According to Taiwan’s “Electronic Times†report: According to news from motherboard makers, AMD plans to begin mass production of a new generation of bulldozer core high-end FX series processors in August, which will be officially released in September. Mass shipments will begin in October to counter Intel's high-end Core i7 and i5 series offensive. The source also pointed out that AMD will initially release four models of bulldozer core FX series processors at the same time: eight-core FX-8150 (TDP 125W) and FX-8100 (TDP 95W); six-core FX-6100 (TDP 95W) and 4-core FX-4100 (TDP 95W).
In the first quarter of 2012, AMD plans to release more FX series CPUs, including eight-core FX-8170 and FX-8120, six-core FX-6120 and quad-core FX-4120. It seems that the tri-nuclear bulldozer has not died, and AMD will only introduce the three-core CPU FX-3150 for the OEM market.
The source also revealed that the new FX series processors will completely replace AMD's existing Phenom II AM3 interface CPUs, which will account for about 20% of AMD's total CPU shipments in the first quarter of 2012.
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