New AMD Roadmap

[Matthias99]

This didn't seem to be posted here in GH. I just noticed it on the front page.

New AMD roadmap

Summary:

SocketA and S754 (except for S754 Semprons) are getting phased out by the end of '05. S754 Semprons will be expanded up to 3400+ and maybe higher, and will apparently continue to be made as the value segment (replacing the current AthlonXP chips). The only difference is a smaller cache and no 64-bit extensions, and AMD already said there wouldn't be anything faster than the A64 3700+ on S754, so this is not really big news. The S939 A64 3000+ is also getting phased out by late '05.

Semprons (32-bit only, 3000+, 3200+, 3400+) are coming to S939 as well. If/when these are 90nm chips, they ought to be dirt-cheap and may be excellent overclockers.

There won't be anything faster than an FX-55 or 4000+ until at least Q3 '05. The Opteron X52 (running at FX-55 speeds) is not officially announced yet, but is rumored for Q1 '05.

Dual cores are still on track for late 2005 (at least for S940). No official news on S939 dual-cores.

No word on DDR2 support.

 

[n7]

I sure hope that roadmap is way off, cause if not, it's going to be a very dull 2005 in the CPU world.

I was hoping to have to upgrade my old s754 rig next year, but if all we are getting is a small bump to 2.6 GHz with the 4200+ (& the out-of-realistic price range FX-57), then i'm not interested.

I think they may speed up those additions, or i sure hope they do.

My hope was for 3.0 Ghz A64s by next year, & not just the FX series ones either.