Opteron Socket F Gets Official

In even more Optie news…

AMD has officially announced its revision F Opteron 8000, 2000 and 1000 series of server and workstation class processors to take on Intel’s previously released Xeon Woodcrest processors. AMD Opteron revision F processors are architecturally similar to AMD’s socket AM2 consumer processor architecture. Revision F processors introduce DDR2 to AMD’s Opteron—a feature Intel introduced a few years back to its Xeon lineup. Opteron revision F processors also have a new socket too; this time around AMD has abandoned the traditional pin-grid array layout for a land-grid array layout originally used by Intel with its LGA775 socket. AMD’s land-grid array socket has 1,207 pins.

I look forward to seeing the performance from these, but unlike the legendary 939 Opterons, these will require a completely new board. A board which obviously will not be designed for overclocking.