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VRM za Bloomfield

• Intel has released the VRM (Voltage Regulator Module) design guidelines for the next-generation Intel LGA 1366 processors, and this VRM design guide is updated from 11.0 to 11.1. The first LGA 1366 processors, code-named Bloomfield, are 45nm Quad Core based on Nehalem. This new processors contain 8-12MB L2 Cache, and the so missed Hyper-Threading technology will return in Bloomfield. New transmission protocol will be adopted to replace the Front Side Bus introduced since Pentium 4’s era. LGA 1366 will be firstly introduced for high-end market in mid-2008, while LGA 775 would stay until mid-2009 when LGA 1366 become a mainstream.

Eaglelake chipset

• Intel has completed designing their Bearlake desktop boards based on P35 and G35 chipsets with the launch on March 15th. We can expect to see a slew of Bearlake boards designs from the motherboard makers during CeBIT. Boards development for its successor "Eaglelake" are going start soon and it will be pairing up with ICH10 Southbridge to support higher FSB Penryn processors. ICH10 supports 10GB and Wireless Ethernet controllers with some new technologies to reduce CPU load and improve power consumption.

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