AMD’s new sockets and DDR2 support

AMD will not debut their 65-nm processors anytime soon, nor will they offer processors based on a whole new architecture in the near future. We can expect the Athlon 64 FX-60 in early 2006, which will be the first AMD processor to, officially, run at 3.0GHz, which will still be based on the 90-nm San Diego core. The Athlon 64 X2 will also see a bump in clockspeed to 2.6GHz, giving it an effective 5000+ rating. What’s more interesting to note though is that fact that both socket-A and socket-754 will be rapidly phased out due to the introduction of socket-939 Semprons. The biggest change for AMD will be in the 2nd quarter of 2006 however with the transition to DDR2 with a new generation of Athlon 64 processors that will feature a new built-in DDR2 compatible memory controller.