The AMD FX Series processors are a few years old now and we haven't seen any really big changes with AMD's road map for these aging chips. Going back down memory lane a bit, during AMD's original launch of the Bulldozer FX 8150, many of us had high expectations for AMD's Piledriver architecture. Unfortunately, the 8 core 32nm processor didn't match up to the marketing hype, and many folks saw it as a huge failure.

Despite that, the engineering behind the architecture was actually a good idea, but the ?ecosystem,? as some have put it, just wasn't ready for AMD's leap into this territory. Many of today's applications and software just weren't designed to adapt to the architecture's full potential.

AMD quickly re-positioned themselves and focused on competing with Intel's mid-range line up based on price to performance. Shortly after the FX 8150, AMD pushed out their 'slightly? revised processor, the FX 8320/8350, which was intended for its flagship AMD line up based on the Vishera platform. The FX 8350 was a little better received and took a strong market hold with solid price to performance, and held its ground for some time. Unfortunately, the platform was not what we would call ?new,? and with Intel's Tick Tock pushing ever forward, AMD again was left behind again.