mickey megabyte said:

The document was posted on a Chinese forum and it details the Ordering Part Number (OPN) of the engineering sample Bulldozer chips that AMD sent to its partners for testing

don't believe everything you read on forums!

And I do not believe. But thanks for the tip! And if you can observe the antepenultimate paragraph of the article, the author lets the implicit proviso. :)

I read on a foreign site that the laptop version will be released June 1 and the 8 core and 4 core Bulldozer version June 11. I think it was a Turkish site. It also said Bulldozer prices would be $700. And no, I don't believe that. However, if it is true, I won't be buying one. I don't care if it is stock at 5GHz, I'm not paying $700 for any CPU.

I probably will too, but the only problem I have is the upgrade in performance with a 2500K for $25 more. But I already have one and wanted an AMD system.

raj1402 said:

is the any benchmarking done on these bulldozer chips

The only benchmarking (if you can call it that) is from post #1. It's from a Chinese site so the reliability is questionable. That's all I have seen.

If all you're getting is 4.1GHz for $700 then what's the point?
I'm seeing overclocked i5 bundles for sale clocked at 4.7GHz at about $480. That includes motherboard and RAM.

I'm using an 15-2500K and am not now, but have OC'd it to 4.8. But, the point is the i5 is stock 3.3, if Bulldozer is stock 4.1 and unlocked that's a big difference. Not big enough for me to pay $700, but just making a point.