Intel has decided to delay the launch of the P45 initially planned for May or early June at the Computex with availability effective mid-June according to motherboard manufacturers.
The reason given is a compatibility problem between the PCI-Express x16 port and some graphic cards. This would not have gone unnoticed but can be rapidly corrected (2 to 4 weeks) and motherboard production should normally start in mid-April.
The P45 is only a minor evolution of the P35. We remain at FSB1333, make the transition from DDR3-1066 to DDR3-1333 (in practice this mode already functioned) and from 8 to 16 GB of memory. There is also PCI-Express 2.0 support like with the X38/X48.
Motherboard manufacturers will thus have more time to unload P35 stocks without having to cut prices. In addition, we should logically expect the release of the G45, P43 and G43 to be delayed by as much.
