Bulldozer (Processor)

Bulldozer is the codename Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has given to one of the next-generation CPU cores after the K10 microarchitecture for the company's M-SPACE design methodology, with the core specifically aimed at 10-watt to 125-watt TDP computing products. Bulldozer is a completely new design developed from the ground up.[citation needed] AMD claims dramatic performance-per-watt improvements in HPC applications with Bulldozer cores. Products implementing the Bulldozer core were originally planned for release during the second quarter of 2011.