Build your own processors at home and learn what makes them tick... sort of. Through a unique marketing approach, this small Lego set shows exactly what each chipset layer is responsible for and how Lakefield differs from traditional SoCs.
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-and-LEGO-team-up-to-help-visualize-what-makes-Lakefield-so-special.470160.0.html
it's special because any sane company would spend their time trying to improve their processors rather than design some silly lego set with literally the lego company to justify their complete waste of r&d budget
Its not wasted R&D, till you mean using the resources to do the lego.
||The design of these CPUs is future. The mobo can be so much smaller. Everything on SoC.
Quote from: opelit on June 12, 2020, 10:50:06
Its not wasted R&D, till you mean using the resources to do the lego.
||The design of these CPUs is future. The mobo can be so much smaller. Everything on SoC.
The Lego is marketing, not R&D. As far as budget. And I doubt Intel actually designed the plastic parts. That would make no sense.
Not really. Processor takes up a fairly small part of a motherboard. And cooling has a big impact on the overall bulk of a computer. It can save space in small devices. Which is where this is heading. But in bigger, expandable systems, it won't make much difference. When you look at a typical desktop motherboard, most of the space is reserved for PCIe cards. RAM slots take up another significant chunk of space. Then you have M.2, internal connectors, external connectors. As long as you want all that, the motherboard isn't going to get any smaller. Not least because the sizes are standardized. Even something like NUC isn't really going to get much smaller. Unless they sacrifice upgradability, ports or cooling.
Good visualization on how modern SoCs are (intended to be) built. I have made some posts on this as well.
hey, nice Lego Set :) do you sell this to me? i'm very interested
theintelstore.com/IN30/Intel/All/Lakefield+Brick+Set.axd?cid=3767