AM2+ Supported K8L

AMD to postpone DDR3 adoption, first quad-core K8L resident Socket AM2+
Monica Chen, Taipei; Jessie Shen, DigiTimes.com [Tuesday 3 October 2006]

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has postponed launch of its Socket AM3 processors to the middle of 2008, from an originally scheduled third-quarter 2007, according to motherboard makers. AMD's first quad-core K8L desktop processor, the Altair, originally set to utilize the Socket AM3 connector, will be resident in Socket AM2+, indicated the makers.

The difference between AMD's Socket AM2 and Socket AM2+ is that the former adopts HyperTransport 1.0 and the latter HyperTransport 3.0, the makers indicated. Socket AM2+ is considered a transitional solution for AMD's K8L CPUs, the makers added.

Socket AM3 CPUs can only be compatible with Socket AM2- and Socket AM3-based motherboards, but Socket AM3-based motherboards cannot support any previous-generation processors, including Socket AM2 CPUs, the makers noted. Consequently, AMD has decided to postpone the adoption of DDR3 until the middle of 2008, when its first Socket AM3 processor manufactured on 45nm process technology will be announced, according to the makers.

According to AMD's latest product roadmap, the Socket AM2 series will constitute 95% of AMD's total desktop CPU shipments in early 2007, according to the makers. Shipments of AMD's Socket AM2+ CPUs, which will appear in the third quarter of next year, are expected to account for 15% of the chip vendor's desktop processors by the end of 2007, said the makers.

https://www.digitimes.com/NewsShow/Article_print.asp?datePublish=2006/10/03&pages=A2&seq=4

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