Intel's Core Brand Product Placement

[StrangleHold]

Apparently you didn't notice the question mark at the end of my sentence.?

I don't know for sure, I was kind of asking.

Doesn't it make sense that you can only get so much electricity and data
through "X" amount of pins?

Apparently you think the AM3 socket will eventually compete with Nehalem.?

Hum, A statement with a question mark?

Dont think the amount of pins are a issue since they removed 2 for AM3.

Never said anything about socket AM3 or Nehalem, was talking about socket AM2+.

But come to think about it. If Intel wasnt using (AMD) licence for Monolith dual and Quad core, onboard memory controller, AMD 64bit instructions. I would have a Phenom II and you would be using a 32bit P4 with Netburst. With Intels billions there research and development sucks.

I would not give Intel money if the Nehalem could make my Wife shutup!

 

[2048Megabytes]

Explain how it limits there progress. Tell me how the Pin layout will limit there progress, not what you think but how you would change the pin layout to improve the progress/performance.

Is AMD ever going to go away from pin grid array to land grid array? I think land grid array is beneficial because you don't have to worry about bending processor pins.

 

[StrangleHold]

Is AMD ever going to go away from pin grid array to land grid array? I think land grid array is beneficial because you don't have to worry about bending processor pins.

I dont really know why they havent, they should have done it when they went to Socket 939. There Server CPU/boards are.

Might be cost, the CPU would not be any cheaper without pins, but I say the boards Sockets are cheaper to produce to keep the cost down. Its just a Plastic socket with a platic heatsink bracket. Compared to the Boards land grid array socket.

But like what I was talking about above, if AMD ever needs more than 940 pins, they should really make the jump to LGA on there desktops CPUs. If it does happen, I say it will be after AM3+ socket. Dont know if its true, but heard that Socket/Processors AM3+ will have Quad channel memory.

Socket F/1207

 

[bomberboysk]

Is AMD ever going to go away from pin grid array to land grid array? I think land grid array is beneficial because you don't have to worry about bending processor pins.

Maybe when they have a large socket change like intel did with 775->1366, but the main reason i see they dont, is they are capitalizing on backward compatibility, while intel will have THREE different sockets without interchangeability between them. Just my opinion on it though..

 

[Bodaggit23]

Maybe sockets don't matter as much to the mainstream population?

When most people want to upgrade, they buy a whole new pc, and
they could care less what socket is on the board. They just want it
to do what they need it to do.

Enthusiasts aren't the ones setting market standards.

 

[bomberboysk]

Maybe sockets don't matter as much to the mainstream population?

When most people want to upgrade, they buy a whole new pc, and
they could care less what socket is on the board. They just want it
to do what they need it to do.

Enthusiasts aren't the ones setting market standards.

True, since over half the people who own computers probably dont even know what a socket is. Like they found in a market research study, people see bigger as more powerful. Thats why walmart sells/used to sell a computer with a pretty large sized case, but inside there is a small microatx board with a VIA c7 cpu in it and 1gb of memory.