Thread: Intel chipsets and the future

The next generation of Intel chipsets is reveals with a new range for the Sandy Bridge and some chipsets designed for the professional world.

Succeed P55/H5x

First, we should return the P67 and H67. Both chipsets are intended to replace the existing P55 and H5X and take charge of the LGA 1155 Sandy Bridge. Both chipsets will support PCI Express 2.0, with 8 lines, 6 SATA Gigabit / s on two of the six connectors and the USB 2.0 (fourteen ports) but not USB 3.0. As now, the H67 will be necessary to support the GPU in the CPU. Small difference between two chips, the P67 will divide the sixteen lines PCI-Express CPU twice in eight lines, while the H67 is limited to a single connector.



Chipset professionals

In the professional world, the B55 and B65 will replace the current models in the second quarter 2010 and first quarter 2011. Intel will also leave the Q65 and Q67 at the same time. The B55 is an adaptation of P55, while others will use the new functions. The functions are similar to the P and H series, but there are small differences. The B65 will be five SATA 3 gigabit / s, a 6 gigabit / s and twelve USB 2.0, the Q65 five SATA 3 gigabit / s, a 6 gigabit / s USB 2.0 and fourteen and Q67 four SATA 3 gigabit / s, two 6 gigabit / s USB 2.0 and fourteen. The Q67 will support the GPU and the three Intel chips have 8 lines PCI-Express chipset level (in addition to CPU, therefore). Versions "6" will - of course - support for LGA 1155 processors, while the B55 is limited to the LGA 1156

Finally, note that - as often - chips integrate an HD Audio codec and the ability to take over Ethernet controller to 1 gigabit per second Finally, PCI is no longer supported by the chipsets, which should sound the death knell for this socket.