Bulldozer requires new socket, AM3+

[wirednuts]

i pretty much buy mobos and cpu's and ram at the same time, and those three things never part from eachother. i dont like it either, but it is the way it is.

 

[DrMrLordX]

Yeah, Llano is Socket FS1. Completely incompatible because it needs to carry the graphics and PCIe links. It only has a southbridge, not the current two-chip chipset that Bulldozer will use.

FS1 = Notebook Llano
FM1 = Desktop Llano

 

[Bateluer]

I'll have to upgrade my motherboard regardless, if I upgrade to Sandy Bridge or Bulldozer, a socket change for the AMD side doesn't bother me. So long as the CPU manufacturers aren't changing sockets multiple times in a single product cycle and they are up front with with CPUs work in what socket, I don't see an issue.