AMD "Bulldozer" to be on AM3? Anyone know?

Or will it require AM4 or something like that? Maybe there's not enough info to go around...

IIRC, Bulldozer version 2 is supposed to be 'fusion' or integrated with an onboard GPU, so I'd bet there will be a socket change required.

Yea... but doesn't AMD does that whole "backward compatibly" thing? It cannot be like the I7 scenario where you are forced to get a new mobo.

and, isn't the onboard GPU not as powerful as a dedicated one anyway? They could make a cheaper version of that, one without the fusion thing into it.

Yes, but this is supposed to be a completely new architecture. If they stick the GPU (not IGP, but full-blown GPU from what I've read) on the same die, then the GPU is gonna need access to some fast video memory - I wouldn't think system DDR3 would cut it but who knows?

IIRC the original Bulldozer (the one on the 2006 or maybe 2007 roadmaps, which disappeared late 2007) was just supposed to be a wider version of k8 arch - more decoders, etc. BD2 is the one with the 'fusion' stuff.

The goal is for Bulldozer to be compatible with existing AM3 boards. All they should need is a BIOS updates. They won't work with AM2 boards though since bulldozer CPUs will only have a DDR3 controller and thus cannot work with the DDR2 memory used by AM2+/AM2 boards.

lol glad it did