Quote: World's first native 8-core desktop processor.
Overclocking capabilities — Unlocked for a big boost in performance and speed.
“Bulldozer” architecture — Designed to increase core communication for unparalleled multitasking and pure core performance; also available with 6- and 4-core processors.
AMD Turbo CORE Technology — A burst of speed for the task at hand. Delivers dynamic core performance boosts depending on users’ workload at frequencies of up to 900MHz faster.
AMD OverDrive™ software — Tuning controls to push performance to the limits and monitors system stability when overclocking.
32nm die shrink — Stable and smooth performance with impressive energy efficiency.
Advanced Instruction Support — accelerates a new generation of applications: SSE3, SSE4.1/4.2, AVX, AES, XOP, FMA4
Larger Caches — increase everyday performance with support up to 8MB L2 Cache and 8MB L3 Cache.
AMD FD8150FRGUBOX FX-8150 Processor - Eight Core, 8MB L3 Cache, 8MB L2 Cache, 3.60GHz (4.20GHz Max Turbo), Socket AM3+, 125W, Fan, Unlocked, Retail at TigerDirect.com
Apple should come out with a poor man's Mac Pro with this CPU in a mid-tower case and it would sell like hotcakes.