Report: AMD to Replace FM1 with FM2, AM3 with AM3+ in 2014

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By Tarun Iyer
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AMD will be phasing out its FM1 and AM3 sockets in April 2013 with the aim of replacing the socket types by 2014.

DigiTimes has reported that,according to "sources from motherboard players," AMD will be gradually phasing out CPUs using FM1 and AM3 sockets in April and aims to step the socket types out of the market in Q2 (FM1) and Q3 (AM3) 2013.

Consequently, the company's 2014 lineup is expected to be based on the AM3+ socket for the high-end FX series and the FM2 socket for mainstream processors. The former socket supports AMD's HyperTransport 3.1, DDR3 memory clocked at up to 2,133 MHz and is currently featured on a number of processors including the octa-corre FX-8350 / 8320 and the hexa-core FX-6350 / 6300.

According to AMD's latest plans, the FX 8320, 6300 and 4300 will see price cuts of $14 to $20 in Q2 2013, and the FM2-based quad-core 5600K and 5500 will drop by $10.

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31 Comments Comment from the forums
  • rolli59
    Eventually all sockets die, really does not make financial sense selling older products competing with the new.
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  • digitalrazoe
    I will commend AMD for staying true to their socket design all these years.. It has made upgrades a breeze! However some change is good change ( as long as they don't change like intel has consistently over the past years.) a new socket design will allow more aggressive design and bring AMD up from the ashes.. ( wouldn't mind seeing a socket 1207 high end ...
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  • horaciopz
    Bravo to AMD, how long they kept am3? I started with a ASRock Mobo am2+/am3, I used the same mobo with 3 processors, an athlon ii x2, phenom ii x4 and phenom x6.... And i think that mobo had the possibility of running FX processor with a bios flash... When I switched to intel i knew that i wasnt going to have the same path of upgradability as i had with AMD... Am3 was the 775 of amd...
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  • Wisecracker
    There are rumors of an FM3/DDR4, with the next-gen Kaveri APU having a DDR3/DDR4 UNB.

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  • TheBigTroll
    highly doubt they would replace fm2. customers would be steamed when amd promised to keep it.

    doubt they would replace amd3+ next year as well. asus at CES announced a pci-e 3 990fx sabertooth board. and it would be at least 2014 before AMD launches steamroller
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  • sykozis
    FM1 was already replaced by FM2.....and AM3 was already replaced by AM3+..... How is this news "new" when it already happened?
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  • Wisecracker
    I suspect this would be the official declaration of *EOL*
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  • ekho
    I was expecting something newer than these Sockets. :-/
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  • hero1
    Hello.. AMD.. time to move out of this marketing practice and make money. Phase them out completely and from here on no socket should last for more than 2 years. You made a good progress with Vishera so now make better progress with the successor and compete with Intel. No need to have old CPU competing with new ones simply because they ran on the same socket. Stop losing money by making better business and marketing decisions.
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  • hero1
    sykozisFM1 was already replaced by FM2.....and AM3 was already replaced by AM3+..... How is this news "new" when it already happened?
    It's news because now it's official that AMD will phase those older sockets out. Better for them imo. Time to limit the life of sockets to 2 years max and keep on improving their CPUs to compete with Intel instead of losing money to their own cheap, used to be good CPUs that still suck power like no one's business.
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