The AMD FirePro A320 was a desktop processor with 4 cores, launched in August 2012. It is part of the FirePro lineup, using the Trinity architecture with Socket FM2. FirePro A320 has 4 MB of L2 cache and operates at 3.8 GHz by default, but can boost up to 4.2 GHz, depending on the workload. AMD is making the FirePro A320 on a 32 nm production node using 1,303 million transistors. The silicon die of the chip is not fabricated at AMD, but at the foundry of GlobalFoundries. The multiplier is locked on FirePro A320, which limits its overclocking potential.
With a TDP of 100 W, the FirePro A320 consumes a good deal of power, so decent cooling is needed. AMD's processor supports DDR3 memory with a dual-channel interface. The highest officially supported memory speed is 1866 MT/s, but with overclocking (and the right memory modules) you can go even higher. For communication with other components in the system, FirePro A320 uses a PCI-Express Gen 2 connection. This processor features the FirePro integrated graphics solution.
Hardware virtualization is available on the FirePro A320, which greatly improves virtual machine performance. Programs using Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) can run on this processor, boosting performance for calculation-heavy applications.