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Looking at Intel's New-ish Desktop Socket, LGA 1366

Posted by timothy on from the odd-number-of-RAM-sticks-means-cognitive-dissonance dept.

Slatterz writes "LGA 1366 is Intel's first new desktop socket in four years. It uses the same ZIF design as the familiar LGA 775 architecture, but it incorporates many more contacts. These big architectural changes are backed up by some less visible advances. Until now, Intel's quad-core processors have been constructed from two dual-core dies, but now Core i7 brings together four cores on a single die. It's also Intel's first processor design to use an L3 cache, shared between all four cores."

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  1. I realised /. was slow sometimes... by sznupi · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...but c'mon.

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  2. Uh, what? by pathological+liar · · Score: 4, Funny

    This might have been news 7 or 8 months ago when the chips were released.

    What's next? ATX Power Supplies Explained? "Plugs into any ordinary wall socket! Flick the switch and it turns on! Use it to power your computer! You'll see them turning up in shops any day now!"

    1. Re:Uh, what? by Norsefire · · Score: 3, Funny

      Right after they announce Tim Berners-Lee's new invention. I heard it's going to change the world.

    2. Re:Uh, what? by LordKronos · · Score: 3, Funny

      Flick the switch and it turns on!

      I've heard some of the newer designs are using pushbuttons instead of switches. I know....it sounds absurd, but apparently it's true.

  3. Metaphor by goldaryn · · Score: 4, Funny

    "LGA 1366 is Intel's first new desktop socket in four years. It uses the same ZIF design as the familiar LGA 775 architecture, but it incorporates many more contacts

    Bigger number! Woo-hoo! With the POWER of MATHS I can tell you ...1366 over 775 = 76% better!

    Reminds me of when I upgraded my disposable razor from one with 3 blades to 4 FREAKING BLADES!!!11!1

    I get 33% more hot babes now.. FUCK YEAH

    (Yeah, yeah, 33% of 0....)

    1. Re:Metaphor by faragon · · Score: 1, Funny

      From 3 to 4 blades? Come on!

    2. Re:Metaphor by cripkd · · Score: 1, Funny

      4 blades? Why are you leaving in the stone age? Why don't you use a knife instead? We have upgraded to 6 (yes, SIX) blades like for... months!!! Best sell your flintstone car and buy an SUV. They will be the next big thing.

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    3. Re:Metaphor by L4t3r4lu5 · · Score: 2, Funny

      I can shave so quickly with my new R^hAzor that the last four letters of the name accelerate faster than the first one!

      Whooosh!

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  4. Re:Not the new desktop socket by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    LGA 1366 has a tripe-channel memory controller

    Can't be that bad, surely.

  5. 2008's news again... by ricky-road-flats · · Score: 4, Funny

    And I thought Australia was 12 hours ahead of us!

    1. Re:2008's news again... by schwartzg · · Score: 3, Funny

      It has nothing to do with timezones and everything to do with distance. Boats powered by magazine editors have only now reached Australia, but since we have the internet we learned of their arrival at the same time they arrived. It makes perfect sense.

  6. Oblig. Comic Reference by L4t3r4lu5 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm afraid ATX supplies won't be needed when the new wireless platform that never needs to be charged is released.

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  7. Slashdot EMERGENCY!!! Call the PARAMEDICS NOW!!!!1 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Wake me up with there is something worth posting to Slashdot

    Try this.

  8. Re:It *is* absurd by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Try pushing and holding the button for 3-5 seconds, JACKASS!

  9. Re:Slashdot EMERGENCY!!! Call the PARAMEDICS NOW!! by MBaldelli · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wake me up with there is something worth posting to Slashdot

    Try this.

    Holy hell.. This is clearly proof that the Gene Pool is in serious need of a fungicide.

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