THRASHER2
08-16-2007, 03:20 AM
Intel Prepares X38 Express Launch
Expect Intel's high-end chipset to show up next month
Intel officially set its performance embargo on its upcoming X38 Express chipset (http://www.dailytech.com/Intel+X38+Express+Chipset+Surfaces/article7543.htm) for September 23. Motherboards based on the X38 Express chipset should show up in retail in early September, according to motherboard vendors. The September 23 non-disclosure lift date only applies to reviews and performance numbers for the X38 Express chipset. The situation will be similar to the P35 Express chipset (http://www.dailytech.com/Gigabyte+United+Preps+DDR3+Motherboards/article7099.htm) launch, where motherboards were available before its Computex 2007 launch announcement and NDA lift date.
The new chipset is a member of the Bearlake family, which saw its initial debut with the G33 (http://www.dailytech.com/Intel+G33+Expressbased+Motherboards+Sampling/article6173.htm) and P35 Express (http://www.dailytech.com/MSI+Readies+P35+Express+Motherboards/article7131.htm) variants last June. Intel’s X38 Express succeeds the 975X Express (http://www.dailytech.com/Intel+Pentium+Extreme+Edition+955++Intel+975X+Expr ess+Chipset/article94.htm) that made its debut with Intel’s Pentium D Presler processors. Although the Intel 975X Express (http://www.dailytech.com/ASUS+Announces+Core+2+Supporting+Motherboards/article2643.htm) launched in late 2005, the chipset shared basics with Intel’s 945 and 955X Express chipset families. Intel decided not to refresh the 975X Express with a Broadwater variant (http://www.dailytech.com/Intel+Officially+Announces+P965+Express/article2711.htm) and held out for Bearlake.
Intel’s X38 Express introduces PCIe 2.0 (http://www.dailytech.com/PCIe+20+Ratified/article5718.htm) support to the LGA775 platform. PCIe 2.0 offers greater bandwidth over the existing PCIe standard – up to four gigatransfers per second, or GT/s, with the 20% encoding overhead accounted for. The chipset also supports dual full-speed PCIe x16 slots for ATI CrossFire multi-GPU technology (http://www.dailytech.com/AMD+Prepares+Quad+CrossFire/article7986.htm). Intel guidance does not show any indication of support for NVIDIA's SLI Technology.
Expect Intel's high-end chipset to show up next month
Intel officially set its performance embargo on its upcoming X38 Express chipset (http://www.dailytech.com/Intel+X38+Express+Chipset+Surfaces/article7543.htm) for September 23. Motherboards based on the X38 Express chipset should show up in retail in early September, according to motherboard vendors. The September 23 non-disclosure lift date only applies to reviews and performance numbers for the X38 Express chipset. The situation will be similar to the P35 Express chipset (http://www.dailytech.com/Gigabyte+United+Preps+DDR3+Motherboards/article7099.htm) launch, where motherboards were available before its Computex 2007 launch announcement and NDA lift date.
The new chipset is a member of the Bearlake family, which saw its initial debut with the G33 (http://www.dailytech.com/Intel+G33+Expressbased+Motherboards+Sampling/article6173.htm) and P35 Express (http://www.dailytech.com/MSI+Readies+P35+Express+Motherboards/article7131.htm) variants last June. Intel’s X38 Express succeeds the 975X Express (http://www.dailytech.com/Intel+Pentium+Extreme+Edition+955++Intel+975X+Expr ess+Chipset/article94.htm) that made its debut with Intel’s Pentium D Presler processors. Although the Intel 975X Express (http://www.dailytech.com/ASUS+Announces+Core+2+Supporting+Motherboards/article2643.htm) launched in late 2005, the chipset shared basics with Intel’s 945 and 955X Express chipset families. Intel decided not to refresh the 975X Express with a Broadwater variant (http://www.dailytech.com/Intel+Officially+Announces+P965+Express/article2711.htm) and held out for Bearlake.
Intel’s X38 Express introduces PCIe 2.0 (http://www.dailytech.com/PCIe+20+Ratified/article5718.htm) support to the LGA775 platform. PCIe 2.0 offers greater bandwidth over the existing PCIe standard – up to four gigatransfers per second, or GT/s, with the 20% encoding overhead accounted for. The chipset also supports dual full-speed PCIe x16 slots for ATI CrossFire multi-GPU technology (http://www.dailytech.com/AMD+Prepares+Quad+CrossFire/article7986.htm). Intel guidance does not show any indication of support for NVIDIA's SLI Technology.