Mysterious LGA socket

[ajaidev]

This is under full NDA i was told i cant take a picture of the full socket.

The socket itself seemed to be somewhat larger than the 1366 but not sure because of the empty area in the middle.
the mobo itself was impressive, simple looking but had modern features integrated. You will see these about early next year i have been told and will initially support 2 types of processors.

[NaeKuh]

This is under full NDA i was told i cant take a picture of the full socket.

The socket itself seemed to be somewhat larger than the 1366 but not sure because of the empty area in the middle.
the mobo itself was impressive, simple looking but had modern features integrated. You will see these about early next year i have been told and will initially support 2 types of processors.

everyone say it with me.

Quad Socket Octocore Becktons!

http://www.semiaccurate.com/2009/08/...cores-and-all/

It looks like a socket for becktons, and all that stuff in the middle is for a 4x + QPI bridge.

[sholvaco]

Can't possibly be LGA 1567 since pins run the entire surface of that socket while the OP photo shows a hollow center area like with current ones, not to mention "Beckton" boards use a different mounting mechanism:



My guess: s1366 succesor for high end desktop, single and dual socket server/workstation Sandy Bridge platform.

[xdan]

I think, it these pics are real, LGA 1156 could support LGA 1155 processors( i mean 1 pin less, the socket will have 1 pin free)...hope that socket 1156 to last until Ivy bridge. And socket 1155 will not support LGA 1156 processors.
Socket 1366 might be replace.
Anyway for now a 8 core processor( 20MB cache) has in my opinion no use because programs are not optimezed for something like these...