Next gen intel chips

[evilbix]

I'm kind of curious about next revision of the intel processors. I'm very confused though. Doing research into it, it looks like intel is going with two different sockets, lga1160 and lga1366.

From my understanding the lga1160 will not have a north chipset, while the 1366 will be launching with X58 chipset. Does this mean that there will be no fsb overclocking on the 1160 platform?

Also, down the intel roadmap it looks like the 1366 platform will have a future in the 32nm revisions.

So my question is, why is intel going with two different platforms for desktops, and what advantages do these sockets offer?

 

[boomhower]

nobody really knows for sure yet. What it is looking like is the 1366 is for enthusiast(i.e. high priced) and 1160 for "normal" users. As far as if you will be able to OC 1160, that is still a hotly debated topic. I am in the camp of even if Intel tries to lock it down, the motherboard makers will find a way around it. I don't really see Intel doing it at this point. AMD may be down but this would certainly push a lot of people there direction. Even though we OCers represent a releatively small amount of direct income our recommendations to friends and family make up a much more significant amount and Intel knows this. I just don't see them going to that extreme until AMD is much more crippled than it is today.

 

[Aluvus]

Intel is migrating some of their processors to having an on-die memory controller (the component that interfaces directly with the RAM), similar to all mainstream AMD processors since the Athlon 64/Opteron launch. This provides some performance advantages over having the memory controller located in the Northbridge, which is the traditional arrangement and the one that Intel currently follows (Intel prefers the term Memory Controller Hub to Northbridge).

As to why they are only doing this for some of their processors, that is most likely because of the additional cost of integrating the memory controller. With a memory controller in a separate chip, it is up to the motherboard manufacturers to foot the bill.