Monday, May 2, 2011

Intel chipsets next year

Documents that appear to come from Intel gives details on Ivy Bridge chipsets that should emerge in the first quarter of 2012. The consumer models are Z77, Z75 and H77. Professional applications are Q77, Q75 and B75. Ivy Bridge architecture will replace the current Sandy Bridge (see "Intel Core 2000: The test of Sandy Bridge"), hailed by its performance despite an output marred by bugs chipsets (see "Intel's Sandy Bridge Bug: point ").

The newcomer will mark the introduction of a new fine engraving and corresponds to the famous Tock Tick Tock cycle. Processors will be manufactured in 22 nm and will be compatible with current Socket LGA 1155. It is expected that they are 20% faster than their predecessors. These chipsets are symbolic, since all the new chipsets Panther Point (the code name of the family of Ivy Bridge chipset) will support USB 3.0, confirming the full adoption of this bus by Intel (see "4 USB 3.0 ports from Intel in 2012.) Intel has been relatively slow to adopt USB 3.0.

AMD is expected to overtake him (see "AMD is first on the USB 3.0 (well almost ...)"), but beyond purely technical considerations, we can assume that the problems in the USB-IF, the body responsible for certifying the USB 3.0 controllers, there may be something to do. USB 3.0 is born in pain and many had accused Intel of not wanting to give bus specifications to its competitors (see "Intel interferes with its competitors on USB 3.0).

Today, the foundry is one of the last to adopt it. Chipsets public completely abandon conventional PCI slots in favor of 8-port PCI-Express 2.0. The H77 will have a graphics port to 16 lines, the Z75 can accommodate a PCI-E 16x or 8x and two cards will be compatible with the Z77 card 16x, 8x 2 cards or card and two cards 8x 4x.

In all cases, the use of a dedicated graphics card will not void the PGI processor that will work in tandem. That will not happen by cons chipsets for professionals who inherit by cons vPro technology to optimize the fleet management computer company. All the chipsets will support 4 memory slots, but only the Z77 and Z75, which are destined to middle and high-end, will allow overclocking of the processor.

We finally found a Gigabit Ethernet controller integrated management of 11 for Rapid Storage Technology to optimize use of storage media system. They will also have a HD audio module for passing the sound through the HDMI port on the card.

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