AMD Athlon 64 Revision F to Support DDR2 in 2006

pr0digal jenius · May 3, 2005, 01:35 AM

Advanced Micro Devices recently confirmed its commitment to DDR2 memory, whereas some web-sites revealed particular plans for the technology. Apparently, the first processors from with AMD with DDR2 support will be out next year and will be designed to fit into new Socket M2.

AMD to Support DDR2 For Sure – AMD, Sources

“AMD has stated that we will support DDR2 and we haven’t changed that position,” an AMD spokesman said commenting the rumour about possible skip of DDR2 by Advanced Micro Devices.

The first AMD microprocessors to support DDR2 SDRAM will be dual-core AMD Athlon 64 X2 chips in the second quarter of 2006, according to an article from PC Perspective web-site, which also published some slides from a presentation presumably by AMD to illustrate DDR2 plans of the chipmaker.
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Drakon · May 3, 2005, 05:27 AM

good grief, another socket? thought they were sticking to socket 939 for a while?

Nuke209 · May 3, 2005, 06:20 AM

If this goes good, I'll upgrade
If not, I'm sticking to my current setup

aaronbond · May 3, 2005, 07:10 AM

@Drakon

It will have been 2 years. That is a long time for a socket.

redsolar · May 3, 2005, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by aaronbond

@Drakon

It will have been 2 years. That is a long time for a socket.

I still remember Socket 7/Super 7 which lasted a lot longer than 2 years... Shortest lived was probably Socket 5 (for x86 platform at least) which barely lasted 1 year, but that was more of a chip (Pentium 60/66) problem than anything else.

May 3, 2005, 01:35 AM	#1
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	AMD Athlon 64 Revision F to Support DDR2 in 2006 Advanced Micro Devices recently confirmed its commitment to DDR2 memory, whereas some web-sites revealed particular plans for the technology. Apparently, the first processors from with AMD with DDR2 support will be out next year and will be designed to fit into new Socket M2. AMD to Support DDR2 For Sure – AMD, Sources “AMD has stated that we will support DDR2 and we haven’t changed that position,” an AMD spokesman said commenting the rumour about possible skip of DDR2 by Advanced Micro Devices. The first AMD microprocessors to support DDR2 SDRAM will be dual-core AMD Athlon 64 X2 chips in the second quarter of 2006, according to an article from PC Perspective web-site, which also published some slides from a presentation presumably by AMD to illustrate DDR2 plans of the chipmaker. _____________ Source/Read More: X-Bit Labs

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Drakon DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Floatin'... Posts: 4,957 Rep Power: 0	good grief, another socket? thought they were sticking to socket 939 for a while?

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aaronbond DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 86 Rep Power: 0	@Drakon It will have been 2 years. That is a long time for a socket.