Komodo needs a new socket BECAUSE it got an integrated GPU, according to two different revisions of AMD slides.
Which part of that don't you understand?
Well obviously, otherwise there would be only one..
However, they're usually not far away from each other in some terms.
What you're suggesting is that Komodo shouldn't have integrated PCIe, which honestly doesn't make sense at all.
Why would AMD do that?
Can you tell me one reason why AMD shouldn't integrate PCIe in Komodo CPU's when the roadmap shows that the server CPU's will get it in 2012, and Intel have by that time been using it in desktop CPU's for 3 years?
I never said I had had any facts, but according to AMD:
C32/G34 was launched ~Q2 2010, and will work with first gen BD, but not second gen 32 nm BD. One obvious reason is integrated PCIe, see #2 and #3 in the post you replied to.
Disclaimer: Komodo is not an APU.
Bookmarks