Today, AMD?announced their socket AM2 processor, two weeks ahead of schedule.
I think the early announcement was a positive move by AMD, especially with the upcoming Intel Core Duo price cuts on May 28.
What does this announcement mean for you. Don’t buy any AMD socket 754 CPU’s, especially if you want to upgrade in the future. Why? Socket 754 CPU’s will be obsolete by the end of the year. Â Socket 939 CPU’s will follow suit shortly thereafter (second half of next year).
What’s new in the socket AM2 CPU. Geek speak: an integrated DDR2, memory controller and AMD Virtualization. Â In Layman’s terms: faster memory access and the ability for a PC to act as multiple virtual machines (eg. run multiple operating systems and share a pool of resources).
Don’t expect any performance miracles by moving from socket 939 to socket AM2, yet. Give it some time.