Bobcat: AMD's Low-Power x86 Processor

  • Authors:
  • Brad Burgess;Brad Cohen;Marvin Denman;Jim Dundas;David Kaplan;Jeff Rupley

  • Affiliations:
  • Advanced Micro Devices;Advanced Micro Devices;Advanced Micro Devices;Advanced Micro Devices;Advanced Micro Devices;Advanced Micro Devices

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Micro
  • Year:
  • 2011

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Abstract

Bobcat is an AMD processor core designed for the low-power, mobile, lower-end desktop x86 markets. This core should push current technology in many areas while balancing performance, area, and power consumption. Bobcat supports the 64-bit AMD64 ISA, various SIMD extensions, and a full virtual machine implementation. Bobcat is featured on the AMD Fusion processor family roadmap alongside vector-based parallel processing units in accelerated processing unit configurations.