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http://www.digitimes.com/mobos/a20070623PD215.htmlDigitimes said:AMD schedules to launch its 45nm process socket AM3 family processors in the second half of 2008. The processors will support HyperTransport 3.0 and will have a built-in DDR2/DDR3 memory controller. The processors will be backward compatible with the previous AM2 and AM2+ socket motherboards, according to sources at motherboard makers.
AMD's AM3 family will include the quad-core Deneb and DenebFX, dual-core Propus and Regor, and single-core Sargas. Shipments of 45nm products are predicted to surpass those of 65nm products within half a year from launch, noted the sources.
Although Socket AM3 processors will be backwards compatible with previous socket AM2 and AM2+ motherboards, socket AM3 motherboards will not be able to support the previous socket AM2 and AM2+ processors. Therefore shipment volumes of socket AM3 motherboards will depend on the speed of transition to DDR3 memory, added the sources.
so, those with AM2 will be happy to know they will be able to use that board for years to come, of course, you'll have to live without HT3.0, DDR3, split power planes, PCIe2.0, and whatever other marvels they add to the chipsets..... pretty much the same as AM2 to AM2+, but the upgrade supuriority of AMD is all but sealed (at least, that's my take on it)
now let's see how that 2H08 timeframe holds up.... and i guess it's safe to say that AMD will leave LGA for servers only...