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CeBIT : Intel P35, G33 and 45nm

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Despite the lack of recent innovations for motherboards, Intel has authorized the release of new G33 and P35 chipsets supporting DDR3 memory. If these chipsets will officially be released in June at Computex, we expect the first samples end of May. These chipsets were present on the ASUSTeK, Gigabyte and MSI exhibition stands.

If MSI and ASUSTeK only showed a couple of motherboards, Gigabyte had four models based on the P35: GA-P35-DS4, GA-P35-DQ6, GA-P35-DS3 et GA-P35T-DS3. Only the last one supported DDR3. The higher end versions such as the DS4 with the heatpipe cooling system or the DQ6 with the bigger CPU block are restricted to DDR2.

If we haven't seen motherboards supporting both DDR2/DDR3, manufacturers told us that they were working on such solutions (like they did with DDR2). Two slots will be available, each for one norm to facilitate the evolution. The sticker provided by Intel showed the compatibility of these chipsets with the future Intel processors using 45nm fabrication process. Does this mean that current chipsets will be incompatible with these processors? For now, motherboard manufacturers can't say if it will be the case or not because of the lack of sample. We aren't really optimistic because of past experiences, but we hope that we will have a good surprise when these processors will be released at the end of the year!

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