AMD launches DDR2-Ready Athlon solutions

AMD launches DDR2-Ready Athlon solutions

Microprocessor maker AMD (Advanced Micro Devices) has launched its new AM2 CPU socket, which now brings support for fast DDR2 memory to the company’s desktop processors.

The improvement in performance is negligible right now but newer products from the company would be able to benefit more from this new socket.

This new Socket AM2 is a 940-pin technology that replaces the company’s Socket 939 on motherboards. It would work with only the new AMD processors that support DDR2 memory instead of DDR.

The company also announced the launch of two new AM2-only processors. These are top-of-the line 2.8-GHz Athlon 64 FX-62 and the new 2.6-GHz Athlon 64 X2 5000+.

AMD added in a statement that they expect motherboards that support the new AM2 standard to begin shipping immediately from a wide range of vendors. Some of the companies working on launching products based on this new standard are Abit, Asus, Biostar, ECS, EPox, Gigabyte, Leadtek, MSI, and Shuttle.