Confused about Clovertons and RAM

[DeadSirius]

I thought I read somewhere that the new Cloverton chips will use RAM other than the FB-DIMMs that the Mac Pro currently requires. So if I load up my Mac Pro with memory, and I opt to surgically change out the Woodcrests for Clovertons when they're available, is my RAM screwed?

 

[suneohair]

I thought I read somewhere that the new Cloverton chips will use RAM other than the FB-DIMMs that the Mac Pro currently requires. So if I load up my Mac Pro with memory, and I opt to surgically change out the Woodcrests for Clovertons when they're available, is my RAM screwed?

No. Clovertowns will not use different memory.

 

[Krevnik]

That and the RAM support is still in the northbridge, not the CPU. So if you swapped out Clovertowns in your current Mac Pro, you will still need FB-DIMMs since that is what the chipset needs...

Now, Intel is moving away from FB-DIMMs in their server chipsets, but that might not happen for another year or so.