BAD HARDWARE WEEK

Transition difficulties seems.
Merom will initially support one of the current Core Duo and Core Solo processor sockets to maintain compatibility with the Napa notebook platform (both processors are available in 478-pin mPGA and 479-pin mBGA packages). And next year, it will move to another socket with the Santa Rosa platform.

So, if you have 478 pin socket that was used for 32bit Yonah and Napa chipset on mobo that doesn't know what is 64 bit, how Intel plans to deploy 64bit Merom through that genuine 32bit infrastructure and 32bit memory controller on chipset? Translated from cryptic Intel's English: Merom will be effectively 32bit due to 478 pin socket until 1H 2007 and Santa Rosa platform. If you need 64bit mobile, don't wait for the next generation 32bit Merom, take AMD Turion. Now. But be causious, that is pure anti semitism.
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