs and faster DDR3-2133MHz dual-channel memory controllers.
We'll most probably learn more official information from AMD about the new APUs before CeBIT.
Chinese tech site Expreview has posted information which allegedly details the new silicon.
At the top end is the quad-core A10-6800K, which features a built in Radeon HD 8670D mobile GPU, and has a TDP of 100W. This is an unlocked version designed for overclocking.
Next there's the quad-core A8-6600K with Radeon HD 8570D integrated graphics. This part also has a TDP of 100W, as well as having unlocked multipliers.
Two 65W TDP quad-core variants called the A10-6700 and A8-6500. The A10-6700 is equipped with Radeon HD 8670D GPU, while the A8-6500 has Radeon HD 8570D GPU.
A pair of dual-core APUs is also listed, both with TDPs of 65W. These are the unlocked A6-6400K with Radeon HD 8470D integrated graphics, and the locked A4-6300 featuring Radeon HD 8430D integrated graphics.
The new APUs are based on an updated Trinity architecture and are built using the 32-nanometer process and Piledriver CPU architecture. However, compared to the Trinity parts, Richland are having higher clock speeds, updated Radeon HD 8000 series GPUs and faster DDR3-2133MHz dual-channel memory controllers.
We'll most probably learn more official information from AMD about the new APUs before CeBIT.