AMD Bulldozer will not be backwards compatible: Hello AM3 +

Components of PC WhisKiTo 5 March 2011 | 21: 35 To vote this post connect with Facebook Connect

One of the most active rumors in recent weeks speaks of the expected backward compatibility for Bulldozer processors AMD with sockets current, referring more specifically to the AM3 using almost all plates base of these platforms. Expected AMD to offer this compatibility due to the great history that the manufacturer has written, with new products that can be used on platforms of at least a generation ago.

But all indications are that this traditional backward compatibility will be broken with the Bulldozer, because they require the use of the new socket AM3 +. The more technical features are still unknown, but not physically serve. End, the discussion is over.
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The reasons that AMD can give are still uncertain, but it seems to be confirmed unofficially since the manufacturer himself, more specifically in the words of one of its managers, John Fruehe, director of product marketing.

Although it will not be backward compatibility to old sockets (i.e., Bulldozer will not work on AM3 and earlier, if not only in AM3 +) it may install on AM3 + current processors designed for AM3. Confusing? Yes, the truth is that a bit.

Another aspect to take into account is that there are motherboards with AM3 + Bulldozer but with the current AMD 800 Series chipsets, and surely they will be the first to appear on the market. A few months - or weeks - it will later be when we will see the AMD 900 Series chipsets in action. From my point of view it is best to wait long enough to bet on the next generation, as large and very good improvements on previous models are.

And all this time? In 2011 for sure, but there are many contradictory rumor and there is nothing official, much less, but it is expected that it be sufficiently soon to counter the great attack on the Intel Core 2nd Gen.

PS: the world of the bulldozers, and more generally of all industrial machinery, is exciting.

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