The first chipsets of the ‘Bearlake’ chipsets will be released in May. Intel has planned to release two ‘Bearlake’ chips named P35 Express and G33 Express Core Logic initially. The P35 Express will support Intel’s Quad-Core Core 2 Extreme and Core 2 Quad processors and the G33 chipset will not support these high-end processors. Sources have confirmed that the first Bearlake chipsets will support 1333MHz front-side bus speeds as well as a new ICH9 south bridge. The support for PCI Express 2.0 and DDR3 memory will be there in the upcoming versions. Intel will also stop shipping the old 865-series chipsets and will cut down on 945-series core logic in the second quarter of this year.
Intel to release ‘Bearlake’ chipsets in May
Posted April 25th, 2012 by admin