The AMD Socket C32 is the server processor socket for AMD's current single-CPU and dual-CPU Opteron 4000 series CPUs. It is the successor to Socket AM3

Socket AM3

Socket AM3 is a CPU socket for AMD processors. AM3 was launched as the successor to Socket AM2+ on February 9, 2009, alongside the initial grouping of Phenom II processors designed for it...

 for single-CPU servers and the successor for Socket F

Socket F

Socket F is a CPU socket designed by AMD for its Opteron line of CPUs released on August 15, 2006. In 2010 Socket F was replaced by Socket C32 for entry-level servers and Socket G34 for high-end servers.-Technical specifications:...

 for lower-end dual-CPU servers. (High-end dual-CPU servers will use Socket G34

Socket G34

Socket G34 is a 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. Socket G34 supports four DDR3 SDRAM channels, two for each die in the...

 with 8 and 12-core Magny-Cours Opteron CPUs.) It is based on the current Socket F and uses a similar 1207-land LGA socket but is not physically or electrically compatible with Socket F due to the use of DDR3 SDRAM

DDR3 SDRAM

In computing, DDR3 SDRAM, an abbreviation for double data rate type three synchronous dynamic random access memory, is a modern kind of dynamic random access memory with a high bandwidth interface. It is one of several variants of DRAM and associated interface techniques used since the early 1970s...

 instead of the DDR2 SDRAM

DDR2 SDRAM

DDR2 SDRAM is a double data rate synchronous dynamic random-access memory interface. It supersedes the original DDR SDRAM specification and has itself been superseded by DDR3 SDRAM...

 that Socket F platforms use.

Socket C32 was launched June 23, 2010 as part of the San Marino platform with the four and six-core Opteron 4100 "Lisbon" processors. Like Socket G34, it also uses the AMD SR5690, SR5670, and SR5650 chipsets. Socket C32 will also be used in the ultra-low-power Adelaide platform with the SR5650 chipset and HT1 interconnects instead of HT3.1. Socket C32 will support the upcoming Bulldozer

Bulldozer (processor)

Bulldozer is the codename Advanced Micro Devices has given to one of the next-generation CPU cores after the K10 microarchitecture for the company's M-SPACE design methodology, with the core specifically aimed at 10-watt to 125-watt TDP computing products. Bulldozer is a completely new design...

-based six- and eight-core "Valencia" Opterons in 2011.

External links

• http://phx.corporate-ir.net/External.File?item=UGFyZW50SUQ9MjAzMzJ8Q2hpbGRJRD0tMXxUeXBlPTM=&t=1
• http://www.amdzone.com/phpbb3/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=137051&st=0&sk=t&sd=a
• http://blogs.amd.com/work/2009/07/29/playing-20-questions-part-1/
• http://anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=3673&p=5
• http://www.amd.com/us/Documents/48410A_Opteron4000_QRG_FINAL.pdf