Socket AM2 might support DDR 3 as well

THERE is a big possibility that existing socket AM2 CPUs might just be able to support the upcoming DDR3 memory. That is the 2007 marchitecture but we spoke with a few people that believe that DDR 3 specification is so close to DDR 2 that it might just work. It is technically possible, it should be.

AMD or the motherboard manufacturers should do some BIOS tweaks to make it happen but the bottom line is that it could be done.

There is a big indication that DDR 3 ram modules might be identical to DDR 2 ones. So there is a big chance that you will be able to plug the new memory in the old slots. Still knowing how the industry goes we could expect that there might be either the new chipset revision or more likely socket AM2 tweak or re-spin to make the support. We know that chipset doesn't have to do anything with the memory but Nvidia did introduce MCP 55 a new chipset that will support DDR 2 capable socket AM2.