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AMD's plans for APU sockets?

Centauri

Centauri

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Is anybody privy to whether or not AMD intends to change sockets every time they release a new Fusion family; or is FM2 going to be sticking around a little longer than FM1 has? I haven't been able, myself, to discern much from the roadmaps I've looked at.

Is there any intention to merge the CPU and APU families onto a unified socket going forward?
 
Given the speed of change in APUs and bandwidth needs and power needs etc. I would be surprised if FM2 lasted any longer than FM1. That is, one generation.
 
blastingcap said:
Given the speed of change in APUs and bandwidth needs and power needs etc. I would be surprised if FM2 lasted any longer than FM1. That is, one generation.
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Also consider the alternative - do you really want AMD to not take advantage of socket-level improvements when they roll out their N+2 CPU's?

If steamroller can benefit from whatever comes with FM3 then I'd much rather AMD release FM3 alongside steamroller versus trying to shoehorn steamroller into an FM2 socket.
 
AMD will change sockets quite frequently with the FM series just like Intel. Its also a nature of a more integrated SoC design. It puts too much design and engineering limits to stay with the same sockets. Plus the amount of people upgrading in the same socket is what? 0.1% if really lucky? Only to penalize the 99.9%.

Socket compability is a burden, not a benefit.
 
isn't DDR4 planned for next year? it would certainly be useful for an APU, and.. require a new socket.
 
T_Yamamoto said:
I thought it was around the time of 2014?
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The goal of ddr4 is 2014 yet Samsung, Hynix, and Micron have already completed working ddr4 chips and the final standard set by Jedec should be implemented soon.

Samsung and other companies are trying to get ddr4 in 2013 instead of 2014 to help stabilize the ram market for there is way too much supply of ddr3 on the market and none of the memory companies are making money on ddr3.

So we may see ddr4 soon.
 
Is there any reason why AMD could not release a Steamroller FX sans APU on FM2?

And anyone who wanted one would have to use a discrete video card.
 
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