Quote Originally Posted by VulgarHandle View Post
I got my confirmation, it will be backwards compatible with FM2. Confirmation came with an asterisk, that being whether or not the motherboard manufacturer provides a BIOS update. When I followed up on that I was told it's no different than any updates done in the past, like AM2+ motherboards getting an update when AM3 CPUs came out, or the current update manufacturers are providing for FM2 ahead of Richland's release.

So, YAY!
Confirmation?
From where and from who?

Currently Kaveri desktop parts (KV-A0 & KV-B0) only exist for FM3 socket.
I find it odd if they would actually be backwards compatible after such major changes.