AMD 800 chipset series
| CPU supported | future Opteron, Phenom, Athlon (X2, X3, X4) Sempron and Turion Ultra processors |
|---|---|
| Socket supported |
Socket F+, Socket G34 (server) Socket AM3 (desktop) Socket FS1 (mobile) |
| Southbridge(s) | SB850, SB810, SB820M (mobile and embedded) SP5100 (server) |
| Server chipsets | |
| Uni-processor (1P) | SR5580 |
| Not known | SR5690, SR5670 |
| Desktop / mobile chipsets | |
| Enthusiast segment | 890FX |
| Performance segment | 890GX |
| Mainstream segment | 870, 880G |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Release date(s) | March 2, 2010 (890GX) |
| IGP Direct3D support | 10.1 (880G, 890GX) |
| Predecessor | AMD 700 chipset series |
| Successor | AMD 900 chipset series |
The AMD 800 chipset series is a set of chipsets developed by AMD, released in 2009. The chipset series was revealed in its presentation slides during the AMD Financial Analyst Day 2007 held on December 13, 2007. This chipset series also marks the return of AMD to the workstation/server market after the completion of the ATI acquisition in October 2006 with the first server chipsets.
The chipset series is targeted in three markets: the workstation/server market, the desktop market and the notebook market. Current information about the chipset series is very scarce, while the officially published information about the series is the server chipsets with two variants available, the AMD 890S chipset and the AMD 870S chipset, all of them paired with the SB700S series southbridge. The chipsets were supposed to support the codenamed "Montreal" processor made on 45 nm process, in Socket G3 package, supporting both unbuffered or buffered DDR3 (with Socket G3MX), HyperTransport 3.0 and IOMMU, all of them forming the codenamed "Piranha" server platform. However, as a result of shifted strategy, AMD abandoned plans for Socket G3 and G3MX completely and focused to deliver new server platforms. Also for uni-processor server platform, the combination of SR5580 (Originally codenamed "RS780") and SP5100 formed the codenamed "Catalunya" platform.
The codenamed "Fiorano" platform consists of codenamed "Istanbul" six-core processors, while "Istanbul" processors still feature Socket F+ and support dual-channel registered DDR2 memory, the platform supports HyperTransport 3.0 and IOMMU.
The codenamed "Maranello" platform consists of six-core "Sao Paolo" or twelve-core "Magny-Cours" processors. These two processors support a new socket called Socket G34 with four-channel DDR3 support, with other platform features such as HyperTransport 3.0 and IOMMU support.
The codenamed "Catalunya" platform consists of codenamed "Suzuka" quad-core processors, featuring Socket AM3 and support dual-channel registered DDR3 memory, the platform supports HyperTransport 3.0.
The codenames of the chipsets "RD890S", "RD870S" and "SB700S" has also changed to "SR5690", "SR5670" and "SP5100".
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