Monday, April 11th 2011
AMD FM1 Socket, Package Pictured
Here are some of the first pictures of AMD's new socket FM1. FM1 will be the platform for AMD's upcoming "Llano" A-Series accelerated processing units (APUs), in the desktop and notebook platforms. With it, AMD will compete with Intel's LGA1155/LGA1156 processors in consumer and business desktop markets that simply rely on the processor's embedded graphics. The Llano APU integrates a quad-core x86-64 processor with a DirectX 11 compliant AMD Radeon HD 6000 series graphics core (with 400+ stream processors, last we heard); a dual-channel DDR3 memory controller, and a PCI-Express 2.0 hub. FM1 is a pin-grid array, but its exact pin count isn't known. Purely by the looks of it, FM1 package looks smaller than AM3+. Clearly the version of CPU-Z used in the screenshot doesn't fully support the APU, but it does reveal some information. It's reading the quad-core chip as four single core processors with 1 MB L2 cache each. The processor is clocked at 2.4 GHz. Llano APUs are expected to make landfall in May/June.
Source:
Zol.com.cn
27 Comments on AMD FM1 Socket, Package Pictured
a cpu can minimum work at 0,75 V absolute minimum.
Phenom II's minimum working voltage is 0,76-0,77 I think, this is at 700 mhz.
tis the nature of diodes.
leaks is always a sign stuff is close!
amd have never had a split before.
754 got Replaced with 939.
But yesh! there will be a split for atleast a year. am3+ will atleast live until end of 2012 when it might will be replaced by FM1 for krishna(bulldozer APU) this is unknown for everyone, and just speculation on my side, but everyone seems to think the same about this.
there havent been a really big split when they launch products for two sockets side by side for a longer period of time that will happen now.
but yeah, amd have had two sockets "living" at the same time.
It has only 905 pins.
31H x 31W - [5H x 7W (center cutout)] - 13 (corners + corner key) -[4 x 2 (center keys)] = 905
EDIT: Corrected by btarunr, I have mistaken FM1 socket with Bobcat-based APUs. My bad.
Stuff for us to buy and build ourselves will mostly be AM3+, though I am sure several mobo makers will make a few F1 micro-ATX boards if these are ever actually available for purchase as the chip only.
If there's going to be 4 dimms, make it quad channel.
If 2 make it dual. I know they will change it.