AMD Dual Core -- NOT S939

[21stHermit]

According to this Article, AMD plans to introduce a new socket for its Dual-Core CPUs in late 2005. GAG!!! :disgust:

 

[miketheidiot]

Im not sure it is at all necessary. Memory bandwidth should be fine, after all the 754's did fine with single channel. On top of that it is the INQ reporting...

 

[sandorski]

Hmm, there must be some technical issues involved. Perhaps they'll synch such a change with the adaption of DDR2, in order to make the transition less onerous.

 

[klah]

A new socket would probably be for DDR2.

Dual-core Opterons are still coming in mid-2005 for s940. AMD has said all along that dual-core will be drop-in for current s939 boards. I don't se any evidence that this plan has changed.

 

[bob661]

That article was confusing. It says that AMD is considering a socket change (at least for desktops) but at the same time says that AMD doesn't want to put it's partners through another socket change. I'll wait for more information. I think the person that passed that info didn't really understand what AMD said.

 

[arcas]

So much for all the market hype over the past 12 months about being able to simply drop a dual-core chip in your existing motherboards once they're available. Not that anybody should trust marketspeak these days...

 

[Mik3y]

i believe the next socket will be socket 900. i had this one website that is constantly updated and gives out information on future amd procs. i've been checking their site for over half a yr and they havent been wrong yet. now i need to search that site up. i sent my laptop into hp repair a week ago and they friggin reformatted it. gay. there was no mention of it.

 

[n7]

Hmm, kinda annoying, but not surprising.

I googled AMD socket 900 & lots of references to it came up, but nowhere with any concrete proof.

Doesn't suprise me though; they are always changing.

 

[AnandThenMan]

WHO CARES. If you have to spend $150-200 dollars on a new motherboard big deal. That is a very very small price to pay for dual core power. I will impressed as hell if AMD can actually put to market a dual core processor by the middle of next year.

 

[Thermalrock]

mind telling us which website?

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Originally posted by: klah
A new socket would probably be for DDR2.

Dual-core Opterons are still coming in mid-2005 for s940. AMD has said all along that dual-core will be drop-in for current s939 boards. I don't se any evidence that this plan has changed.

Yeah man! I'm really hoping that with a bios update and new PSU I can drop in 2 dual-cores and have quad Opteron cored dually I doubt it will happen though because they will probably require the board have independent memory addressing capabilities which mine doesn't, but hey! I guy can dream I'm guessing the XP pro 64bit will support all 4 cores, anyone know for certain?