AMD readies “lottery-core” CPUs

AMD has announced a radical shake-up of its CPU strategy. Currently the manufacturer offers a broad range of chips ranging from dual-core parts at the bottom end right up to the new 12-core Magny Cours architecture for workstations and servers.

But speaking exclusively to PC Pro, the company has revealed that the next generation (codenamed Tyche) will be offered as a single “lottery-core” SKU, with the number of functional cores in each part left for the customer to discover.

This is a brilliant way to market CPUs as a game for consumers to win.

Read the PC Pro article here: http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/356965/amd-readies-lottery-core-cpus

AMD has announced a radical shake-up of its CPU strategy. Currently the manufacturer offers a broad range of chips ranging from dual-core parts at the bottom end right up to the new 12-core Magny Cours architecture for workstations and servers.

But speaking exclusively to PC Pro, the company has revealed that the next generation (codenamed Tyche) will be offered as a single “lottery-core” SKU, with the number of functional cores in each part left for the customer to discover.

This is a brilliant way to market CPUs as a game for consumers to win.

Read the PC Pro article here: http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/356965/amd-readies-lottery-core-cpus