Intel To Integrate Memory Controller Into CPU
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Written by Chris Tom   
Friday, 19 March 2004 05:29

The Inquirer has learned that Intel has said at Cebit that they will integrate the memory controller into their future CPUs. This makes AMD64, DDR, and integrated memory controllers all things they have done to mimic AMD. Expect a socket 940 Xeon soon, and HyperTransport interconnects renamed something like IntelliTransport.

So if, as Intel seem to plan, it intends to remove the need for a Northbridge ? where system memory controllers typically reside - this opens a very wide window of opportunity for mainboard manufacturers who don?t want to be beholden to Intel to buy more, or perhaps, probably all, the Southbridges from their Taiwanese compatriots such as SiS, ULI and VIA, not to mention offerings from ATi and Nvidia.


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