AMD Displays Die-Shot of Upcoming Eight-Core "Orochi" Processor for the First Time

Based on the upcoming Bulldozer architecture, it's 2 years behind schedule but we're looking forward to it just the same!



AMD "Orochi" design is the company's next-generation processor for high-end desktop and server markets. The chip will feature eight processing engines, but since it is based on Bulldozer micro-architecture, those cores will be packed into four modules. Every module which will have two independent integer cores (that will share fetch, decode and L2 functionality) with dedicated schedulers, one floating point unit with two 128-bit FMAC pipes with one FP scheduler. The chip will have shared L3 cache, dual-channel DDR3 memory controller and will use HyperTransport 3.1 bus. The Orochi chips will use new AM3+ form-factor and will require brand new platforms.

Source: X-bit Labs