The successor to the current high-end chipset for AM3+processors, the 990FX chipset, it would in 2012 be released and the logical name 1090FX board. In addition, it introduces the AMD 1070 chipset for the slightly lower segment.
Well before the introduction of the on the Bulldozer architecture based FX processors made AMD, the 990FX-, 990X and 970 chipsets available. In 2012, wants the AMD FX Bulldozers give an update: the chips with Piledriver cores should be available. For the new series of processors would be AMD again, the chipsets give an update in the form of the 10-series. The company would, according to DonanimHaber, the 1090FX and 1070 chipsets for 2012 on the schedule.
The processors with Piledriver cores would be in the first half of 2012 should be introduced, what it is likely that the chipsets in the first half. The 1090FX chipset offers twice x16 pci-express lanes for up to four graphics cards, while the 1070 chipset only one x16 interface provides two x8-switched video cards. The pci-express lanes follow the pci-express 2.0 standard, while the 7000-series Radeon graphics cards are expected to be pci-express 3.0-certified will be.
Pair that with the 1090FX and 1070 chipsets is delivered, a lot more modern. The SB1050-southbridge gets a achtpoorts sata-600 controller and integrated usb 3.0 controllers. The series 10 chipset from AMD will be backwards compatible with the current AM3+motherboards.
