It's the dawn of a new era for Intel. Tomorrow, they will officially launch the new Nehalem microarchitecture, the first microprocessor to be based on it - the Intel Core i7 processor and its attendant chipset - the Intel X58 Express. This new platform also introduces a new processor "socket", the LGA1366 (also known as Socket B), and a new interconnect, the QPI or QuickPath Interconnect.
Technical advances aside, the introduction of the new CPU socket means the new platform is not only imcompatible with LGA775 Intel processors but also the CPU coolers designed for that socket. Other than that, migrating from the LGA775 socket to the new LGA1366 socket should be easy for those who are already familiar with the Intel Core 2 processors. After all, it is just a larger version of the venerable LGA775 socket.
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Source: TechARP
Nov 15, 2008, 06:10 PM
