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The Socket G3, originally as part of the codenamed Piranha server platform, was supposed to be the intermediate successor to Socket F
Socket F

Socket F is a CPU socket designed by AMD for its Opteron line of Central processing unit, and released on August 15 2006. The socket has 1207 pins, and is referred to as "Socket F " in all AMD literature....
 and Socket F+
Socket F+

Socket F+ is an upcoming CPU Socket for AMD server central processing unit and dual-processor AMD Quad FX platform starting from the 45 nm generation of the AMD K10 CPU family....
 to be used in AMD
Advanced Micro Devices

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. is an United States multinational corporation semiconductor industry company based in Sunnyvale, California, that develops Central processing unit and related technologies for commercial and consumer markets....
 Opteron
Opteron

The Opteron is Advanced Micro Devices's x86 server Central processing unit line, and was the first processor to implement the AMD64 instruction set architecture ....
 processor for dual-processor (2P) and above server platforms scheduled to be launched 2009. The Socket G3 would have been accompanied by the Socket G3 Memory Extender
Socket G3 Memory Extender

The Socket G3 Memory Extender or in short G3MX is Advanced Micro Devices' solution to the problem of connecting large amounts of memory to a single microprocessor....
 (Socket G3MX), for connecting large amounts of memory to a single microprocessor by a G3MX chip placed on the motherboard.

AMD had planned socket G3 to arrive with the advent of the previously planned 8-core MCM
MCM

MCM is a three-letter acronym that may refer to:...
 chip code named Montreal.






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The Socket G3, originally as part of the codenamed Piranha server platform, was supposed to be the intermediate successor to Socket F
Socket F

Socket F is a CPU socket designed by AMD for its Opteron line of Central processing unit, and released on August 15 2006. The socket has 1207 pins, and is referred to as "Socket F " in all AMD literature....
 and Socket F+
Socket F+

Socket F+ is an upcoming CPU Socket for AMD server central processing unit and dual-processor AMD Quad FX platform starting from the 45 nm generation of the AMD K10 CPU family....
 to be used in AMD
Advanced Micro Devices

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. is an United States multinational corporation semiconductor industry company based in Sunnyvale, California, that develops Central processing unit and related technologies for commercial and consumer markets....
 Opteron
Opteron

The Opteron is Advanced Micro Devices's x86 server Central processing unit line, and was the first processor to implement the AMD64 instruction set architecture ....
 processor for dual-processor (2P) and above server platforms scheduled to be launched 2009. The Socket G3 would have been accompanied by the Socket G3 Memory Extender
Socket G3 Memory Extender

The Socket G3 Memory Extender or in short G3MX is Advanced Micro Devices' solution to the problem of connecting large amounts of memory to a single microprocessor....
 (Socket G3MX), for connecting large amounts of memory to a single microprocessor by a G3MX chip placed on the motherboard.

AMD had planned socket G3 to arrive with the advent of the previously planned 8-core MCM
MCM

MCM is a three-letter acronym that may refer to:...
 chip code named Montreal. Since Q1 2008, the plan for and 8-core MCM server chip based on 45nm K10.5 design has been scrapped in favor of a 6-core fully-integrated MPU design code named Istanbul, which will use the existing socket F/F+ platform, produced by Nvidia
NVIDIA

Nvidia is a multinational corporation specializing in the manufacture of graphics processing unit technologies for workstations, desktop computers, and mobile devices....
, Broadcom
Broadcom

Broadcom Corporation is an United States supplier of integrated circuits for broadband communications. Founded in 1991 by Henry Samueli and Henry T....
, as well as Fiorano to be introduced by AMD in 2009.

However, socket G3 was officially discontinued as of March 2008. The socket that will be the successor to the Socket F is the LGA
Land grid array

The land grid array is a type of surface-mount packaging used for integrated circuits. It can be electrically connected to a Printed circuit board either by the use of a CPU socket or by soldering directly to the PCB....
 1974-pin Socket G34
Socket G34

The Socket G34 is a CPU socket designed by AMD to support the upcoming multi-core and twelve-core processor lines codenamed Sao Paolo and Magny-Cours, while the CPU cores are still based on the AMD K10 microarchitecture, current information suggests that the processors will support HyperTransport 3.0 and four-channel DDR3 SDRAM memory...
.

See also

  • AMD 800 chipset series
    AMD 800 chipset series

    The AMD 800 chipset series is a set of chipsets to be developed by Advanced Micro Devices, scheduled to be released in 2009. The chipset series was revealed in its presentation slides during the AMD Financial Analyst Day 2007 held on December 13, 2007....


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