David Kanter (dkanter.delete@this.realworldtech.com) on April 1, 2014 1:19 am wrote:
> Hot off the presses:
>
> Jaguar is AMD’s first 28nm processor, a compact 3.1mm2 design that targets 2-25W devices. It is
> a derivative of the earlier 40nm Bobcat, a fully out-of-order two issue design, with significant
> improvements in instruction set architecture and implementation. Some of the highlights include
> support for AVX, wider 128-bit datapaths, and a higher performance L2 cache. Jaguar is already shipping
> in several AMD SoCs targeted at tablets, notebooks, microservers, and desktops. However, it is far
> more prominent as the CPU powering the Sony Playstation 4 and Microsoft Xbox One.
>
> The full Jaguar article is probably my last 'big' microarchitectural piece for a while.
>
> I want to give a huge thanks to a number of anonymous RWT readers who contributed
> to this article. As always, feedback, comments and questions are welcome.
>
> And if you happen to be in the Austin area next weekend, you can quiz me over BBQ.
>
> David

I would expect another AMD architecture using beefed up Jaguar cores, preferable twice the resources available from Jaguar to stay competitive in the higher end of x86 market.

Now I have a question. As Jaguar is now optimized to move around different foundries, how would Jaguar behave if it is optimized specifically for TSMC or Globalfoundries? Would it consume 30% less power while clocked 10-20% higher?