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Finally it seems that the war between Intel and AMD will take a different direction as the company has announced that it will be releasing chipset for Intel processors. The new chipset will be based on RS690 and Xpress 1250 graphics core and can easily run Vista’s aero glass interface. This new chipset will support Intel Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Extreme, Intel Pentium 4, Pentium D, Pentium Extreme Edition, Celeron and Celeron D processors. These chipsets will feature FSB speeds of 533, 800 and 1066MHz and will be able to address up to 16GB memory and has a 128-bit dual channel memory interface. Additionally the chipset supports DVI/HDMI outs, HDCP 1.1, multiple displays, 10 USB 2.0 ports, ATA Gen 2 PHY support at 3.0GHz four ports SATA AHCI controller with support for NCQ and slumber modes. There is no news on the availability and pricing of these chips but it may well take the rivalry to another direction.