Socket F is 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 cent ...

Opteron Opteron is AMD's x86 former server and workstation processor line, and was the first processor which supported the AMD64 instruction set architecture (known generically as x86-64 or AMD64). It was released on April 22, 2003, with the ''Sled ...

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

AMD Opteron 8378 (Socket F) (15814067833)

The socket has 1207 pins on a 1.1mm pitch and employs a

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 ...

contact mechanism. Socket F is primarily for use in AMD's server line and is considered to be in the same socket generation as

Socket AM2 The Socket AM2, renamed from Socket M2 (to prevent using the same name as Cyrix MII processors), is a CPU socket designed by AMD for desktop processors, including the performance, mainstream and value segments. It was released on May 23, 2006, ...

, which is used for the

Athlon 64 The Athlon 64 is a ninth-generation, AMD64-architecture microprocessor produced by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), released on September 23, 2003. It is the third processor to bear the name '' Athlon'', and the immediate successor to the Athlon ...

and Athlon 64 X2; as well as

Socket S1 Socket S1 is the CPU socket type used by AMD for their Turion 64, Athlon 64 Mobile, Phenom II Mobile and later Sempron processors, which debuted with the dual-core Turion 64 X2 CPUs on May 17, 2006. Technical specifications Socket S1 is a 63 ...

, which is used for

Turion 64 AMD Turion is the brand name AMD applies to its x86-64 low-power consumption (''mobile'') processors codenamed ''K8L''. The Turion 64 and Turion 64 X2/Ultra processors compete with Intel's mobile processors, initially the ''Pentium M'' and the Int ...

and

Turion 64 X2 AMD Turion is the brand name AMD applies to its x86-64 low-power consumption (''mobile'') Central Processing Unit, processors codenamed ''K8L''. The Turion 64 and Turion 64 X2/Ultra processors compete with Intel Corporation, Intel's mobile processo ...

microprocessors.

AMD Quad FX platform

Socket F is the base for the AMD Quad FX Platform (referred to as "4x4" or "QuadFather" prior to release), unveiled by AMD on November 30, 2006. This modified version of Socket F, named Socket 1207 FX by AMD, and Socket L1 by

NVIDIA Nvidia CorporationOfficially written as NVIDIA and stylized in its logo as VIDIA with the lowercase "n" the same height as the uppercase "VIDIA"; formerly stylized as VIDIA with a large italicized lowercase "n" on products from the mid 1990s to ...

, allows for dual-socket, dual-core (four effective cores and eight effective cores in the future) processors in desktop PCs for home enthusiasts.

Socket F Revisions

All revisions except Socket Fr3 require the usage of registered

DDR2 SDRAM Double Data Rate 2 Synchronous Dynamic Random-Access Memory (DDR2 SDRAM) is a double data rate (DDR) synchronous dynamic random-access memory (SDRAM) interface. It superseded the original DDR SDRAM specification, and was itself superseded by DDR3 ...

. All revisions except Socket Fr1 require a dual-plane power-supply circuit for the CPU. * Socket Fr1 ** Three HyperTransport 2.x links with 1 GHz, single-plane power-supply circuit * Socket Fr2 ** Three HyperTransport 2.x links with 1 GHz, dual-plane power-supply circuit * Socket Fr3 ** Three HyperTransport 2.x links with 1 GHz, unbuffered DDR2 SDRAM (special version for Quad-FX) * Socket Fr5 ** CPU: Three HyperTransport 3.x links with 2.2 GHz ** Motherboards: One HyperTransport 3.x link between CPU with 2.2 GHz, two HT 2.x links with 1 GHz for I/O operations * Socket Fr6 ** Three Hypertransport 3.x links with 2.4 GHz, support for Snoop-Filter (HT-Assist)

References

External links

Tweakers.net: First benchmarks of Socket F Opterons in databasetest

Tweakers.net: Pictures of the socket

Dailytech: AMD's Next-gen Socket F Revealed

PCstats: Socket F Near Term Roadmap
{{amdsock AMD server sockets

Technical specifications

AMD Quad FX platform

Socket F Revisions

See also

References

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