Intel Commits to Socketed CPU

Intel released a statement that it will continue to produce and support socketed LGA CPUs for the foreseeable future.

This comes after AMD's release of a similar statement that they will continue support socketed CPUs and rumors that the BGA platform would be socket-less.

For more information and the full statement, please visit MaximumPC's site.

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/intel_says_company_committed_sockets2012

AMD vs Intel - CPU Sockets

AMD has released a statement saying that they will continue to support the DIY and enthusiast desktop market with socketed CPUs through 2014.

"AMD has a long history of supporting the DIY and enthusiast desktop market with socketed CPUs and APUs that are compatible with a wide range of motherboard products from our partners. That will continue through 2013 and 2014 with the 'Kaveri' APU and FX CPU lines," Gary Silcott, Corporate Communications of AMD Client Products, told Kirsch in an email. "We have no plans at this time to move to BGA only packaging and look forward to continuing to support this critical segment of the market." - MaximumPC.com

This was released amid rumors that Intel is looking toward socket-less CPUs for their future generation processors.  This would basically mean the motherboard would have the CPU physically soldered from the factory, which would make future upgrades or replacements, at the very least, extremely difficult.