CES '09: Morsels From Our Meetings

[cangelini]

Last week you heard from our news team, right from the CES 2009 show floor. Meanwhile, editorial was running around from one closed-door meeting to the next. Much of it will be fleshed out during the year, but here's a peek at what we can talk about.

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[neiroatopelcc]

So a new socket is planned for mainstream core i7 systems? If that's the case, why even invest in an x58 in the first place?

 

[squatchman]

Reading hard!

"Core i7 variant later this year with on-chip graphics, a different socket interface, and two channels of DDR3 memory support. "

It sounds like a crippled version of i7. Dual channel memory that takes DDR3 and some weak IGP? No thank you.

 

[enewmen]

At about that time, the socket LGA-1366 and LGA-1567 will be moving to server space while the LGA-1156 is for Desktop platforms. The good news is the Desktop platform when Sandy Bridge is released should be a lot faster for apps like games, recoding, etc. While the server platform will be better for databases, VMs, and other high-IO applications. I don't know yet if Sandy Bridge will be LGA-1156 or 1366, but I guess 1156.
.001 cents worth. Lots of info on the web.

 

[cangelini]

[citation][nom]squatchman[/nom]Reading hard!"Core i7 variant later this year with on-chip graphics, a different socket interface, and two channels of DDR3 memory support. "It sounds like a crippled version of i7. Dual channel memory that takes DDR3 and some weak IGP? No thank you.[/citation]

It's all about getting that architecture into the mainstream though, right. For as well as it performs, i7 is still an expensive proposition.

 

[JonnyDough]

Too expensive. Which is why Phenom II seems to be picking up a bit of steam. Intel always seems to have issues with socket changes.

 

[TwoDigital]

Reading through multiple web sites (including Intel's 2009 roadmap presentations) the socket 1366 is being targeted at 'enthusiast' users. They are also releasing a socket 1567 server connect (replacing the current Xeon socketj 771) and an entry-level socket 1160.

Rumor has it the 1160 will retain the dual-channel memory controller system. The current i7s are based on LGA 1366 and the high-end motherboards I would expect to stay that way for the foreseeable future.