Intel P45 and G45 Eaglelake info

In the second quarter 2008 , intel will release the desktop chipsets Intel eaglelake. They will propose support to PCI express 2.0 for the wide population, and the south bridges series ICH10 will forget about old interfaces as PCI, PS/2, COM and LPT. The memory controller in eaglelake chipsets will preserve compatibility with DDR- 3 and DDR-2.

Eaglelake chipset found the proper names: Intel p45 for the discrete version and Intel g45 for the integrated version. This Last has the graphic core GMA x4500 with directX 10 support , which will be three times more productive than graphic system in chipset intel g33. This chipset will also support interfaces DVI, HDMI and DisplayPort. The decoding of high quality video from blu-ray disks and HD DVD will be accelerated at the hardware level.

In the third quarter 2008 , intel will present Eaglelake- Q chipset , which will find use in corporate segment. Let us recall that the south bridges series ICH10 will also move in the chipset tylersburg-DT, which will ensure the support of nehalem generation processors in the fourth quarter 2008. In the third quarter the portion of eaglelake chipsets will exceed 20%.

I note that the wholesale cost of chipset intel x48 will be $70- much more expensive than Intel x38 ($50); . I hope that this additional payment is not only due to the support of DDR 3-1600 and 1600 MHz system bus, but for the improved overclocking potential.