Bobcat (microarchitecture)

The AMD Bobcat Family 14h is a microarchitecture created by AMD for its AMD APUs, aimed at a low-power/low-cost market.[1]

Bobcat - Family 14h

General Info
Launched	early 2011
Discontinued	present
Common manufacturer(s)	AMD
Architecture and classification
Min. feature size	40 nm
Instruction set	AMD64 (x86-64)
Physical specifications
Socket(s)	Socket FT1 (BGA-413)
Products, models, variants
Core name(s)	AMD APU
History
Successor	Jaguar - Family 16h

It was revealed during a speech from AMD executive vice-president Henri Richard in Computex 2007 and was put into production Q1 2011.[2] One of the major supporters was executive vice-president Mario A. Rivas who felt it was difficult to compete in the x86 market with a single core optimized for the 10–100 W range and actively promoted the development of the simpler core with a target range of 1–10 W. In addition, it was believed that the core could migrate into the hand-held space if the power consumption can be reduced to less than 1 W.

Bobcat cores are used together with GPU cores in accelerated processing units (APUs) under the "Fusion" brand.[3][4] A simplified architecture diagram was released at AMD's Analyst Day in November 2009. This is similar in concept with earlier AMD research in 2003,[5] detailing the specifications and advantages of extending x86 "everywhere".

Design

The Bobcat x86 CPU core design has since been completed and implemented in AMD APU processor products with a TDP of 18 W or less. The core is targeted at low-power markets like netbooks/nettops, ultra-portable laptops, consumer electronics and the embedded market. Since its launch, Bobcat-based CPUs have also been used by OEMs on larger laptops. Architecture specifics:[6]

• 64-bit core
• Out-of-order execution
• Advanced branch predictor
• Dual x86 instruction decoder
• 64-bit integer unit with two ALUs
• Floating-point unit with two 64-bit pipes
• Single channel 64-bit memory controller
• 32 KiB instruction + 32 KiB data L1 cache
• 512 KiB - 1 MiB L2 cache
• MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, ABM

In February 2013, AMD detailed plans for a successor to Bobcat codenamed Jaguar.

Features

APU features table

Processors

See also: List of AMD Accelerated Processing Unit microprocessors and List of AMD mobile microprocessors

In January 2011 AMD introduced several processors that have implemented the Bobcat core. This core is in the following AMD Accelerated Processors:[6][7][8]

AMD C-60

Series ^	Model	CPU clock (MHz)	CPU cores	TDP (W)	L2 cache (KiB)	Radeon cores	GPU clock (MHz)	DirectX version	UVD	DDR3 speed
C-Series	C-30	1000	1	09	512	80	277	11	UVD 3	1066
C-Series	C-50	1000	2	09	2*512	80	276	11	UVD 3	1066
C-Series	C-60	1000/1333 (turbo)	2	09	2*512	80	276/400 (turbo)	11	UVD 3	1066
C-Series	C-70	1000/1333 (turbo)	2	09	2*512	80	276/400 (turbo)	11	UVD 3	1066
E-Series	E-240	1500	1	18	512	80	500	11	UVD 3	1066
E-Series	E-300	1300	2	18	2*512	80	500	11	UVD 3	1066
E-Series	E-350	1600	2	18	2*512	80	492	11	UVD 3	1066
E-Series	E-450	1650	2	18	2*512	80	508/600 (turbo)	11	UVD 3	1333[9]
E-Series	E1-1200	1400	2	18	2*512	80	500	11	UVD 3	1066
E-Series	E1-1500[10]	1480	2	18	2*512	80	529	11	UVD 3	1066
E-Series	E2-1800	1700	2	18	2*512	80	523/680	11	UVD 3	1333
E-Series	E2-2000[10]	1750	2	18	2*512	80	538/700	11	UVD 3	1333
G-Series	T-24L	0800	1	05	512	80	?	?	?	1066
G-Series	T-30L	1400	1	18	512	80	?	?	?	1333
G-Series	T-40N	1000	2	09	2*512	80	276	11	UVD 3	1066
G-Series	T-44R	1200	1	09	512	80	276	11	UVD 3	1066
G-Series	T-48E	1400	2	18	2*512	80	280	11	UVD 3	1066
G-Series	T-48L	1400	2	18	2*512	80	?	?	?	1066
G-Series	T-48N	1400	2	18	2*512	80	492	11	UVD 3	1066
G-Series	T-52R	1500	1	18	512	80	492	11	UVD 3	1066
G-Series	T-56N	1600	2	18	2*512	80	492	11	UVD 3	1066
Z-Series	Z-01	1000	2	5.9	2*512	80	276	11	UVD 3	1066
Z-Series	Z-60[11]	1000	2	4.5	2*512	80	275	11	UVD 3	1066

^ E-Series & C-Series are standard parts, G-Series are embedded parts

See also

• Bulldozer, a new core for the 10 to 125 Watt TDP range.
• List of AMD Accelerated Processing Unit microprocessors

References

1. "List of AMD CPU microarchitectures - LeonStudio". LeonStudio - CodeFun. 3 August 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
2. Hruska, Joel (July 16, 2010). "AMD Flip-Flops: Llano Later, Bobcat Bounding Forward". HotHardware. Archived from the original on July 21, 2010. Retrieved July 17, 2010.
3. Gunning for Mobilty: Intel and AMD Bet on a Mobile Internet, Dailytech.com, 2007-06-13, archived from the original on 2014-02-02, retrieved 2012-01-27
4. "Analyst Day 2009 Presentations". AMD. November 11, 2009. Archived from the original on April 17, 2017. Retrieved 2009-11-14.
5. AMD 2003 Microprocessor Forum Slides: Slide 11 and Slide 22
6. AMD Embedded G-Series Platform (PDF), AMD, archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-09-11, retrieved 2012-01-27
7. AMD Accelerated Processors for Mainstream Notebooks, AMD, 2012-01-17, retrieved 2012-01-27
8. All-In-One Desktops With AMD Accelerated Processors, AMD, retrieved 2012-07-02
9. The Brazos Update: AMD's E-450, Anandtech.com, 2011-06-01, retrieved 2012-01-27
10. https://www.amd.com/us/products/notebook/pages/consumer-notebooks.aspx#7
11. https://www.amd.com/us/products/notebook/tablets/Pages/tablets.aspx#3

External links

• Dailytech report
• RegHardware report
• Bobcat presentation (video) at ISSCC 2011
• AMD Home Page