AMD's future

[Asus]

Anand has a writeup about AMD's direction and some Barcelona info.

Good to know that there will be future compatibilty for the current platform. Should be able to have an upgrade path for another year or two.

The pinout of Socket-AM2 and Socket-AM2+ is identical, and likewise Socket-1207 and 1207+, and thus the same Agena or Barcelona will work in both sockets, which is how AMD is able to guarantee full backwards compatibility with current AM2 and 1207 motherboards. If you do buy a new motherboard that uses either Socket-AM2+ or 1207+, you will get some additional functionality.