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Intel Launches New Chipset

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the bigger-better-deal dept.

mikemuch writes "The new P35 and G33 chipsets, codenamed 'Bear Lake' are now available. They have a new memory controller that supports DDR3 RAM at up to 1333MHz, a new southbridge, and will support the upcoming 45nm Penryn CPUs. They don't yet have an actually new and different GPU — their GMA 3100 is pretty much the same as the GMA 3000 of the G965 chipset." For a little more technical info you can also check out the Hot Hardware writeup.

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  1. What's Different by Nom+du+Keyboard · · Score: 3, Insightful
    will support the upcoming 45nm Penryn CPUs.

    What does Penryn need that's new and different in the way of support? Is it just a bump in FSB speed?

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  2. Re:When Do We Get Onchip DSPs? by Doc+Ruby · · Score: 3, Insightful

    In our universe, everything can be characterized as a signal. In our society, practically all signals can be usefully digitized. That doesn't mean DSPs are right for everything, because DSPs aren't good at all signal processing, just some - repeated loops of simple, if cumbersome, linear equations.

    DSP is fast math at the expense of fast logic. Web apps have at least as much logic as math, intractably intertwined. DSP of Web apps is inappropriate. DSPs on a chip with fast logic would be good for Web apps and everything else. Intel sells lots of CPUs to process Web apps. And IBM/Toshiba/Sony is planning to sell lots of Cells to do so.

    I know what you're talking about. And I know that you don't.

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