Are AMD changing the sockets used on A64s in the near future?

[BoomAM]

Hi.
I heard upon launch that AMD were changing the sockets for the A64FX processors soon, and so unless planning on doing no upgrading to a A64FX and planning to use it long term, then buying one now would be daft.
I`ve also read somewhere that AMD would be changing the sockets of the A64s as well, soon.
Is this true?
Cos i was planning on upgrading in February, but then decided to do it next month as memory prices seem to be going up, but as ive read that theres going to be a socket change, i might have to wait till February anyway.

So is this true?

 

[BoomAM]

BUMP!!!

 

[VIAN]

Yes I read that somewhere. They are following the intel technique of changing sockets every other week.

 

[sellmen]

Currently, AthlonFX and Opteron use socket 940. They are essentially the same CPU.

Sometime in 2004, AthlonFX will migrate to socket 939, with Opteron staying w/ socket 940. The regular Athlon64 will continue to use socket 754 for the forseeable future.

 

[BoomAM]

Do we know when AMD are changing from 754 to another one?
I plan on using a A64 platform long term, over several processor upgrades. So if AMD change within a few months, then it`ll really pi$$ me off.

 

[sellmen]

Originally posted by: BoomAM
Do we know when AMD are changing from 754 to another one?
I plan on using a A64 platform long term, over several processor upgrades. So if AMD change within a few months, then it`ll really pi$$ me off.

754 isn't going away anytime soon, it's on AMDs roadmap well into 2005. It'll probably become another Socket A.

 

[BoomAM]

Link to roadmap?

 

[Chadder007]

http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118_608,00.html
Roadmap....then again it doesn't say about the sockets.

 

[BoomAM]

I can see "Newcastle" being a new socket.
If i remember a press release correctly, then the Newcastle will support DC ram. Which means at the very least, a new mobo type.
I`ll probably wait till "Newcastle" then before upgrading.
Whens R420 / Loki out? Cos if its around april/march time, then i`ll include a shiny new video cards in the upgrade!

 

[DivideBYZero]

Originally posted by: BoomAM
I can see "Newcastle" being a new socket.
If i remember a press release correctly, then the Newcastle will support DC ram. Which means at the very least, a new mobo type.
I`ll probably wait till "Newcastle" then before upgrading.
Whens R420 / Loki out? Cos if its around april/march time, then i`ll include a shiny new video cards in the upgrade!

The FX uses Dual Channel RAM so Newcastle will likely be on the 939 socket.

 

[BoomAM]

But that`d move the A64 refresh out of the mainstream market and into the professional one.
They wouldnt move it to 939 anyway. Cos they`re changing it anyway.

 

[sellmen]

Here is a story from xbitlabs on the AMD CPUs:

Link

Everything will be either socket 939 or 754. Newcastle will be the budget A64: It will have 512KB L2 cache instead of 1MB. It will be on socket 754 w/ single channel DDR.