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Looks like future mainstream Intel CPUs will not be interchangeable and will be soldered onto the motherboard. Although the article says that it is likely that high-end desktop platforms will still remain in the LGA (interchangeable) package.

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yay

Good riddance. The new phones coming out with the new intell mobile and Nvidia chipsets are quad core 2.5 CPU phones.

We're moving towards a future were even a cheap phone can run 3ds max and after effects, how exciting.

plus they have HDMI out, and you hook up and mouse and keyboard with bluetooth.

I guess what I'm saying is, once a motherboard comes with all of the pieces built in, because it's faster/cheaper/ it just makes more sense, they parts will become more and more affordable anyways.

The sky is falling for the home build hobbyist.

Ever wondered why you keep throwing away your video card? Be prepared to throw away whole motherboards + integrated CPU when a component goes faulty. If applied to our current desktop ATX form factor, servicibility goes down, more waste. It's a regression. Remember the abandoned "Slot" series CPU (limited cooling option and iffy slot connections) and ATX PSU reverse exhaust fan standards (which actually made internal case temp hotter)?

In a clever way, it might increase demand for their CPUs when you have to practically marry it directly to the motherboard with BGAs (which is almost impossible to de-solder/re-solder without proper equipments). The ability to retain a working CPU and just swap out a faulty mobo will cease to be an option. Now all they need to do is sell the idea to mobo manufacturers under the guise of a win-win scenario.

Personally, I couldn't care less if they apply this to mobile devices .... but when it comes to desktop/servers, it's a HUGE turn off.

pretty much this, not to mention ram.

No customisation in future means (buy new computer for every new game after relase) But in other way procesors and software become solid and stable things, with current strong new CPU you are safe for years.

Its like my few years old AMD x2 4800+ procesor it can hande most modern games designed for dx9, at last can cary two EvE clients in multi box, or games like old crysis, and some new modern games, still big reserve...

Internet goes out, no access to your data. Router goes out, no access to your data. Network cable goes out, no access to your data. Particularly bad thunderstorm and your wifi may be interupted. Cable breaches anywhere along the 10 to 10,000 mile distance between you and whereever the cloud data is stored, no access to your data. Sandy, even though you don't live anywhere near where it happened, no access to your data.

It baffles me how cloud proponents can't see on how many different places this entire thing can go wrong and block access to your data.

Local storage, local computing will never, ever go away since it gives a level of control that at least a small part of the market will never want to give up (including, i bet, a large part of the EVE populace). Cloud storage is, in my opinion, good as a supplemental but never as a replacement. It's like storing all your stuff 1000 miles away from you and being dependant on the weather, truck drivers, general traffic and even political situations if you want to retrieve a critical bank document or even a cup of coffee. IMHO it''s ridiculous. Not to mention the obvious security issues here, where strangers will always have access to your data beyond your control whereas storing it locally gives you some peace of mind that at least you know where it is and who has access to it.

Of course, if people want to blindly trust cloud storage, go ahead, it'll only make the moment where i say "told you so" a hell of a lot sweeter.





As for the actual topic - There are valid business reasons for Intel to do this, but ultimately they're taking away control from a not insignificant part of the market (home builders and the server market, aswell as some major OEM's). This move will drive a lot of people to AMD or, if they don't manage to survive that long, a lawsuit against a monopoly. It will also help ARM grow a hell of a lot most likely.

This move can only hurt Intel financially in the long run. It seems like they decided to push their current advantage just one step too far, thinking they can get away with it. I'm fairly certain that Microsoft and NVidia will also take issue with this as this means they lose a lot of influence over the hardware market, meaning that Intel will lose even more support.

If AMD can survive the next 2 years, i'm fairly sure that they will slowly be able to gain the upper head in the CPU market, or possibly sharing it with ARM, where Intel will slowly switch into the position AMD is currently in.

This will be quite unfortunate for people like me who like building computers. Also if a CPU ever fails, not only would I have to get a new CPU, but I'd also have to get a new motherboard. The same would be true if something fails on the motherboard. I'd have to pay for a new CPU as well. What a hassle this is going to be.

hmmm the happy days of choosing between
intel, AMD, PowerPC, CYRIX :D