Saturday, May 31st 2008
Intel Nehalem, Bloomsfield CPU and Tylersberg Chipset Close-up Before Computex 2008
When it comes to hot news from MSI, my favourite source has always been bit-tech.net. These guys have some very good connections with MSI. Now a week before Computex 2008, they have convinced MSI to let them get a close-up look at Intel's next generation Nehalem architecture, which is based on the Bloomsfield CPU platform and Tylersberg chipset also known under the X58 nomenclature. The following pictures show a 1366-pin quad-core Bloomsfield CPU (no model and specs for now) with HT support and integrated DDR3 memory controller. All Bloomsfield processors will require a new cooling. Regular LGA775 coolers won't fit. The Tylersberg X58 motherboard made by MSI has six DDR3 memory slots. Six becuase you'll need a minimum of three DDR3 DIMMs to run in triple-channel mode. The chipset also features 36 lanes of PCI-Express 2.0, so you'll get a full x16 by x16 for at least two video card slots. The south bridge used with Tylersber is still ICH10, so don't expect extraordinary features when it comes to the number of SATA or USB 2.0 ports. Check out the rest of the pictures by the author Richard Swinburne over at bit-tech.net.
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bit-tech.net
35 Comments on Intel Nehalem, Bloomsfield CPU and Tylersberg Chipset Close-up Before Computex 2008
I bet those gold tips at the top side of the CPU shown is how intel will check whether or not you Oc'ed the CPU-a specialised socket with topside pins that accesses a ROM or something.
This new chipset doesn't seem to use much power, afaik, with the amount of ceramic caps around the core..
Triple channel ram is going to add to the fun and confusion - i wonder if they support dual as well?
btw the maxium that board can handel is 24gb
there is some news abouth sli
other words bad news for sli fanboys
www.nehalemnews.com/
read first post
lga 775 hs wont fit these also,
But I think im gonna sell my 3870X2 and get me a 4800 series...
With Asus, Abit, MSI, Gigabyte, Supermicro, Tyan, Foxconn, EVGA, BFG, DFI, and others all putting out new boards all the time, why can't one of them be for the other side. I'd kill for another four USB ports on the back, as well as some more SATA ports if the floppy port is removed.
Rant over :)
This is what I can't wait for:
Finally a way to supply enough PCIe lanes to produce an all-PCIe motherboard.
w00t
with 4x 16x pci-e or 4x 8x pci-e
up to 24gb per IMC what do you want more ^^
Otherwise if they're slated for a later date I'm leaning towards 2 x 4-core. And besides, it allows for more memory bandwidth per core :D