According to sources cited in a report on The Inquirer, AMD’s future 45nm processors will work in current socket AM2 motherboards. Before socket AM3 hits though, socket AM2+ will be introduced later ...

New CPU sockets and platform shifts are a necessary evil. On the one hand, depending on the type of PC user you are and how often you upgrade, it's what facilitates a larger-than-normal expenditure as ...

AMD has revamped its processor lineup from top to bottom, moving 13 CPUs to the new Socket AM2 architecture and releasing two brand-new Socket AM2 CPUs. The Athlon 64 X2 5000+ and the Athlon FX-62 are ...

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Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) today announced the release of chipsets supporting the latest AMD socket AM2 processor – the SiS756 and SiS761GX for desktops and the SiS756, SiSM760, SiSM761GX and ...

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. Some of the pricing information for the first AM2 processors has been made available. Encompassing ...

Last month, AMD launched the Phenom II X4 processor line-up, and with it ushered in the first desktop processors built using the company's 45nm process node. While the first two Phenom II processors ...

Ask AMD why launch Socket AM2 -- the hub of a platform shift that sees them standardise on a socket for their CPUs across their entire desktop product line -- now, and they'll largely lay it at the ...