AMD on its Financial Analyst Day has laid out the road map for processors that are targeted to the every PC market segment, including the new, fast-growing ultraportable netbooks.

To kick off the Financial Analyst Day, the company started with introduction of AMD’s 45nm Shanghai chip. The Opteron server processors, code-named Shanghai, are the initiation of AMD’s efforts to match parity with Intel.

In netbook segment, Intel is gaining popularity with its processor Atom. Even this years’ PC Shipments got a boost by netbook popularity. The small notebooks are growing in popularity and could reach shipments of 50 million units worldwide by 2012, according to Gartner.

AMD plans to deliver, small processor “Yukon” in the first quarter of next year. The platform is expected to include a “slim” processor code-named Bobcat and a chipset with a total power consumption of less than 25 watts.

In 2011, AMD expects to introduce Brazos, the code name for a low-cost, low-power platform for mobile PCs that will include a dual-core system on a chip implementation of Bobcat, code-named Ontario. The Brazos platform will use DDR3 memory.

Also in 2011, AMD will launch a notebook and desktop platform code-named Sabine. The platform will be built around an accelerated processing unit code-named Llano.

For the mainstream notebook market, AMD plans to release in the second half of next year a new platform code-named Tigris, which is set to include 45-nm dual- and single-core mobile processors, code-named Caspian, and the upcoming RS880M and SB710 chipsets.

AMD’s successor to Tigris is code-named Danube, which is set for release in 2010. Danube is expected to feature Champlain, the code name for AMD's first quad-core mobile processor.

In the first quarter of next year, AMD plans to attack the high-end desktop market with Dragon, the code name for a new platform that will feature a 45-nm Phenom II X4 quad-core processor code-named b.

In the second half of the year, AMD plans to introduce a 45-nm generation of Phenom processors, code-named Kodiak, for business-class desktops.


For mainstream desktops, AMD plans to introduce in the second half of 2009 Pisces, the code name for a platform that combines 45-nm Phenom II quad- and triple-core processors with DDR3 memory and the upcoming RS880 chipset.

Finally, AMD plans to follow Shanghai with Istanbul, the code name for a six-core processor that’s scheduled to ship in the second half of 2009. In mid-2009, AMD plans to release a new server platform, code-named Fiorano. The platform will support either Shanghai or Istanbul and feature AMD’s first homegrown chipset in five years, the SR5690.

In the first half of 2010, AMD plans to ship a next-generation platform, code-named Maranello. AMD’s first 12-core processor, code-named Magny-Cours, and a six-core chip code-named Sao Paolo. Both chips are scheduled for delivery in 2010.

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