The intresting part about the F revision and Socket M2
Processors running on the new M2 socket are dubbed Revision "F". Revision "F" processors carry all the features of existing "E" CPUs, but along with the new socket comes some significant changes in power. For example, a typical Revision "E" San Diego Athlon 64 utilizes 80 amps with a maximum TDP around 90W. The new Revision "F" CPUs will use 95 amps instead. However, although the processors require a bump in the current, the power remains the same. Unfortunately, expect massive increases in TDP. From the roadmap we expect the FX M2 processors to have a max TDP of 125W, 110W for dual core and 104W for single core. Revision "F" implements a new Bi-Directional PROCHOT so that the motherboard can throttle the processor dynamically, but the CPU can also override and throttle itself if necessary.
Woot! Once agian I will be able to boil water and fry eggs opon my computer's heatsinks.
That option was missed from the last few series of AMD CPU's.
"A cult is a religion with no political power." -Tom Wolfe Pardon me for sounding like a dick, but I'm playing the tiniest violin in the world right now-Dalton
I'm wondering, their probebly increasing the die quite abit, will this affect CPU tempature in more then a minor way?
Also, are they going to hit some sort of heat ceiling? Intel cut back their plans for 4GHZ parts because they were just too hot and inefficient, can AMD sidestep that by remaining at the 2GHZ range?
