LGA2011-3 o.c. socket | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net KitGuru.net - Tech News | Hardware News | Hardware Reviews | IOS | Mobile | Gaming | Graphics Cards Wed, 17 Sep 2014 23:41:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.kitguru.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-KITGURU-Light-Background-SQUARE2-32x32.png LGA2011-3 o.c. socket | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net 32 32 Asustek plans to sue its rivals for patent infringement https://www.kitguru.net/components/motherboard/anton-shilov/asustek-plans-to-sue-its-rivals-for-patent-infringement/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/motherboard/anton-shilov/asustek-plans-to-sue-its-rivals-for-patent-infringement/#comments Wed, 17 Sep 2014 22:54:29 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=212154 Unlike chip designers, makers of mainboards tend not to sue each other for patent infringements. They quietly follow each other with certain innovations. According to a new media report, Asustek Computer plans to break this tradition and sue some of its competitors for using its intellectual property. Several weeks ago Asus, along with other manufacturers …

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Unlike chip designers, makers of mainboards tend not to sue each other for patent infringements. They quietly follow each other with certain innovations. According to a new media report, Asustek Computer plans to break this tradition and sue some of its competitors for using its intellectual property.

Several weeks ago Asus, along with other manufacturers of motherboards, released new platforms based the Intel X99 core-logic set designed for high-end desktop (HEDT) systems. Unlike its competitors, Asustek decided to use a special design of the LGA2011-3 socket in order to maximize overclocking potential of Intel Corp.’s new Core i7-5800-/5900-series microprocessors by boosting their Vcore significantly. The Asus O.C. socket features pins that Intel only uses for testing of microprocessors and which are not supposed to be used on commercial products.

While at present other makers of mainboards utilize “normal” sockets LGA2011-3, they plan to follow Asus with special sockets with enhanced overclockability, claims DigiTimes. Asustek reportedly wants to sue its rivals for infringements of its patents.

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Asustek suspects that supply chain members have leaked details of the OC socket to competitors, which is why they are projected to be ready with competing solutions shortly from now.

Asustek is one of the world’s largest suppliers of mainboards. The company competes against all other players in various market segments. The OC sockets give Asus a unique advantage in the segment of ultra-high-end solutions for enthusiasts. Such platforms are usually sold with significant profit margin, therefore, it is crucial to maintain leadership among competitors.

Asustek did not comment on the news-story.

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KitGuru Says: Since LGA2011-3 socket was originally designed by Intel, it is unlikely that Asus holds any patents covering the OC socket at the moment. Still, since Asus has found a way to use the unused pins, it could probably patent certain circuitry that enables the O.C. socket on commercial motherboards. That innovation is probably patent-pending now. All-in-all, it will be interesting to see of what Asustek plans to accuse its rivals. In fact, it is more logical to sue those, who leaked the data to Asus’ competitors for a breach of possible non-disclosure agreements.

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Asus clarifies situation with OC sockets: CPUs have warranty https://www.kitguru.net/components/cpu/anton-shilov/asus-clarifies-situation-with-oc-sockets-cpus-are-covered-with-warranty/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/cpu/anton-shilov/asus-clarifies-situation-with-oc-sockets-cpus-are-covered-with-warranty/#respond Wed, 03 Sep 2014 14:54:37 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=210191 Asustek Computer on Wednesday clarified the situation with its custom LGA2011-3 O.C. sockets as well as warranty that covers Intel Corp.’s processors. The mainboard maker denied that Intel’s warranty does not cover chips used with O.C. sockets and stated that the sockets are absolutely safe to use. A new statement by Intel confirms Asus’ claims. …

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Asustek Computer on Wednesday clarified the situation with its custom LGA2011-3 O.C. sockets as well as warranty that covers Intel Corp.’s processors. The mainboard maker denied that Intel’s warranty does not cover chips used with O.C. sockets and stated that the sockets are absolutely safe to use. A new statement by Intel confirms Asus’ claims.

As reported, Asustek’s LGA2011-3 O.C. sockets feature pins which Intel uses only for testing of chips, but does not utilise on commercial products. The additional pins allow to increase core voltage (Vcore) of Intel Core i7-5800-/5900-series “Haswell-E” microprocessors to 2.1V – 2.2V, up from 1.2V. The increase of CPU Vcore enables overclockers to reach higher clock-rates  than on motherboards made by other makers.

According to Gareth Ogden, a marketing manager at Asus U.K., Intel does not validate any third-party mainboards, but only its reference sockets and designs. The chipmaker does not authenticate third party’s custom VRM solutions, BIOS tuning, or PCB layout and memory topology designs. This does not affect its warranties.

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“Intel tested and validated its new Core i7 Extreme desktop processors with the Intel socket 2011-v3 only to bring the best performance and experience possible to the end user,” a statement by Intel reads. “Support for other socket designs is beyond the scope of Intel's validation effort on the HSW-E platform.”

Asustek Computer validates its own enhancements, such as the OC socket, in a bid to assure full compatibility. The company can guarantee that its mainboards based on the Intel X99 core-logic set are safe for microprocessors and other components.

“So the short-short version is that Intel never stated OC Socket voids the warranty,” said Mr. Ogden. “Intel’s warranty remains the same as it always has been – same for us, same for everyone else. Same as it has been for many previous generations of boards too – all of which were custom designs too of course.”

To sum up, Intel’s warranty continues to cover microprocessors used on all mainboards under normal conditions. At the same time, the warranty does not cover central processing units damaged as a result of overclocking.

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KitGuru Says: All-in-all, Asustek’s OC sockets are perfectly safe to use, microprocessors from Intel are covered with warranties no matter in which sockets are installed. Looks like there was a huge misunderstanding with an earlier report on the matter.

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