I have some question about intel cpu

[darkbee]

why intel doesnt make 478 socket CedarMil??

if they make it, too many people will buy cedarmil , even though

it cant use 64bit performance

 

[Scout]

It's a combination of some technical reasons but mostly it's marketing. Intel certainly could host the Cedar Mill in a 478 format if they wanted to, but by continually changing the socket, they assure themselves and the industry of continual upgrade and renewal, and that's worth a lot of money.

Technically, the trend over time has been to put more pins on the CPU. Most of these pins put power into the chip and you can understand why they need that! Dual channel on chip memory controllers on Athlon's also drive a lot pins to carry those signals along with the separate pins for the FSB - hence 939 pins.

 

[MadModMike]

It's a combination of some technical reasons but mostly it's marketing. Intel certainly could host the Cedar Mill in a 478 format if they wanted to, but by continually changing the socket, they assure themselves and the industry of continual upgrade and renewal, and that's worth a lot of money.

Technically, the trend over time has been to put more pins on the CPU. Most of these pins put power into the chip and you can understand why they need that! Dual channel on chip memory controllers on Athlon's also drive a lot pins to carry those signals along with the separate pins for the FSB - hence 939 pins.

Which brings into the problem of Dual Memory Controllers and Quad Channel RAM, but we won't go there in this thread .

~~Mad Mod Mike, pimpin' the world 1 rig at a time

 

[Heyyou27]

The same reason ATI and Nvidia don't make their fastest cards for AGP.