Intel LGA1700 Socket For Alder Lake Processors

It feels like a bad nightmare. Intel’s LGA1200 socket for Comet Lake processors isn’t even a year old yet, and there are already talks of a new socket for next year’s 10nm processor.

The latest Intel document (via @momomo_us) seemingly confirms that 12th Generation Alder Lake processors will probably land with the LGA1700 socket. Alder Lake-S refers to the desktop processors, while the Alder Lake-P is a mystery for now.

Intel’s nomenclature for its sockets has remained unchanged over the years. As the name implies, the LGA1700 socket will likely come with 500 more pins, which represent a 41.7% pin increase over the existing LGA1200 socket. It’ll be interesting to see how Intel distributes the additional pins, and whether the LGA1700 socket proves to be wider or longer than the LGA1200 socket.