Excavator (microarchitecture)

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Excavator
Produced 2015
Common manufacturer(s)
Min. feature size 20 nm
Instruction set AMD64
Predecessor Steamroller
Core name(s)
  • AMD APU

Excavator is a microarchitecture under development by AMD to succeed Steamroller. On October 12, 2011, AMD revealed Excavator to be the code name for the fourth-generation Bulldozer-based core. The Excavator based APU will be codenamed Carrizo, scheduled for a 2015 release.[1][2] Excavator is expected to support new instructions such as SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AES, PCLMUL, AVX, BMI1, F16C, MOVBE, AVX2, BMI2 and RDRAND.[3] Excavator is also expected to come with DDR3 and DDR4 memory controllers, currently not known if on the same die or mutually exclusive.

References

  1. Reynolds, Sam (October 31, 2013). "New confirmed details on AMD's 2014 APU lineup, Kaveri delayed". Vr-zone.com. Retrieved November 24, 2013. 
  2. "AMD updates product roadmap for 2014 and 2015". Digitimes.com. August 26, 2013. Retrieved November 24, 2013. 
  3. "AMD Excavator Core May Bring Dramatic Performance Increases". X-bit labs. October 18, 2013. Retrieved November 24, 2013. 
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