Next Gen Intel CPUs Move To Yet Another Socket 254
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."
What GMA stands for (Score:2, 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?
One freaking pin?! (Score:4, 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.
Re:One freaking pin?! (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.
Get a Mac (Score:1, Funny)
No more CPU upgrades problems! /duck
(only half-kidding, though)