[ale] Socket A Processors

[Jeffrey B. Layton]

Pat Regan wrote:
> Anyway, I don't know why everyone is arguing over socket A chips.  They
> are all getting slow by todays standards, anyway :p.  Does anyone know
> when the next generation of AMD 64 bit chips is due out?  I'm thinking I
> will hold off on my next motherboard upgrade until then, will I have to
> wait too long? :)
>   

June 6 2006 is the planned date (6/6/06) for the Socket AM2. This
is the new Athlon 64 socket and CPUs. The Opteron equivalent
was supposed to be out on the same day, but I'm hearing it's going
to be announced, but the CPUs won't be available until August.

Jeff