Socket F

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Socket F is expected to support at least a quad processor configuration, and by 2007 will support AMD's quad core Opteron chips. Socket F and Opteron compete directly with Intel's Xeon line of server chips.

Wikipedia Entry

Socket F is a new CPU socket designed by AMD for its Opteron line of CPUs. The socket will have 1207 pins, and is planned to be released in June of 2006. Release dates are tentative however, and subject to change.

Socket F will start out primarily for use in AMD's server line, and will be considered to be in the same socket generation as Socket AM2, which will be used for the Athlon 64 and Athlon 64 X2; as well as Socket S1, to be used for Turion 64 and Turion 64 X2 microprocessors. Such socket generations are intended for DDR2 support.

Socket F will also employ support for the Fully Buffered DIMM. Processors planned for Socket F will also likely support DDR3 and other technologies, like XD-RAM. However, when such RAM is used on an FB-DIMM, no motherboard or CPU change is necessary to support the new RAM, as all FB-DIMMs use the same socket regardless of the RAM employed. This overcomes the old drawback of the Hammer architecture, with its integrated memory controller necessitating the replacement of the (potentially very expensive) CPU to support a new memory type.

Sources:

AMD website
Pictures of the socket (Link to non-English site)
Dailytech: AMD's Next-gen Socket F Revealed
PCstats: Socket F Near Term Roadmap

Original article from Wikipedia on June 8th 2006

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