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AMD to Adopt DDR2 Next Year

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the coming-attractions dept.

Hack Jandy writes "According to Anandtech, AMD has already developed a new processor lineup for Athlon 64 processors with DDR2. The article states that internal AMD roadmaps indicate the processors should debut early next year and will require a new 1207 pin socket."

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  1. Shocked I tell you! by Groo+Wanderer · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Now, can someone tell me why this is news again? I realize Slashdot is behind Anandtech, but dear ghod, AMD even announced this a while back. Listen to the last analyst day broadcast, when a company anounces something, 2 months later it is not really hot news anymore.

    For the people out there complaining about pin counts, look at Intel. They went from 423 to 478 to 775 in the life of the P4. AMD has only had two sockets, 754 and 939 in this span. If you want to drag servers in to it, add 940 on the AMD side, and 603, 604 and 772 on the Intel side. Since we are bringing in other chips, Intel also has 479 and 480 on mobile, AMD has the same 754 there.

    AMD has a lot more stability on the socket side, and the move to the new sockets is strictly due to added functionality, DDR2 in this case, PCIe and FBD on the server side, eventually.

    -Charlie

    P.S. The person who approved this topic/story should be slapped with a half-thawed cod fish until they get a clue.

  2. Re:Socket 1207 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    What I ask for is better OS, not hardware.

    Stop using NT then.