AMD's AM2 launch moved up

[Trotter]

From theinquirer.net:

IT LOOKS LIKE AMD is going to pull in the AM2 launch by about two weeks to try and out-game Intel.

According to HKEPC, it pulled in the launch to May 23 instead of June 6 because they think Intel will paper launch its next cores on the same day.

Now, a launch in front of not the world's assembled IT press would be a coup for, ummm, not sure, but I guarantee far fewer people will care or cover it if it is not at Computex. Either way, it is launching very soon.

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=31096

If anyone happens to be able to read Chinese, here's the source for the article:
http://www.hkepc.com/bbs/news.php?tid=585978

EDIT: Seems that DailyTech has also posted a story on this.
http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=1854

 

[ulater6000]

AMD should have done more to combat the new Intel Conroe CPUs, than just a new ZIF Socket.

 

[MrZucchiniHead]

yeah, aren't AM2 socket CPU's the same as s939 but with ddr2 memory.

if DDR2 is the only improvement over s939, AMD has alot to do to beat the conroe, especially an overclocked conroe.

 

[ulater6000]

yeah, aren't AM2 socket CPU's the same as s939 but with ddr2 memory.

They are actually going to be socket 940 with different pin outs than current socket 940. So current socket 940 cpus wont work with new AM2 socket 940.

They are simmiliar to socket 939 in the sense they will use the same cpus. The new AM2 socket 940 will still use Athlon 64 cpus, but just AM2 versions of them that support DDR2.

This upgrade is kind of like when AMD went from socket 754 to socket 939. They still used the same cpus, but different versions of them that supported the new socket and DDR dual channel.