With the succession of design concepts of AMD processors . In the following year will appear the socket AM2+, which will give launch to the core generation K8L and it will ensure the support Of hyperTransport 3.0. Only in the second-half of 2008 will appear 0.045 m processors socket AM3, which will ensure alternate support for DDR-2 and DDR- E.
It is important to note that processors socket AM2+ and Socket AM3 will obtain independent control of the vcore and built-in memory controller - this will make possible to solve the part of problems on the growing frequency potential. A question with the the compatibility of processors socket AM2, Socket AM2+ and Socket AM3 did not thus far explained finally, although previously AMD planned to make the design concepts by the maximim compatibility.
Associates glanced into AMD future. As it became known, in the following Socket AM3 will appear new construction for processors with the code name cerberus, which possess the built-in controller PCI express. The need for the integration of this controller into processor has been considered already long time ago , beside this idea was also considered even by intel company . Processor takes away from chipset more functions, this must positively affect the overall system speed, but it can negatively influences the succession of design platforms. With the high degree of probability it is possible to assume that the native compatibility of new socket under name Cerberus and Socket AM3 will be limited.
Judging by everything, such processor socket will appear in 2009. AMD gradually is making its new platforms.