Intel will allow the LGA1700 socket to support multiple generations of processors
A few days ago it was 'confirmed' that Intel will change the socket for Alder Lake-S processors. This means that the LGA1200 socket will only be compatible with Comet Lake-S and Rocket Lake-S processors. Logically changing the socket so fast is not good for users, as normal. In this case, it is positive that Intel changes the socket so fast, since the LGA1700 will have backward compatibility.
Let's make it clear that this information is not official, it is a rumor, but the source 'NotebookCheck' is quite reliable. According to this medium, Intel proposes that this socket supports more than 2 generations of processors. So in the socket segment, Intel will start to emulate AMD's strategy.
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Intel LGA1700 will have a longer life
It seems that Intel is learning from the good that processors have brought AMD Ryzen to the market. In addition, users are tired of having to change motherboards with each processor generation even though they share the same socket. One of the points where the company is most criticized is this and it seems that in the new change of direction, they have listened to users.
In addition, it seems that it will also be a kind of compensation for the LGA1200 socket. The company has had to create a new socket to accommodate the Comet Lake-S and Rocket Lake-S. The LGA1151 socket was not intended to support more than 8 cores and PCIe Gen4.
The LGA1700 socket at the moment is little known and we only know that it will arrive in 2021 with the new 10nm processors. A lithograph, the one at 10nm, that will only last a generation on desktop processors, as it will then jump to 7nm.
Note that the LGA1700, according to rumors, has been developed to support processors based on the ARM big.LITTLE architecture. This architecture combines low-power cores with high-performance cores. Rumors indicate that low-power Gracemont cores will be mixed with high-performance Golden Cove cores. This makes us think of modular processors. Come on, Intel is on the way to copying the AMD Ryzen in every way.
Source: TPU
