Core I7\I5 Notebook CPU's

[jwalk6]

I just saw this.
The new Core I7\I5 Cpu's are going to be on a socket 988.

How do they do that? Don't we need those 150+ pins??



http://hothardware.com/Articles/Intel-Core-i7-Mobile-Processor-Launch-Review

 

[drescherjm]

Probably less reserved pins and less power pins.

Look at how many RSVD pins in the i7 1366. See page 43 of this:

http://download.intel.com/design/processor/datashts/320834.pdf

 

[Shadowssong]

http://www.anandtech.com/mobile/showdoc.aspx?i=3647