LGA out after Intel Broadwell??

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http://translate.google.de/translat...umn/ubiq/20121122_574440.html?ref=rss&act=url

The article mentions Intel will be focusing more on SOC designs,will abandon tick-tock and LGA CPUs. AFAIK,the site is relatively well known in Japan.

How much of it is true,remains to be seen??

 

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Actually,this could all be down to what Anandtech reported earlier. Intel have over half their 22NM fabs going idle now,and if anything that means the expensive investment in 22NM is probably taking longer to pay off. The TDP reduction is going to be less important for desktops anyway,so by keeping the desktop CPUs on 22NM,that means they can use the 22NM fabs longer. On top of this this means,they will probably transition slower to 14NM and use this mostly for mobile devices,and this might end up more cost effective for them.

It seems a lot of the tech media missed this:

http://www.electronicsweekly.com/Ar...ning-delays-14nm-raises-fears-for-ireland.htm

14NM is being delayed by six months at the Ireland fab.

 

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Same source as referenced by Xbit labs, and posted about here:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18463347

I started my thread 4 days earlier than that one.

Saw about this on Gigabytes Facebook page, apparently Haswell will be the last to use a normal socket and the next gen will be soldered onto the MB

Edit!! It is referring to the rumour,so it is not an official statement from them.

 

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Its,OK!

I think the story only really picked up when the bigger sites published their view on it.

 

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According to TR,there might be a good chance that lower end Broadwell CPUs are soldered on:

http://techreport.com/news/24191/trusted-source-confirms-soldered-on-broadwell-cpus

So,it looks like budget PC builders who start with a cheaper CPU for the first year or two and then upgrade,are probably a bit screwed,if the news is true. OTH,it could be more for pre-builds,so hopefully a few lower end CPUs and motherboards will still have sockets.

 

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According to this article Intel with switch to BGA after 2016 for all mainstream CPUs:

http://wccftech.com/intel-offer-socketed-cpus-2016-skymont-onward-chips-ship-bga-packages/

That would mean the equivalent of socket 1155 and 1150 in 2016 will only have soldered CPUs.

 

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This hasn't been the case for quite a while now anyway since the introduction of K series chip, so enthusiasts are already paying for top end parts for overclock.

Quite a few people(including me) don't do this and so do most of my mates. Get a slightly better motherboard now with a cheaper CPU and 12 to 24 months down the line,when you have more dosh or the games require a better CPU,you get a better one at that point.

I did this with my previous socket 775 system and my current socket 1155 system.

For example an ATX B75 motherboard is around £50 to £60 and you can get Z77 ones for around £10 to £20 more.

Its the same with graphics cards. It might be common on enthusiast forums to spend £225 to £300 on graphics cards every few years,but I certainly know more people who don't spend more than £150 to £160 graphics card(me included),and might end up upgrading slightly more often.