While visiting the company's partners here, Heye confirmed that the processor design change was one of the reasons contributing to the delayed launch of AMD's new-generation K8 processors. However, he indicated that the latest design will not have any impact on product plans of chipset and motherboard companies.
Hoping to earn an earlier time-to-market, many chipset designers and board manufacturers started developing supporting products long ago, with some companies having even finished their product designs already.
Source: DigiTimes