The new 8-core CPU from AMD: Bulldozer.

Forget that crappy dual core. The new technology from AMD employs 8 cores in the CPU and it packs a punch.


Being on team Intel, I have doubts about AMD's new product launch. However, as Hot Hardware reviews, this thing is unreal.

Today AMD is officially taking the wraps off its latest FX-Series of desktop processors, targeted at performance-minded PC enthusiasts and overclockers. The FX-Series is based on the processor core formerly codenamed Zambezi, which leverages AMD’s much anticipated Bulldozer microarchitecture. The flagship processor in the new FX-Series line-up is the FX-8150, an unlocked, 8-Core processor, with gobs of cache and peak Turbo frequencies that exceed the 4GHz mark. But there’s a lot more to the FX-Series than speeds and feeds. The Bulldozer microarchitecture is a completely new design, which was built from the ground up in an attempt to shed some weight and produce a modular, highly-efficient CPU.

Will this CPU find it's way into your next rig?