Report: Intel to kill off socket CPUs with Broadwell

[erik]

http://semiaccurate.com/2012/11/26/intel-kills-off-the-desktop-pcs-go-with-it/

I don't think that would be the end of Hackintosh, per se, as long as the mobo/cpu combinations were hackable. But if true this isn't good news. I'm skeptical. Seems like a large market share to simply lose? Why not create socket versions with pins of the same CPUs and sell them at a higher cost?

 

[Einsteiniac]

http://semiaccurate.com/2012/11/26/intel-kills-off-the-desktop-pcs-go-with-it/

I don't think that would be the end of Hackintosh, per se, as long as the mobo/cpu combinations were hackable. But if true this isn't good news. I'm skeptical. Seems like a large market share to simply lose? Why not create socket versions with pins of the same CPUs and sell them at a higher cost?

I just read another article that the Japanese source was mistranslated. Essentially what it was meant to convey that Haswell will be Desktop then Broadwell will be a laptop only upgrade. In the meantime higher clocked or V2 instances of Haswell will still be shipping for desktops. After that the desktops will see their proper upgrade with the Skylake chips. So it sounds like Haswell will be around for a good long while in the desktop market.

 

[poetkingtn]

This is going to make Hacintosh tougher... Intel plan to no longer make replaceable CPUs.

http://www.zdnet.com/intel-preparing-to-put-an-end-to-user-replaceable-cpus-7000008024/?s_cid=e539

So if we can only buy motherboards from Intel......

Or we have less processor choices....

How we going to Hackintosh in the future?

 

[Jotokun]

I think the rumors that Broadwell is a mobile oriented chipset are accurate. We dont have anything to worry about... at least for now.

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012...-for-socketed-cpus-for-the-forseeable-future/