Official AMD Barcelona Thread

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Well they said is going to be AM2+, AM3 and Socket 1207, but they can change their minds anyway.

Let me see how compliceated this is.

AM2 = AMD Sockett for chips that support DDR2
AM2+ = AMD Sockett for chips that support DDR2, + being added like something they use to do before when they put words like Turbo or Plus. In this case + on the end stands for a DDR2 supporting chip plus HTT 3.0 support.

AM3 = AMD Sockett for chips that support DDR3
AM3+ = AMD Sockett for chips that support DDR3 but have some updated feature that older generation of chips that used the same sockett didnt have. New motherboards that still feature same physicall sockett to be distincty different from older motherboards have to carry a new sockett name to show that they support new generation of cpu's.

Sockett 1207 is the server equivalent of the the AMx socketts. AMD keeps server chips in same socketts so that upgrading dose not requier new motherboard, one selling point for the "Barcelona" is that it can be put into current motherboard.

CPU's being pin compatibe within chip generation (i.e AM2 and AM2+) you can put any AM2 supporting, be it a HTT1.0 or HTT3.0 supporting chip will fit in all motherboards, only there is little reason why anyone would put HTT1.0 chip in a new HTT3.0 supporting motherboard.

Now AMD has not changed anything when it comes to what they will call AM2 sockette or AM3 or what they will be for. Sure we heard rumours what such named socketts names might be but AMD didnt tell us them selfs so they never changed thier mind about anything.

So tell me whats so confusing or changing about AMD sockett naming scheme's.

i cant believe im still seeing that god forsaken Socket AM2 on amd's future processors charts

Some of the future chips will only support HTT1.0 links so there is no reason why anyone would use a AM2+ motherboard for a HTT1.0 chip, especally since AM2 sockett motherboard will be cheaper reason why HTT1.0 features on cheapers chips.