AMD chipset roadmap update

With Phenom II coming early next year AMD is reportedly tweaking their roadmap for early '09 to accompany the new CPUs. DigiTimes is reporting that the company will unveil a new 760G integrated chipset based on their RS780 IGP next month. The chipset will continue to support DX10 but will not support unified video decoder or Hybrid CrossFire. HDMI and DisplayPort support will also be removed. According to DigiTimes the 760G chipset will be coming next month accompanied by a new SB710 South Bridge and will replace AMD's 740G in their lineup. 

DigiTimes also mentions that upgraded 790FX and 790GX chipsets will also be released with AM3-compatibility. Considering that many of today's 790FX and GX motherboards are forward-compatible with AM3 via a simple BIOS update, this likely refers to DDR3-capable variants, as we know AMD's 8-series chipsets have been pushed back to debut in 2H'09. In fact DigiTimes says the latest AMD roadmap calls for a RD890/SB800 launch in Sept, while an RS880 IGP chipset with SB710 will arrive in May or June 2009.