Socket C32 is a
zero insertion force 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 ...
CPU socket
In computer hardware, a CPU socket or CPU slot contains one or more mechanical components providing mechanical and electrical connections between a microprocessor and a printed circuit board (PCB). This allows for placing and replacing the cen ...
designed by
AMD for their single-CPU and dual-CPU Opteron 4000 series server CPUs. It is the successor to
Socket AM3
Socket AM3 is a CPU socket for Advanced Micro Devices, AMD Central processing unit, processors. AM3 was launched on February 9, 2009 as the successor to Socket AM2+, alongside the initial grouping of Phenom II processors designed for it. The sole ...
for single-CPU servers and the successor for
Socket F for lower-end dual-CPU servers (High-end dual-CPU servers will use
Socket G34). Socket C32 supports two
DDR3 SDRAM
Double Data Rate 3 Synchronous Dynamic Random-Access Memory (DDR3 SDRAM) is a type of synchronous dynamic random-access memory (SDRAM) with a high bandwidth (" double data rate") interface, and has been in use since 2007. It is the higher-spe ...
channels. It is based on the Socket F and uses a similar 1207-pin
LGA socket but is not physically or electrically compatible with Socket F due to the use of
DDR3 SDRAM
Double Data Rate 3 Synchronous Dynamic Random-Access Memory (DDR3 SDRAM) is a type of synchronous dynamic random-access memory (SDRAM) with a high bandwidth (" double data rate") interface, and has been in use since 2007. It is the higher-spe ...
instead of the
DDR2 SDRAM that Socket F platforms use.
Socket C32 was launched on June 23, 2010 as part of the San Marino platform with the four and six-core Opteron 4100 "Lisbon" processors.
Socket C32 also supports the
Bulldozer-based six- and eight-core "Valencia" Opterons introduced in November 2011.
Both Socket C32 and its contemporary Socket G34 were succeeded in 2017 by
Socket SP3
Socket SP3 is a zero insertion force land grid array CPU socket designed by AMD supporting its Zen-, Zen 2- and Zen 3-based Epyc server processors, launched on June 20, 2017. Because the socket is the same size as Socket TR4, and Socket sTRX4, ...
for both single- and dual-CPU servers, supporting
Zen-based
Epyc
Epyc is a brand of multi-core x86-64 microprocessors designed and sold by AMD, based on the company's Zen microarchitecture. Introduced in June 2017, they are specifically targeted for the server and embedded system markets. Epyc processors share ...
CPUs, the successors to all families of Opteron CPUs.
Chipsets
Like Socket G34, it also uses the AMD SR5690, SR5670, and SR5650 chipsets. Socket C32 is also being used in the ultra-low-power Adelaide platform with the SR5650 chipset and HT1 interconnects instead of HT3.1.
See also
*
List of AMD microprocessors
*
Opteron
References
External links
* http://phx.corporate-ir.net/External.File?item=UGFyZW50SUQ9MjAzMzJ8Q2hpbGRJRD0tMXxUeXBlPTM=&t=1
* https://web.archive.org/web/20110728150926/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
* https://www.amd.com/us/Documents/48410B_Opteron4000_QRG_FINAL.pdf
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