CPU socket sizes

[BiggerBluer]

Ok so as we all know different generations of cpu's have different sockets. ex) 4790k has a LGA 1150 while the 5820k has a LGA 1150-3. My question is why cant we keep progressing cpu's architecture but keep the same socket? I feel like we the consumer would benefit greatly from having a "standard socket size". I don't see the major technology advancements in changing the sockets every year or two. I understand that we need to occasionally upgrade our sockets but I think it's getting a bit crazy. Comment your opinions

 

[Blueberries]

Because it's not the size of the socket that's changing it's the number of pins. In some cases you actually CAN use the wrong processor in the wrong socket so long as you pull out the right pins and ground the correct pins. This is also incredibly risque and requires extreme technical knowledge.

Later, much after the release of Knight's Landing, consumer CPUs will also increase in size to accompany integrated RAM

 

[BiggerBluer]

So basically when they make the cpu's each generation they purposely change the layout of the pins to cause us to upgrade our motherboards? Or is there a actual advantage to moving pins in different positions? This is a pretty far out there question so don't dig too deep into it

 

[Blueberries]

...both?

 

[viewtyjoe]

Sometimes you just need a different pin layout to make your architectural improvements work. Intel's been on their Tick-Tock strategy for a while now, which alternates between new architectures (and sockets) and die shrinks (more transistors in same space.) It's also planned obsolescence, so if you want a newer CPU, you have to get a new motherboard as well, and so on and so forth. AMD's had the same two major sockets for several years now, and their CPUs aren't nearly as good in some part due to it.

You need different pin layouts when you significantly change how the processor is designed/layed out, and that's just the sum of it. Unfortunately, regular socket changes are here to stay until we reach the practical limits of photon-based lithography, at least.

 

[gangrel]

To make things worse, sockets themselves may be going away:

http://wccftech.com/intel-broadwell-skylake-bga-package-intel-focused-soc-mobile-chips-mainstream-cpus/

 

[Blueberries]

To make things worse, sockets themselves may be going away:

http://wccftech.com/intel-broadwell-skylake-bga-package-intel-focused-soc-mobile-chips-mainstream-cpus/

Intel is doing both integrated and non-integrated processors with its latest releases, they'll probably keep that model and offer both.

 

[BiggerBluer]

I get the feeling that high end desktop cpu's are becoming a second thought for intel. Maybe they know that they can't push the technology further? Who knows, but hopefully IBM will pump out there new cpu technology soon