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Lower-end Broadwell CPUs may be soldered onto the motherboard

Lower-end Broadwell CPUs may be soldered onto the motherboard
  • Posted January 11, 2013, 1:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Hardware
  • Rumors surfaced late last year that Intel was planning to ditch socketed processors once Broadwell, the 14-nanometer successor to Haswell, is released. The chip giant ultimately denied the rumor, claiming they would offer socket CPUs for the foreseeable future. That…

Intel committed to socketed CPUs "for the foreseeable future"

Intel committed to socketed CPUs "for the foreseeable future"
  • Posted December 6, 2012, 1:00 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Hardware, Industry News
  • Intel has finally come forward to clear up some of the confusion generated by recent rumors that the company will transition to non-replaceable processors starting with Broadwell in 2014. In a statement emailed to Maximum PC, Intel spokesman Daniel Snyder…

AMD will remain committed to user-upgradeable CPUs

AMD will remain committed to user-upgradeable CPUs
  • Posted December 5, 2012, 11:30 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Hardware, Industry News
  • With rumors floating around that Intel might abandon LGA processor packages starting with Broadwell in 2014, AMD has chimed in to reassure enthusiasts that they remain committed to user-upgradeable chips. According to a company spokesperson, AMD has a long history…

Intel R&D envisions 10nm chips by 2015, already developing 14nm process

Intel R&D envisions 10nm chips by 2015, already developing 14nm process
  • Posted May 14, 2012, 12:00 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Industry News, Hardware
  • Intel just started shipping its first 22nm silicon with the release of Ivy Bridge in April, but the company is already looking ahead to the next advancements in process technology. In fact, the roadmap for 10nm, 7nm and 5nm processes…

Leaked slides detail Intel's 2013 Haswell architecture

Leaked slides detail Intel
  • Posted November 9, 2011, 6:00 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Hardware, Industry News
  • We're still roughly five months away from Sandy Bridge's die shrink, Ivy Bridge, but Intel is already preaching the virtues of its 2013 microprocessor technology. Codenamed Haswell, the architecture was first announced during September's IDF with limited info, but freshly…

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