Socket F is a

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for its

Opteron Opteron is AMD's x86 former server and workstation processor line, and was the first processor which supported the AMD64 instruction set architecture (known generically as x86-64 or AMD64). It was released on April 22, 2003, with the ''Sledg ...

line of

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released on August 15, 2006. In 2010 Socket F was replaced by

Socket C32 Socket C32 is a zero insertion force land grid array CPU socket designed by AMD for their single-CPU and dual-CPU Opteron 4000 series server CPUs. It is the successor to Socket AM3 for single-CPU servers and the successor for Socket F for l ...

for entry-level servers and

Socket G34 Socket G34 is a land grid array CPU socket designed by AMD to support AMD's multi-chip module Opteron 6000-series server processors. G34 was launched on March 29, 2010, alongside the initial grouping of Opteron 6100 processors designed for it. S ...

for high-end servers.

Technical specifications

AMD Opteron 8378 (Socket F) (15814067833)

The socket has 1207 pins on a 1.1mm pitch and employs a

land grid array The land grid array (LGA) is a type of surface-mount packaging for integrated circuits (ICs) that is notable for having the pins on the socket (when a socket is used) rather than the integrated circuit. An LGA can be electrically connected to a ...

contact mechanism. Socket F is primarily for use in AMD's

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line and is considered to be in the same socket generation as Socket AM2, which is used for the Athlon 64 and

Athlon 64 X2 The Athlon 64 X2 is the first native dual-core desktop central processing unit (CPU) designed by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). It was designed from scratch as native dual-core by using an already multi-CPU enabled Athlon 64, joining it with ano ...

; as well as

Socket S1 Socket S1 is the CPU socket type used by AMD for their Turion 64, Athlon 64 Mobile, Phenom II Mobile and later Sempron processors, which debuted with the dual-core Turion 64 X2 CPUs on May 17, 2006. Technical specifications Socket S1 is a 638 ...

, which is used for

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and

Turion 64 X2 AMD Turion is the brand name AMD applies to its x86-64 low-power consumption (''mobile'') processors codenamed ''K8L''. The Turion 64 and Turion 64 X2/Ultra processors compete with Intel's mobile processors, initially the ''Pentium M'' and the I ...

microprocessors.

AMD Quad FX platform

Socket F is the base for the AMD Quad FX Platform (referred to as "4x4" or "QuadFather" prior to release), unveiled by AMD on November 30, 2006. This modified version of Socket F, named Socket 1207 FX by AMD, and Socket L1 by

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, allows for dual-socket, dual-core (four effective cores and eight effective cores in the future) processors in desktop PCs for home enthusiasts.

Socket F Revisions

All revisions except Socket Fr3 require the usage of registered DDR2 SDRAM. All revisions except Socket Fr1 require a dual-plane power-supply circuit for the CPU. * Socket Fr1 ** Three HyperTransport 2.x links with 1 GHz, single-plane power-supply circuit * Socket Fr2 ** Three HyperTransport 2.x links with 1 GHz, dual-plane power-supply circuit * Socket Fr3 ** Three HyperTransport 2.x links with 1 GHz, unbuffered DDR2 SDRAM (special version for Quad-FX) * Socket Fr5 ** CPU: Three HyperTransport 3.x links with 2.2 GHz ** Motherboards: One HyperTransport 3.x link between CPU with 2.2 GHz, two HT 2.x links with 1 GHz for I/O operations * Socket Fr6 ** Three Hypertransport 3.x links with 2.4 GHz, support for Snoop-Filter (HT-Assist)

References

External links

Tweakers.net: First benchmarks of Socket F Opterons in databasetest

Tweakers.net: Pictures of the socket

Dailytech: AMD's Next-gen Socket F Revealed

PCstats: Socket F Near Term Roadmap
{{amdsock AMD server sockets

Technical specifications

AMD Quad FX platform

Socket F Revisions

See also

References

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