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AMD Bulldozer

AMD introduced a chipset that is Zambiezi Bulldozer. And 2 new chipset with little difference from AMD series 8 and 9.

AMD’s upcoming 3 new chipset


* AMD 990FX – supports two PCIe 2.0 x16 slots (configurable as four PCIe 2.0 x8), six PCIe 2.0 x1 slots, one PCIe 2.0 x4 slots, to be paired with SB950 I / O controller;
* AMD 990X – supports one PCIe 2.0 x16 slots (configurable as two x8 PCIe 2.0), six PCIe 2.0 x1 slots;
* AMD 970 – supports one PCIe 2.0 x16 slots, to be paired with SB950 and SB920 I / O controllers;

2 latest Southbridge chipset.

* AMD SB950 – four PCIe 2.0 x1 slots, 14 USB 2.0 controllers, PCI bus, six Serial ATA-600 connectors with RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 support;
* AMD SB920 – two PCIe 2.0 x1 slots, 14 USB 2.0 controllers, PCI bus, six Serial ATA-600 connectors with RAID 0, 1, 10 support;

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AMD Bulldozer