Intel: We're Still Committed To Sockets

[stickmansam]

[citation][nom]beayn[/nom]This is why people should not be quoting SemiAccurate, which is where this whole thing began. That site is just a tabloid style site designed to get people riled up without actually reporting the truth. It stays true to its name, "Semi Accurate".[/citation]
http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/column/ubiq/20121122_574440.html
Original source, not Semi Accurate

 

[JonnyDough]

[citation][nom]Old_Fogie_Late_Bloomer[/nom]Don't worry, if you want a socketed processor, you can feel free to pay upwards of $500 for a Haswell-E chip.[/citation]

Considering the actual cost to research and manufacture each processor these days is probably (wildly guessing) around $18 or so I'd say that even $200 is a bit high.

 

[Old_Fogie_Late_Bloomer]

[citation][nom]esrever[/nom]LGA 2011 replacement will still use sockets. All the other parts, who knows![/citation]
When you say this, you get a +5.

[citation][nom]Old_Fogie_Late_Bloomer[/nom]Don't worry, if you want a socketed processor, you can feel free to pay upwards of $500 for a Haswell-E chip.[/citation]
When I say this, I get a -9.

Dafuq?

[citation][nom]JonnyDough[/nom]Considering the actual cost to research and manufacture each processor these days is probably (wildly guessing) around $18 or so I'd say that even $200 is a bit high.[/citation]
Of course it's too high, but that's how much a Intel Core i7-3930K (Sandy Bridge E) costs today, and I don't imagine that'll change for Ivy Bridge E and Haswell E (or whatever they end up calling them).

 

[Duckhunt]

It is going to happen. Just not yet. I expect BGA CPUs that are locked and you have to pay to unlock features. I think that there is going to be break through in CPU manufacturing where costs will fall. It will happen when they move away from silicon and to other exotic materials.

It will happen. It all depends on the R&D. Lets hope that Chinese put a fire under Intel and AMD to develop innovative ways to bring down the costs.

The folk I know tell me that don't be surprised when BGA CPUs become the mainstream and we get 1TB in memory and 500 TB drives as standard.

It won't be from silicon. So we have to wait. It is coming.

 

[halcyon]

^ How do you find these really old articles to comment on them?

 

[contrasia]

Not everyone can afford the top of the line CPUs, but not everyone wants the standard that the average user is ok with. For instance my board can support the top tier i7's, but they're £300 more which is unnecessary. I opted for an i5 Quadcore extreme instead, which worked out really well. I can upgrade later once the specific i7 i'm watching gets cheaper (To a pricetag I can accept). If they were BGAs, I wouldn't of been able to wait for the price to drop, because it'd only be the top tier stuff. I also would've of been able to of got above average in the meantime, because again, the limitation of the BGAs.

Sounds dumb to me. As previously mentioned by someone also, if the board goes, you have to throw everything out and start again. It actually works out much more expensive for the consumer since it'd be harder to replace the individual parts. Cheap on initial cost great, but instead of rep'ing one single part you endup buying a new machine later on. Sounds silly.

 

[mynith]

The only problem I can see is that when you eventually want to upgrade, the socket has become outdated, and you'll have to buy a new mainboard anyway. Having BGA's in off the shelf computers is not something that really concerns me. As long as LGA stays available to people who like to build their systems themselves, either to save cost or just to have something personal, all is well.