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AMD confirms quad-core laptop and octo-core desktop CPUs for 2012

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AMD said today it's to take both its laptop and desktop products to a grand new level in the next two years, showing plans to release CPUs based on the Bulldozer and Bobcat chips.

Trinity, Krishna, Wichita and Komodo are four brand new chipsets AMD said today it will ship in 2012.

Trinity will be a laptop CPU punching 2-4 Bulldozer cores, while Komodo will being up to eight bulldozer core to desktops.

It's now known that Bulldozer and Bobcat won't be limited to either desktop or laptop: fast notebooks and mid-range towers can get the same four high-end cores in the form of a 32nm Trinity APU, while Krishna and Wichita will take care of the low-end with 28nm silicon.

The news comes from two CPU roadmap images released by the firm today. There are no details on speeds, prices or anything else at the moment.

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Thanks, Engadget.

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Patrick Garratt is a games media legend - and not just by reputation. He was named as such in the UK's 'Games Media Awards', the equivalent of a lifetime achievement award. After garnering experience on countless gaming magazines, he joined Eurogamer and later split from that brand to create VG247, putting the site on the map with fast, 24-hour a day coverage, and assembling the site's earliest editorial teams. He retired from VG247, and the games industry, in 2017.
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