Recent reports show that AMD might be delaying its upcoming Bulldozer based Zambezi-FX processors which would mean a hear hit to the fans which were anticipating the new chips. A July Launch Schedule has been planned as reported by AnandTech. However, We've got some good news. A Chinese Hardware selling site has put up an AMD bulldozer FX-series processor up for sale.
The Bulldozer based Zambezi chip is the "FX-8130P" which we already detailed here. The processors would be AMD's top offering in its 32nm manufactured Zambezi-FX lineup consisting of 8 Cores and 8 Threads, The processors would feature a stock clock speed of 3.8Ghz which can turbo upto a staggering 4.2Ghz. Maintaining a 125W TDP and would feature 8MB L3 Cache.
The pricing of the chip is similar to what we reported in the leaked information chart here. The chart listed the FX-8130P for 320$ which is 10$ more than Intel Core i7 2600K while the price being reported by the site is lesser at 1998.0 Chinese Yuan which is around 310$. The site has been reported credible by a few other sources, You might want to check it out for yourself here.
About the author: A Software Engineer by training and a PC enthusiast by passion, Hassan Mujtaba serves as Wccftech's Senior Editor for hardware section. With years of experience in the industry, he specializes in deep-dive technical analysis of next-generation CPU and GPU architectures, motherboards, and cooling solutions. His work involves not only breaking news on upcoming technologies but also extensive hands-on reviews and benchmarking.
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