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Next Gen Intel CPUs Move To Yet Another Socket

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the consistency-is-stupid dept.

mr_sifter writes "According to a leaked roadmap, next year we'll be saying hello to LGA1155. The socket is 1-pin different from the current LGA1156 socket Core i3, i5, and some i7s use. Sandy Bridge CPUs will be based on the current 32nm, second-generation High-k metal gate manufacturing process. All LGA1155 CPUs will have integrated graphics built into the core instead of a separate chip. This is an upgrade from the current IGP, PCI Express controller and memory controller in Clarkdale CPUs. which is manufactured on the older 45nm process in a separate die (but still slapped together the same package). This should improve performance, as all the controllers will be in one die, like existing LGA1366 CPUs."

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  1. What GMA stands for by tepples · · Score: 1, Funny

    All LGA1155 CPUs will have integrated graphics built into the core

    Will the new integrated GPU have performance even on par with a Wii's GPU, or is it the same GMA (i.e. "Graphics My Ass") that's been built into Intel boards for years?

  2. One freaking pin?! by Hatta · · Score: 3, Funny

    How about you design the next socket with twice as many pins as you think you'll need? Then we won't run out and have to buy a whole new motherboard when we just want a faster CPU.

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    1. Re:One freaking pin?! by GungaDan · · Score: 3, Funny

      The new one has one FEWER pin than the current socket. So obviously next time they should either design one with a single removable pin, or no pins at all.

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  3. Get a Mac by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    No more CPU upgrades problems! /duck

    (only half-kidding, though)