Clawhammer: Are XP compliant motherboards going to work?

[Killrose]

Just wondering if those of us left on the AMD ship are going to have to have new Motherboards with this chip if we already own an XP ready Motherboard.

 

[AGodspeed]

Absolutely not, you will need a Socket 754 ClawHammer motherboard when they come out later this year. Your current Socket 462 (Socket A) motherboard will only support Athlons and Durons (K7), but definitely not Hammers (K8).

 

[Killrose]

am I thinking of the right processor even? I thought The 64bit serverchip had all the extra pins. Are there plans for a .13 die size XP then.

Whoops, reading the ROADMAP thread now. Got my info.

 

[CocaCola5]

This is T'bred and Barton not Clawhammer. The ".13 XP" is these two and they will be the new budget chip when Clawhammer debuts, they will work with Socket A boards if they're supported in the bios upgrade.