Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Ivy Bridge Intel: 22nm for the first half of 2012

Intel will launch its first 22nm microphones during the first half of 2012, Ivy Bridge expected. Fortunately socket will remain in 1555 and will be compatible with existing chipsets Cougar Point. Besides the reduction in the 22nm manufacturing process, no major differences between Ivy Bridge and Sandy Bridge, as expected.

Among the few changes we can highlight the new memory controller (still dual channel), which officially supports DDR3 1600MHz speeds. Turbo Boost is maintained TDPs be 2.0 and 95, 65, 45 and 35W. Integrated graphics in micro will be enhanced to include support for DirectX 11, while the processor communication have PCIe 3.0 with discrete graphics.

A new chipset will come with these processors, Panther Point, belonging to the series 7. This does not mean that the Ivy Bridge will be compatible with current chipsets (Cougar Point, ie, P67, H67, H61 and Z68), they only need a BIOS update to ensure compatibility. Unlike Intel's recent practice of "killing" chipsets, Sandy Bridge processors are compatible with the new chipset Panther Point and the Ivy Bridge must be in the Cougar Point.

It seems that Intel has learned something from AMD in the transition to socket AM2 AM3. An interesting development in the new chipset Panther Point will be the ability to withstand 3 simultaneous displays by Intel IDF interface. In addition, Intel will include USB 3.0 support in this chipset (these plates having USB 2.0 and 3.0).

Source: DonanimHaber

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