X58: a high end Nehalem chipset Posted on 13/05/2008 at 12:56 by Nicolas
Expreview and OCWorkbench have published some information on the X58 "Tylersburg", the chipset for the Bloomfield, the high end version of the Nehalem processor.
Similar to what has been done at AMD since the K8, the Northbridge will have a much less important role than in the past because the memory controller will be integrated to the CPU. Say goodbye to the FSB (Front Side Bus) as it will be replaced by Quickpath interconnect (QPI). One important detail is that Intel has generously planned for what is necessary for the GPU(s); with 32 PCI Express 2.0 lanes we can hope that future multi-GPU solutions from ATI will function optimally...and the time it will take the Larrabee and its successors to be perfected.
