Hardware Reference
In-Depth Information
The higher-end chips in this family include three, four, or six cores, L3 cache, and higher
clock rates and HyperTransport bus speeds (2GHz).
Table 3.24
provides a detailed comparison of the various AMD K10 family processors.
Table 3.24 AMD K10 Family Processor Information
AMD Fusion Processors
Fusion is AMD's name for a variety of mobile, desktop, and server processors with in-
core graphics. AMD refers to Fusion processors as advanced processing units (APUs).
The initial C-series (for netbooks) and E-series (for portable and low-cost desktops) were
released in early 2011. The initial A-series (for desktops) was released in mid-2011. In
2012,aBulldozer-derivedseriesofAMDFusionprocessorswillbereleasedfordesktops.
