Intel 'preparing' to put an end to user-replaceable CPUs

[DeaconFrost]

If my thoughts are true the choices would be very limited.

I don't think there needs to be as many choices. Do we really need all the various processors that we have now? Take a look in the Intel Ark to see how many revisions and steppings there are. What I see happening is Intel creating a low, mid, and high end proc, and then pairing it with one or two chipsets. For example, an H61 and a P67. That gives a potential of six choices, and that could be trimmed to 5 by eliminating the high end chip on the lower chipset. Now each manufacturer can take those proc and chipset combo, and do with them as they see fit...maybe add extra features, like SLI, onboard wireless, etc. You could still do mini, micro, or full ATX, with various feature differences between them with respect to the size of the PCB.

When you lay it all out, this decision wouldn't be very limiting at all.

 

[Layback Bear]

I just prefer as many choices as I can get. I just don't want to go the way Henry Ford did. Chose any color car you want as long as it is black.

 

[DeaconFrost]

I don't think that would be a real worry. Right now, if you ask me, we have too many choices. Trimming that down a bit, without cutting out any manufacturer wouldn't hurt anyone.

 

[alphanumeric]

Fine with me as long as AMD doesn't follow suit.

Seriously though, that can't be good for the build it yourself crowd.

 

[x BlueRobot]

First Microsoft with Windows 8 and now Intel with processors; what is happening?

 

[M1GU31]

Watch AMD start making bank now

 

[LittleJay]

Watch AMD start making bank now

Oh for sure! They will suddenly be the only ballgame in town for system builders if Intel takes that route.

 

[NoN]

I don't think that would be a real worry. Right now, if you ask me, we have too many choices. Trimming that down a bit, without cutting out any manufacturer wouldn't hurt anyone.

You surely mean trimming like that:

Next Unit of Computing

 

[AC]

Don't care, as long as AMD doesn't do it.

 

[theveterans]

If Intel does this, AMD will definitely gain more customers especially PC enthusiasts.

 

[Sardonicus]

I could be wrong, but it sounds like a bone-headed move.

 

[JerometheGiraff]

The Desktop PC is going to be a niche market, mostly for high knowledgeable Computer users.

 

[lkgriffith]

If the big guys didn't make mistakes, there wouldn't be much room for the little guys to enter the field and eventually become one of the big guys. In my experience, the bigger you are the bigger your mistakes and the harder your fall. Especially when you decide that you can dictate to the universe what will and won't be permitted. When you fall, and you will, you make room for the ones who have better ideas and who are more agile.

 

[x BlueRobot]

The Desktop PC is going to be a niche market, mostly for high knowledgeable Computer users.

I would consider the desktop market to already be a niche market, since many consumers never even consider buying a desktop, but instead go to the nicest looking laptop, even though it may be the worst product in the store.

 

[jimbo45]

The Desktop PC is going to be a niche market, mostly for high knowledgeable Computer users.

Hi there
it already is -- unless you are a Gamer or someone who just likes building computers who these days actually BUYS a desktop -- Laptops maybe and as there's almost nothing you can do to a laptop mobo other than possibly change the HDD and add more RAM this whole CPU deal is not relevant at all to most users - and in fact even for "Modders and Prodders" with a CPU thrown into the equation possibly there'll be some better offers on MOBO / CPU combos.

IMO 99% of technolgy hardware updates result in CHEAPER, BETTER products so I'm not sure what all the fuss is about anyway.

Cheers
jimbo

 

[tlarseth]

The Desktop PC is going to be a niche market, mostly for high knowledgeable Computer users.

Hi there
it already is -- unless you are a Gamer or someone who just likes building computers who these days actually BUYS a desktop -- Laptops maybe and as there's almost nothing you can do to a laptop mobo other than possibly change the HDD and add more RAM this whole CPU deal is not relevant at all to most users - and in fact even for "Modders and Prodders" with a CPU thrown into the equation possibly there'll be some better offers on MOBO / CPU combos.

Actually most of my sales are tablets now, I can't seem to get Desktops or Laptops to sell anymore, this time last year Laptops would sale faster than I could get them in.

Also, since this would cut overall production costs, guess what in today's business world that means raising the price to watch a bigger profit comes i, not to mention that with the CPU integrated directly and not socketed in, they would hold a larger price tag on it, first to see how it is done, then to implement it overall company wide.

 

[King Arthur]

Guess I'm going AMD whenever I have to eventually get a new machine.

EDIT: Also, f*ck you Intel.

 

[logicearth]

Some people are taking this way to seriously. First, Intel is not killing their desktop line. Second Broadwell is way off in the future release after Ivy-Bridge-E, Haswell, both of which will have desktop versions and use sockets. Not to mention we just got Sandy-Bridge-E, we will be well taken care of on the desktop side of things well beyond the release of Broadwell.

All of you are buying into this bulls* and panicing like all the doom sayers want. All you have to do is step back and analyze the situation logically and rationally to realize all of you are over reacting.

Again, we will have three current generation desktop processors well before and after the release of Broadwell. Sandy-Bridge-E, Ivy-Bridge-E, and Haswell.

 

[DeaconFrost]

I meant trimming down the choices overall. For example, I don't think we need all the various revisions of processors. Take a look at how many i3 processors there are.

 

[FuturDreamz]

Yeah, Intel doesn't nee all of the revisions that are just clock boosts. They should've skipped the 2100 and 2105 and gone straight to the 2120 and 2125, for example.