Advanced Micro Devices is reported to unveil its central processing units (CPUs) in the second quarter of the year 2006, after April. The ramp of DDR2-supporting chips will be quick as the chipmaker plans to release DDR2 supporting chips for different market segments, including desktops and laptops at approximately the same timeframe. Socket M2 will be used for AMD Sempron, AMD Athlon 64, AMD Athlon 64 FX and AMD Opteron 100-series processors and will substitute existing Socket 754, Socket 939 and Socket 940 desktop and workstation infrastructure. For AMD Opteron processors for 2P and MP servers AMD reportedly prepares a 1207-pin socket F that will be utilized instead of Socket 940. For mobile computers AMD is expected to offer Socket S1 with 638-pins, which will replace existing Socket 754 for laptops.
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