Although LGA (land grid array) and BGA (ball grid array) packaging seem quite similar – LGA packaging is basically BGA packaging without the solder balls – there are some significant differences that ...

Yesterday, a report emerged claiming that Intel is planning to release its upcoming 14-nanometer Broadwell architecture processors as a ball grid array (BGA) rather than an land grid array (LGA) ...

There has been much speculation in the industry about whether Intel will stop making LGA package processors in favour of BGA package processors. Well, this speculation may have some traction in the ...

– adapted to various socket locking systems: Twist lock, Knob lock, ZIF lock, Quicklock sockets – low profile solution: the adapter mounted together with the E-tec twist lock socket will only have a ...

For validating BGA and LGA devices with a 0.65-mm pitch, the company's latest hybrid socket adapter design deploys both male and female pins in an interstitial pattern. Its design provides the ...

AMD's statement that it will continue to support the enthusiast market with socket-friendly processor packaging appears to have tipped Intel's hand, with the chip giant finally breaking silence on the ...

Intel’s BGA processors are definitely going to become a bigger part of Intel’s portfolio in the future and by the looks of things these BGA packages are mainly designed to transform the bottom segment ...

Commenting on Intel's reported plans of abandoning CPU socket designs and changing to directly soldered CPUs after two years, Asustek Computer vice president and general manager of motherboard/desktop ...

Claiming a breakthrough in fine-pitch socket technology for validating BGA and LGA devices, the company's 0.5-mm pitch BGA socket adapter system employs both male and female pins in an interstitial ...

Intel is rumoured to be considering releasing its Broadwell processors in a single package type using a ball-grid array (BGA) layout - potentially putting an end to the days of user-replaceable ...

Mobile processors these days don't come with sockets like desktop CPUs, but they're still manufactured for a specific package type. The package for AMD's "Phoenix" and "Hawk Point" processors is ...