Report: AMD to Replace FM1 with FM2, AM3 with AM3+ in 2014

[aggroboy]

Does AM3+ hinder AMD's future CPU design in any way?

 

[belardo]

No, not really. It's just that AMDs platform is not just old... It's convoluted. It's messy, lacking in features. I suspect limitations of the chipset also hurts gaming performance... As we see in benchmarks when an x4 CPU performs as well as the x8 CPU... Like the chipset cold be a bottleneck. Some FM is newer than the AM... But it's regulated for the entry level PCs... HP, Acer, etc. Thus, AMD is hurting in the budget area because lack of features for the price. By all means FM x4 CPUs kill intel in graphics... But if you want. Top end AMD CPU... You need a new mobo.

 

[GreaseMonkey_62]

I will commend AMD for staying true to their socket design all these years.. It has made upgrades a breeze! However some change is good change ( as long as they don't change like intel has consistently over the past years.) a new socket design will allow more aggressive design and bring AMD up from the ashes.. ( wouldn't mind seeing a socket 1207 high end ...

They've also done well with backward compatibility. If I understand it correctly you can use an AM3+ cpu in an AM3 socket. It won't run with full capabilities however.

 

[Wisecracker]

◄ Proud Owner
◄ MSI K9A2 Platinum 790FX
◄ November, 2007

[citation][nom]TheBigTroll[/nom]therefore you end up throwing away your am3 board[/citation]

it would be nice if you knew your facts first. I don't own an am3 board I still have an am2+ board with a amd phenom II processor.

PhII 1055T X6 @ 3.1-3.7GHz Turbo

The MSI K9N2 790FX Platinum will run an Orleans processor

 

[MWisBest]

As sykozis said, the AM3 to AM3+ switch happened years ago, and the FM1 to FM2 switch around a year ago.

 

[kansur0]

If they had any forward thinking capabilities they would start making motheboards and chipsets that handle multiple CPU / APU on a single motherboard. Strip 3 or 4 together on a motheboard. Watercooling has come a long long way. 32 cores along with the APU power and an average video card and you would probably wipe the floor with the new MacPro (I use that example because Apple has gone into a different direction in design). It's that forward thinking that creates a juggernaut.

 

[Wisecracker]

Good thread to bring 'back from the dead'

AM3+ will be with us through 2014 (maybe if we are nice and not naughty AMD will release a new-stepping Piledriver!), and FM2+ is out (with Trinity and Richland APU support, and likely Kaveri APU support with a BIOS update). AMD Kaveri with bring PCIe Gen3 support (not that we really need it) and GCN cores to the APUs, effectively killing-off half the discreet market.

Rumors persist of 512 shaders ... something in the family of the Radeon HD7750 up to the HD7790 'Bonaire'

@ kansur0: AMD has a 4P/8P Enterprise solution with potentially 96 cores. Not only is it expensive, it takes a small nuclear plant to run it.

It is being updated with the 28nm "Berlin Steamroller" microprocessors in the first half of 2014.