News

Some low-end Broadwell CPUs may be soldered to motherboards

There was a rumour late last year that Haswell’s successor will have CPUs soldered on to the motherboard itself. Intel later gave a statement, where they didn’t really deny it properly.

Tech Report’s sources told them that some Broadwell processors will be permanently soldered on the motherboards, but this would be limited to only low-end Broadwell processors, which will not have an LGA socket counterpart in the market at all. As far as what has been told, LG  socket mountable processors will not be ditched, at least according to the roadmap till 2016 at the very least.

This may lead to concerns among some motherboard manufacturers, especially when it comes to handling RMAs and repairs of the units with integrated low-end Broadwell processors.

Roshan Ashraf Shaikh

Disqus Comments Loading...

Recent Posts

Intel Unveils Core 200H Processors Based on the Previous Raptor Lake Refresh

Without any formal announcement, Intel appears to have revealed its new Core 200H series processors…

1 hour ago

Ubisoft Reportedly Developing a New Quadruple A Game

Ubisoft is not having the best of times, but despite recent flops, the company still…

2 hours ago

STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl Update 1.1 Fixes 1,800 Issues and Revamps A-Life 2.0

If you haven’t started playing STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl yet, now might be the…

2 hours ago

Report: Microsoft Developing Cross-platform Interface for Xbox Games on Other Platforms

According to Windows Central journalist Jez Corden, Microsoft is reportedly working on a cross-platform interface…

2 hours ago

Nintendo Switch Sales Surpass PlayStation 2 in the United States

In recent months, gamers have been closely monitoring Nintendo Switch sales as the console edges…

19 hours ago

Helldivers II Adds Killzone 2 Collaboration

Despite Helldivers II's popularity, fans have long felt the game lacked collaborations. Nearly a year…

1 day ago