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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. PCIe too by Max+Romantschuk · · Score: 4, Interesting

    According to the Inquirer AMD plans to integrate PCI Express as well. This would be very nice indeed, but I guess it's not exactly press release grade information at this point.

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  2. Re:Socket A by orz · · Score: 3, Interesting

    They integrated the memory controller on to the CPU. Now, every time they switch memory technology (DDR -> DDR2 in this case), they have to switch CPU sockets also.