What socket is the Core Duo T series?

[RockGuitarDude]

What socket is the Core Duo T series? Has intel announced when they will be using this until? I'm curious as to the upgrade path.

 

[potato28]

Socket T(LGA 775)?

 

[RockGuitarDude]

How long is intel planning on using this socket for?

 

[potato28]

About a year... then theyll switch off.

 

[stevty2889]

Originally posted by: potato28
Socket T(LGA 775)?

Wrong, Core Duo is socket 479..

EDIT: Asus, Aopen, and Gigabyte at the very least are coming out with desktop boards for Core Duo, they are supposed to start showing up this month. The Asus board is the N4L-VM DH, Aopen is making one with the 975x chipset.

 

[Marmion]

socket 479 (as above post) but not compatable with existing Pentium M mobos, just the new ones designed for core duo. Also, Merom is compatable with yonah, so you can switch between yonah and merom (with a bios update of course).

 

[RockGuitarDude]

Originally posted by: Marmion
socket 479 (as above post) but not compatable with existing Pentium M mobos, just the new ones designed for core duo. Also, Merom is compatable with yonah, so you can switch between yonah and merom (with a bios update of course).

Thanks, thats what I was looking for!

 

[RockGuitarDude]

So I can upgrade from my current Core Duo T2500 ----> an Merom based CPU with only a BIOS update?

 

[stevty2889]

Originally posted by: RockGuitarDude
So I can upgrade from my current Core Duo T2500 ----> an Merom based CPU with only a BIOS update?

Theoreticly yes, but I wouldn't make any gurantees until Merom is actualy available.