Older socket AM2/AM2+ motherboards can use some of the newer AMD CPUs, but at the cost of losing key power-management capabilities. Socket AM3 users can upgrade to all Athlon II, Phenom ...

AMD won't be introducing a major new CPU architecture to replace ... cores per chip increases will the AM2 + HT + on-die DDR2 combination give AMD a single-socket advantage over Intel, since ...

The ink is barely dry on AMD's Socket AM2 Phenom II launch, but Sunnyvale is making up for lost time when it comes to debuting new products. On Monday, February 9, the CPU manufacturer released a ...

OEMs shipping systems with socket AM2 processors include Alienware, Fujitsu Siemens, HP, and Lenovo, as well as more than 40 leading system builders worldwide. Through an open standards approach, ...

AM2 changes the pin layout so that current Socket 940 processor packages don't fit, and it also brings with it new power requirements for its CPUs, and of course new trace routes for the new ...

Frankly, enthusiasts waiting for a new flagship socket AM2 processor haven't had much to read about. Thankfully, there is news from the AMD home-front today. Today AMD is officially unveiling a ...

When it came time to introduce DDR2 on the AMD K8, a new socket was introduced once again, this being the AM2 (or 940-pin) package array. However, overnight AMD dumped the 939 processors and ...

Today AMD announced its new Socket AM2 motherboard chipset that will become the standard for all of its desktop processors. The key features of Socket AM2 are its support for DDR2 SDRAM and more ...

Intel recently had Socket 478 and 775 but now only 775 exist for desktops in new CPU's and soon to see the end of 604 in servers for LGA771. AM2 is a new socket and hence it does add one new ...

512KB of L2 data cache per core (1.5MB total L2 per processor) As you probaly expect, the new AMD Phenom X3 8750 looks exactly like any other socket AM2+ processor outfitted with AMD's standard ...

Processors that are pretty much the same as the Socket AM2+ processors, yet now with a DDR2 and DDR3 memory controller. DDR3 memory will allow the overall performance of the platform (your PC ...

Early benchmark tests conducted by Anandtech on upcoming processors using AMD's AM2 socket show that the company might have a hard time catching the performance expected from Intel's Conroe ...