Socket F
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| Socket F | ||
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| Type | LGA | |
| Chip form factors | Flip-chip land grid array | |
| Contacts | 1207 | |
| Bus Protocol | ||
| FSB | 200 MHz System clock 1GHz HyperTransport |
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| Voltage range | ||
| Processors | Opteron 2xxx, 8xxx series Athlon 64 FX FX-7x series |
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Socket F, is a CPU socket designed by AMD for its Opteron line of CPUs. The socket has 1207 pins, and was released on August 15 2006[1].
Socket F is primarily for use in AMD's server line, and will be considered to be in the same socket generation as Socket AM2, which will be used for the Athlon 64 and Athlon 64 X2; as well as Socket S1, to be used for Turion 64 and Turion 64 X2 microprocessors. Such socket generations are intended for DDR2 support.
Socket F has been rumoured to support Fully Buffered DIMM. Processors planned for Socket F will also likely support DDR3 and other technologies, like XD-RAM. But when such RAM is used on an FB-DIMM, no motherboard or CPU change is necessary to support the new RAM, as all FB-DIMMs use the same socket regardless of the RAM employed. This overcomes the old drawback of the Hammer architecture, with its integrated memory controller necessitating the replacement of the (potentially very expensive) CPU to support a new memory type. However, AMD has removed FB-DIMM from its roadmap recently.
[edit] AMD Quad FX platform
- Main article: AMD Quad FX platform
Socket F is the base for the AMD Quad FX Platform (referred to as "4x4" prior to release), unveiled by AMD on November 30, 2006. This modified version of Socket F, named Socket 1207 FX by AMD, and Socket L1 by NVIDIA, allows for dual-socket, dual-core (four effective cores) processors in desktop PCs for home enthusiasts.
[edit] External links
- Tweakers.net: First benchmarks of Socket F Opterons in databasetest
- Tweakers.net: Pictures of the socket (Dutch language)
- Dailytech: AMD's Next-gen Socket F Revealed
- PCstats: Socket F Near Term Roadmap
| Desktop sockets: Super Socket 7 • Slot A • Socket A • Socket 754 • Socket 939 • Socket 940 Socket AM2 • Socket F • Socket AM2+ • Socket AM3 Mobile sockets: Socket 563 • Socket S1 Server sockets: Socket A • Socket 940 • Socket F |
