GPU socket on a motherboard, why not? Put the direct connects to the CPU and RAM.

Or modify PCI-E to make PCI-G, a Graphics only interface.

I wonder how Intel are going to attach Larrabee to the motherboard? Will they use hot air, brown nosing and fantasy, or will they put a GPU socket?

Any bets on Intel using a GPU socket on the next gen motherboards?

The logic in this article is somewhat questionable... the highend desktop (enthusiast) market will be hit because of the financial problems, yet no mention of how AMD will be significantly hit by this same mess in the one area they have a lead (4P+ server).

And yet no mention of what will likely be hit the most by the financial mess, mid and high end notebooks, especially in the corporate market. (NB's are now the largest and most significant CPU revenue stream)

2009 SHOULD be the year of a new wave of tech standards emerging. So I want mobo's with USB 3.0, Firewire S1600/S3200 ports (and hopefully PCIe 3.0).

2009.....i want cheap LGA1366 core i7 motherboards that still retain OC ability, and when i mean 'cheap' i mean under 150 pounds.

i want 40nm graphics by spring, i want cheap DDR3 by the summer. i also want to see less emphasis on dual GPU cards, which is highly unlikely. if not that, then lucid hydra to come in and actually work, so multiple GPUs finally work the way they should do

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about a Flash Operating System Software (FLOSS) to rival Microsoft's Disk Operating System (DOS), and wait for it... it's coming clearer now, and I can just make out a... Oh Pants! and Knickers! Who put that thong there?

....forming a global conglomeration called MacSoft. This way both hardware and software will be highly overpriced and underperforming.