Really enjoying this discussion. Can someone remind me what 'TIM' is really?
Thanks,
Duncan
On 06/30/2013 16:01, Jin-Wei Tioh wrote:
At 06:09 PM 6/29/2013, you wrote:
Yes. There was a slide "leaked" last year that showed a particular
segment
of Intel's roadmap appearing in BGA-only format, and a lot of people
took
that to mean that LGA is dead and you'll no longer be able to buy a
CPU as a
discrete component--at least from Intel. This has been widely
regarded as
nonsense. There will be BGA-only parts, just as with Haswell, but
Intel has
no plans to discontinue LGA:
"Intel remains committed to the growing desktop enthusiast and
channel markets, and will continue to offer socketed parts in the LGA
package for the foreseeable future for our customers and the
Enthusiast DIY
market," Intel spokesman Daniel Snyder told Maximum PC.
The bigger concern is that the desktop market overall (notice the
qualified
segments in the quote above) is shrinking, and therefore being
de-emphasized
in favor of mobile. That is far more concerning to me than the hyperbole
around Intel's BGA plans.
Well, I thought that meant no LGA Broadwell parts, ie. when Intel
introduces
Broadwell in BGA only, Haswell-refresh will continue carrying the LGA
banner
until Skylake arrives.
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