AMD first to reach 5GHz with FX-9590 processor

[disolitude]

Soleron said:

disolitude said:

Scoobes said:
AMD, still chasing the clock speed dream. I somehow doubt this will come close to the single threaded performance of a similarly priced Intel chip. There is literally no point in AMD competing in the high end of CPUs, Intel just have way too many advantages.

APUs however...

Only advantage AMD have is price(not present here with this cpu), multithreaded performance and Steamroller which should yield 15-20% performance improvements while still using am3+ socket. People who invested in an am3+ mobo 3 years ago will certanly get their moneys worth.

I'll bet you that an AM3 Steamroller will never be released.

The reason I know this is that server roadmaps have to extend further and be more reliable than desktop ones, and they don't show a Steamroller CPU without an APU. And the economics of a new die and socket validation for a $150+ desktop part that doesn't come out on server are unworkable.

Youre prolly talking about this... http://www.amd.com/us/press-releases/Pages/amd-unveils-2013june18.aspx

Thats the server roadmap. I am pretty sure there will be both APUs and FX chips will see a similar roadmap announced shortly, if they havent already.