Intel's Haswell May Be Last Interchangeable Desktop CPU?

[Guest]

I'll switch to AMD. There chips aren't that slow.

 

[WINTERLORD]

it would make since for intel to do such a thing. because they would need less manufacturing lines to do all mobile and the processor market simplified for them on a board. also too they would probably grab a huge slice of the motherboard market

 

[WINTERLORD]

well AMD may have to follow suit to compete with pricing

 

[ceh4702]

It might be said that Intel makes too many CPU's. So do they want a monopoly on CPU Coolers also? I think Intel was kind of embarrased when people started taking apart their Ivy Bridge processors to prove that they needed better packaging because they were running hot. This might make sense for retail computers where companies like DELL want to offer an i-3, i-5, or i-7 and dont offer many choices. For that matter, why dont they solder the ram to the motherboard as well. Also if you are making tablets, maybe that makes a more stable motherboard package.

 

[ceh4702]

This could make it hard for overclockers. You cant send just the processor or just the mothrboard back.

 

[mcknzy]

If true this will give AMD a big boost.

 

[Pherule]

It's supposed to be called Ponywell, not Broadwell. Why they changed it is beyond me, but Ponywell sounds 10x better.

Nice troll. It was, is, and always will be Rockwell in my opinion.
Why are anonymous posts allowed here anyway?

 

[SuperGamerBoy]

No need of BGA socket. Lga is better!

 

[patrick_wohlk]

I don´t think this can be true, as mentioned in the comments, motherboard manifactures would be dead, because they wont be able to keep up a decent line of motherboards with different processors.

 

[icraft]

If this happened I would cry.

 

[Idonno]

I don't see it, at least not to the degree that this article seems to suggest.
Laptops have been using integrated components for a very long time so if a few cheap desktops start using soldered CPU's that wouldn't surprise me much and AMD could and would happily fill that slot for builders.

So while I can certainly see the possibility of some pre-built PC's having integrated CPU's. There will always be a place for system builders and non-integrated components, CPU's included.

While I have no doubt the author of this article is accurately reporting what he found, I also think what there is to be found on this issue is at this point mostly just speculative, sensationalist propaganda masquerading as news. Time will tell.

 

[mrademakers]

intel is screwing themselves over

 

[jlab]

Just try doing a ball grid array with a soldering iron ;-)

 

[ct001]

This will actually be good for the desktop market in the long run. It'll allow much faster iterations of chipsets and memory. It'll also pave the way for unified memory between GPUs and CPUs (which will open up a whole slew of new algorithms/approaches to games and computing in general). It'd be great to be able to buy (for example) an Asus motherboard with an integrated CPU/GPU/RAM setup, say like an i7 with a 770 and 32g of shared memory. It'll make for better drivers, better performance, and better prices (or perhaps just larger margins for some companies).