Blog: AMD Fusion to Compete with Intel’s Larrabee

One day after Intel officially released details on its Larrabee platform, the chipmaker’s rival AMD leaked details of its own competing Fusion CPU and GPU single chip, code-named Shrike. A number of sources are reporting AMD is leveraging its acquisition of ATI and will soon release the chip consisting of a dual-core Phenom CPU with an ATI RV800 GPU core. The chip will be DirectX 10.1 compatible and is expected to debut on a 40nm platform, courtesy of chip manufacturer TSMC, according to a TG Daily report.

What this means for consumers is a race of one-upmanship in the graphics card space between Intel and AMD to deliver better looking PC-based games and video in very high detail.

The leaked details also reveal that Shrike is scheduled to transition to 32nm at the beginning of 2010, “coincidentally” when Intel’s 10-plus core chips will be launched, also on 32nm technology.

Following yesterday’s Intel reports, it seems that AMD upped the game and put Fusion on the front burner as a way to compete with Intel’s Larrabee – at least in the near future.