AMD will release Godavari generation based APUs in May this year, according to sources of the Taiwanese website Digitimes. The APUs are likely a reissue of the current Kaveri APUs with higher clock speeds. AMD didn't want to comment on the rumor.
Godavari is reportedly a reissue of the current Kaveri APUs. The processors, with a built-in GPU, are manufactured at 28nm and fit in a socket FM2+, just like the Kaveri chips. The processing unit is equipped with the same Steamroller processor cores and Graphics Core Next GPU architecture. Performance increases are only to be expected from a higher clock speed.
It's not the first time rumors about the processors emerge on the internet. The ASRock website lists a BIOS Update that should make current FM2+ mainboards suitable for the new processors. VR-Zone published a table with the likely specifications of the new processors.
The topmodel, the overclockable A10-8850K, should run at 3.7 Ghz by default and has the possibility to boost the clock speed up to 4.1 Ghz. This means the boost speed is 100 Mhz higher than the current topmodel, the A10-7850K, while the regular clock speed remains unchanged. The built-in GPU should have an increased clock speed of 856 Mhz, instead of the 720Mhz of previous models.
The generation APUs that should come after Godavari, called Summit Ridge, will likely be manufactured at 14nm, according to Digitimes. The chips should go in mass production by 2016 in fabs of Samsung and Globalfoundries. Also the Bristol Ridge models for the mainstream market and the Raven Ridge series that should be introduced in 2017 will come from these chip manufacturers, according to Digitimes.
