When will the CPU as we know it "die"?

[Shehriazad]

Basically when do we have to say goodbye to the socketed consumer CPUs as we know it?

iGPUs are pretty much the standard by now. Everything seems to be going toward a true SoC style...but what pacing and future do you expect?

Will we still bother buying GPUs in 10-15 years? Will we lose out on upgrade options in favor of full packages? Or do you expect a drastically different future?

I'd love to hear anything from educated guesses to wishes.

Oh and yea...what do you think will be the material for the CPUs of the future

 

[dark zero]

AMD will die when Cannonlake enters. So after that, Intel will go soldered only. Also that means the big change or even dead of the MoBos we know

 

[Systems analyst]

It is not just mobile that is causing serious shortfalls in Intel's profit. In five years time, in 2020, I think that the SoC will have taken over from CPUs in all gadgets in the home; whether X86 is a part of that is not clear. The world's GDP is contracting in USD terms; this will only hasten the change-over to new technology.
I expect 7nm silicon will rule in 2020, for the most advanced SoCs. Just my opinion.

 

[Borealis7]

the consumer CPU might die off eventually, when we will be using thin clients as desktops running on a mobile SOC that we can just plug into a workstation or something like that.
we wont have a need to keep upgrading our home computers, and only the high power/server market will continue to advance.

 

[TechGod123]

AMD will die when Cannonlake enters. So after that, Intel will go soldered only. Also that means the big change or even dead of the MoBos we know

WHAT??

 

[night.fox]

AMD will die when Cannonlake enters. So after that, Intel will go soldered only. Also that means the big change or even dead of the MoBos we know

D:

I dont know why on gpu green people, they wish amd die. on cpu blue people, they wish amd die.

Poor AMD. I am not AMD fan and I dont have AMD cpu but I dont want them die. I want them to stay strong because competition is good for us consumers.

just saying

 

[Tecnoworld]

WhennIntel was the only player in the x86 arena, a single step up in performance took several years and the cost of the cpus was very high. So let's hope in competition.

I also think that soon enough arm based soc will be powerful enough for most everyday task. But more and more powerful high end cpus and gpus will be needed for vr, gaming and ai.

So I don't see a real eclipse of the cpus as we know them for at least 15 years from now.

 

[knutinh]

we wont have a need to keep upgrading our home computers

Also, I hear that 640KB will be enough.

-k

 

[kimmel]

WHAT??

It's called trolling.

 

[wiseguyin]

I dont think that time is anytime soon. Even if instruction pipelines and methods of delivery change (quantum) there will always be something doing the processing. I think they will probably call it "the CPU".

 

[hasu]

they will probably call it "the CPU".

Like "The Machine".

I heard there will be dramatic changes to the way we use CPUs if and when memristor becomes a reality.

 

[Blain]

When will the CPU as we know it "die"?

Friday, August 14th, 2020.

 

[TechGod123]

It's called trolling.

True.

 

[poofyhairguy]

Poor AMD. I am not AMD fan and I dont have AMD cpu but I dont want them die. I want them to stay strong because competition is good for us consumers.

On the CPU side Apple or Qualcomm are more significant competitors to Intel than AMD is nowadays.

 

[mysticjbyrd]

the consumer CPU might die off eventually, when we will be using thin clients as desktops running on a mobile SOC that we can just plug into a workstation or something like that.
we wont have a need to keep upgrading our home computers, and only the high power/server market will continue to advance.

Don't hold your breath.

It's called trolling.

Why are senior members trolling?