AMD's Socket AM2 to support DDR2 800 MHZ

WE ALL expected that AMD planned to support DDR 2 400, 533 and 667 but very few of us expected that the firm plans to include DDR 2 800 MHz on its list. Before February, the plan was to support all memories up to DDR 667 but AMD eventually decided that it can and will support DDR 2 800 MHz from the outset. Now the migration to DDR 2 finally makes sense, as DDR 2 800 MHz can sure show sume difference compared with DDR 1 400 or even DDR 1 overclocked to 667.

It will simply offer more bandwidth and knowing that AMD places its memory controllers on the CPU it also means that it will show a bigger difference than Intel's DDR 2 capable chipsets.


The upcoming move to AMD Athlon64 AM2 will introduce a new Socket 940 design. The new Socket is very close in design to the current 940 design used on Opteron motherboards. It appears the pin-outs have been changed just enough to prevent the new AM2 processors from accidentally being plugged into older Socket 940 boards.

Current Socket 940 (Reversed)




Memory manufactures are thrilled as they will benefit the most. They will sell more DDR 2 800 than they ever imagined and the high end market along with mainstream will go toward the fast adoption of this fast memory.

AMD advises its partners to get some DDR 2 800 memory and to include it in DVT testing. It wants to be ready for all of the modules out there. DDR 2 also operates at a lower power level and it will indeed offer greater bandwidth. AMD thinks that the time is right for DDR 2. The desired speeds are there, it is available and the cost is just a little bit higher than DDR one. So there.

Silicon Integrated Systems (SIS) said that it will have a complete line of chipsets which will support AMD's up-and-coming AM2 chips

It will offer two new chipsets for desktops - the 756 and the 761GX, and four for notebooks including the 761GX and the 760GX.

SIS said AM2 will "fully replace" AMD socket 939 and 754 and will be available in Q2 of this year, supporting DDR2, and dual channel memory


Now I can say I can upgrade my PC , So , I am waiting ...