Family 15h
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| Family 15h | |
|---|---|
 The die of a 6300-series Opteron, implementing the Piledriver microarchitecture. | |
| Overview | |
| Introduced | October 12, 2011 |
| Process Node | GlobalFoundries 32nm SOI |
| Microarchitectures | |
| Chronology | |
| Predecessor | Family 10h |
| Successor | Zen |
Family 15h (also known as fam15h, or ambiguously as fam15) is a family of AMD microprocessors corresponding to the Bulldozer, Piledriver, Steamroller, and Excavator microarchitectures.
"15h" (15-hexadecimal) is most correctly pronounced as "one-sixteen five", but most people say "fifteen‑aitch".
Like other AMD family names, "15h" is a mostly-arbitrary, somewhat-sequential number, returned by the CPUID instruction. The number 15h corresponds to the value 21, meaning that "Family 21" would also be a valid, if confusing, name for these CPUs. "Family 15" could confusingly refer to the Family 0Fh (K8 CPUs, first released in 2003).
Overview
| Bulldozer | Piledriver | Steamroller | Excavator | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orochi | Trinity | Richland | Kaveri | Godavari | Carrizo | Bristol Ridge | Stoney Ridge | ||
| Models | 00h-0Fh | 10h-1Fh | 30h-3Fh | 60h-6Fh | 70h-7Fh | ||||
| Release Date | 2011/10 | 2012/05 | 2012/10 | 2013/06 | 2014/01 | 2015/05 | 2015/06 | 2016/05 | 2016/06 |
| AGESA | Open Source | Open Source | Closed Source | ||||||
| BKDG | 42301 | 42300 | 49125 | 50742 | 55072 | ||||
| coreboot | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | |||||
| Microcode ROM | Undocumented | ||||||||
| Microcode Patches | Encrypted[1] | TBD | |||||||
| PSP | No | Offline | Online | ||||||
For other CPU families besides Family 15h, see CPU Families Overview
coreboot Compatible Motherboards
Orochi
- Socket AM3+
- Supermicro H8SML (μ-ATX)
- ASUS Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 (ATX)
- ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z (ATX)
- Socket C32
- Supermicro H8SCM (μ-ATX)
- ASUS KCMA-D8 (SSI CEB)
- Socket G34
- ASUS KGPE-D16 (SSI EEB)
- Supermicro H8QG6 (SWTX)
- Supermicro H8SGL (ATX)
Trinity and Richland
- Socket FM2
- ASUS F2A85-M (μ-ATX)
- Socket FS1r2
- Lenovo G505s (Laptop, 15.6in)
Stoney Ridge
- Chromebooks supported by MrChromebox.
- Acer Chromebook 315 (CB315-2H)
- HP Chromebook 11A G6 EE
- HP Chromebook 11A G8 EE
- HP Chromebook 14A G5
- Acer Chromebook 311 (C721)
- Acer Chromebook Spin 311 (R721T)
- Lenovo 14e Chromebook (S345)
- Lenovo 100e Chromebook Gen 2 AMD
- Lenovo IdeaPad 3 Chromebook 11AST5
- Lenovo 300e Chromebook Gen 2 AMD
- NEC Chromebook Y1 Gen2A
Notes and Status
- All x86 CPUs include proprietary microcode, in ROM on the CPU itself. Later vendor-provided patches, which update part of this microcode, can be loaded at runtime - these patches are proprietary blobs.
- All Family 15h CPUs are vulnerable to speculative execution exploits if a microcode patch is not loaded.
- Apart from the above, Bulldozer CPUs are generally stable even without microcode patches.
- A microcode patch is strongly recommended for Piledriver CPUs, because of known virtualization-related bugs in their ROM microcode.
- Trinity APUs and Richland APUs additionally require the SMU firmware blob to run. The SMU (System Management Unit) is a microcontroller inside AMD SoCs/APUs that handles low-level platform management: power, clocks, voltage, thermal control, power-gating, and related sensors and interrupts. The firmware for this microcontroller is a blob, included as a large array in the Family 15h AGESA. Orochi platforms do not require this blob.
Microcode Patches
| commit | comment | date | ucode version | Microarchitecture |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31f6b30 | linux-firmware: Add AMD microcode patch firmware files | Jul 11 2013 | 06000822 | |
| 8ac569d | linux-firmware: Update AMD microcode patch firmware files | Nov 30 2014 | 06000832 | |
| 5f8ca0c | linux-firmware: Update AMD microcode patch firmware | Mar 18 2016 | 0600084f | |
| 7710151 | linux-firmware: Update AMD cpu microcode | May 18 2018 | 06000852 | Piledriver |
| 7518922 | Update AMD cpu microcode for family 15h | May 25 2018 | 0600063e | Bulldozer |
Developer Documentation
| Model rage | Date | Revision | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00h-0Fh | September 2014 | 3.24 | 48063_15h_Mod_00h-0Fh_Rev_Guide.pdf |
| 10h-1Fh | August 2012 | 3.08 | 48931_15h_Mod_10h-1Fh_Rev_Guide.pdf |
| 30h-3Fh | April 2014 | 1.06 | 51603_Rev_Guide_15h_Models_30h-3Fh.pdf |