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received confirmation that Socket 754 processors will indeed be available
for a couple months after the early death of Socket 939. AMD Athlon 64 3700+ and
4000+ will be the first to get the axe on July 2nd of this year. Right before
2007 rolls around AMD intends on discontinuing seven Socket 939 and 754
processors. AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+, Athlon 64 3200+ and 3000+ Socket 939
processors will cease to exist December 31st, 2006 leaving the Athlon 64 X2
4800+ as the sole Socket 939 processor available.
Athlon 64 3200+ Socket 754 parts will no longer be available either. Sempron
3300+, 3100+ and 2600+ models will also meet the same fate on December 31st. The
last Socket 939 processor, the Athlon 64 X2 4800+, will be discontinued in Q2'07
with the Sempron 3400+. This leaves the Sempron 3000+ as the last Socket 754
processor available. It will last one more quarter and join other socket 754
processors in Q3'07, marking the death of socket 754.
As previously reported, Socket AM2 processors equipped with 2x1MB L2 cache are
being phased out in favor for 2x512KB L2 models after a very short production
run. Windsor 2x1MB parts will be shipping until December 31st, 2006. After
December 31st, 2006 there will be no more Athlon 64 X2 processors with 2x1MB L2
cache for Socket AM2 available.
