We've confirmed the plans for introduction 3.1GHz Phenom II 950 and this CPU is going to use the new AM3 socket. This finally brings DDR3 memory to the AMD platform, but at the same time it also means that 3GHz AM3 based Phenom 945 is delayed for almost a whole quarter.

Back in December, we've seen some plans that indicated that AM3 3GHz Phenom II 945 will show in February, but the new roadmap clearly shows that it will be pushed for Q2 2009.

Some slower AM3 parts will launch in February, and Phenom II 950 with 3.1GHz is going to be the fastest AMD’s quad core to be released to date. Both Phenom II 945 and 950 will have 125W TDP and as we mentioned many times before, AM3 processors will also work in many AM2+ motherboards but you will require a new bios and you want to check if your motherboard can take care of 125W CPUs to begin with.