AMD bumps AM2 launch date

April 19th 2006 | CPUs & Chipsets

AMD has moved the official launch date of Athlon 64 DDR2 up two weeks to May 23, 2006. AMD roadmaps have previously put the AM2 launch at June 6, 2006 (during Computex 2006), but since motherboards and CPUs are already completed, the launch will be pushed up. AMD insiders tell us Conroe’s launch date was also a factor in pushing the AM2 launch date up, though even we do not know the exact date Intel’s Conroe will launch.

Daily Tech - AMD Bumps AM2 Launch Date

A week later, on 31 May, systems based on AMD’s Live! specification - the company’s answer to Intel’s Viiv platform - will become available. Live! was announced in January and will centre on AMD’s dual-core desktop and notebook chips, though the latter have yet to launch - presumably they’ll debut alongside Live!.

The Register - AMD ‘to bring forward’ Socket AM2 launch

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AMD bumps AM2 launch date
Published in: CPUs & Chipsets on 2006-04-19