[citation][nom]ojas[/nom]Um, did Otellini whisper this in your ear? Please don't spread misinformation. Broadwell might skip the LGA socket but there's been little evidence to show that Haswell's the last LGA chip.Also, BGA chips need to be soldered to something, which will most probably be a motherboard by one of the you've named.[/citation]
READ, my friend.
I simply asked if ASUS, Gigabyte and MSI had anything to say about what their future plans are (however VAGUE they have been) WHEN Intel becomes BGA-only. I didn't say that "WHEN" is Haswell or Broadwell, or whatever generation. It is a well discussed possibility right now, since about the end of 2012. So far, there is no evidence for either plain continuation of LGA or complete transition to BGA, just meaningful discussions about possibilities.