AMD is planning a 10 core CPU sometime next year, based on a revision to their Bulldozer design codenamed Piledriver. This isn't surprising, AMD had already said that they plan to launch 10 core server chips codenamed Sepang next year, so it makes sense that the desktop line will follow suit.
The new processor was revealed in a deck of presentation slides leaked by the Chinese news site Zol.com.nc, and shows that these new processors won’t have on board graphics and will require a new motherboard socket, called FM2, which supercedes the current AM3+ board. Just behind these ‘up to 10 core’ CPUs is confirmation of the Trinity CPU/GPU hybrid that was announced at Computex, which will also use the Piledriver architecture and FM2 socket.
Leaked amd roadmap shows a 10-core 'piledriver' chip will tip up in 2012- The Inquirer
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