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In chronological order.
Joel Hruska, Manufacturing bombshell: AMD Cancels 28nm APUs, Starts from Scratch at TSMC. ExtremeTech, Dec 12, 2011.
http://www.extremetech.com/compu ... rom-scratch-at-tsmc

Note: The report drops many a name.
(a) AMD Fusion
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD_Fusion
(the marketing name for a series of APUs by AMD)

(b) A summary table, gleaned from Wiki, with regard to names mentioned in the report:

Platform (year)..........Codenames....................................................Process
Brazos (2011)...........Ontario, Zacate (both launched)....................40nm Bulk  
Lynx (2011)..............Llano (launched)............................................32nm SOI
Deccan (2012)..........Krishna, Wichita (both canceled before).........28nm Bulk
Virgo (2012).............Trinity..............................................................32nm SOI

Bulldozer and Bobcat: 32-nm CPU
(c) The bloom is off the rose: "the excitement, enjoyment, interest, etc., has ended or been dampened."
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bloom
(another idiom in this web page: "take the bloom off, to remove the enjoyment or ultimate satisfaction from; dampen the enthusiasm over: The coach's illness took the bloom off the team's victory.")