2009 chipsets from AMD

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The chipset series is targeted in three markets, the workstation/server
market, the desktop market and the notebook market. Current information
about the chipset series is very scarce, while the officially published
information about the series is the server chipsets with two variants
available, the AMD 890S chipset and the AMD 870S chipset, all of them paired
with the SB700S series southbridge. [1] The chipsets was supposed to support
the codenamed "Montreal" processor made on 45 nm process, in Socket G3
package, supporting both unbuffered or buffered DDR3 (with Socket G3MX),
HyperTransport 3.0 and IOMMU, all of them forming the codenamed "Piranha"
server platform. However as a result of shifted strategy, AMD abandoned
plans for Socket G3 and G3MX completely and focused to deliver new server
platforms. Also for uni-processor server platform, the combination of SR5580
(Originally codenamed "RS780") and SP5100 formed the codenamed "Catalunya"
platform, which is planned for a second-half of 2009 release.

The codenamed "Fiorano" platform consists of codenamed "Istanbul" six-core
processors, scheduled to be released in the second half 2009, while
"Istanbul" processors still feature Socket F+ and support dual-channel
registered DDR2 memory, the platform supports HyperTransport 3.0 and
IOMMU.[2]

The codenamed "Maranello" platform consists of six-core "Sao Paolo" or
twelve-core "Magny-Cours" processors, scheduled to be released in the first
half of 2010. These two processors support a new socket called Socket G34
with four-channel DDR3 support, with other platform features such as
HyperTransport 3.0 and IOMMU support. [3]

The codenamed "Catalunya" platform consists of codenamed "Suzuka" quad-core
processors, scheduled to be released in the second half 2009, featuring
Socket AM3 and support dual-channel registered DDR3 memory, the platform
supports HyperTransport 3.0.[4]

The codenames of the chipsets "RD890S", "RD870S" and "SB700S" has also
changed to "SR5690", "SR5670" and "SP5100". [5]



hmmmm 12 cores?????????????

On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 07:04:51 -0500, "pokey man"
wrote:

hmmmm 12 cores?????????????


Yeah, that info came out long ago:

http://www.google.com/search?num=100...re&btnG=Search

Let's just hope AMD survives long enough to make them.