Intel plans to introduce the Broadwater chipset in the second quarter of 2006.Digitimes reports that the "Broadwater" 965 chipset will be available in both Consumer and Enterprise versions.
For the consumer market:
P965:
- 533/800/1066 MHz FSB
- Dual channel DDR2 800 memory interface
G965: Adds GMA to P965
- Intel GMA (integrated video) to P965
For the enterprise market:
Q963:
- 533/800/1066 MHz FSB
- Dual channel DDR2 533/667
- Intel GMA (integrated video)
- SIPP (Stable Image Platform Program)
Q965: Adds following features to Q963
- DDR2 800 dual channel support
- dual display output
- iAMT (Intel Active Management Technology)
Prices for the chipsets vary from $38-$42
It will be interesting to see how this new chipset performs. The dual DDR800 memory channels will theoretically allow up to?2.8GB/sec memory bandwidth; and the 1066MHz FSB will allow for 8.5GB/sec bandwidth to the CPU - leaving up to 4.3GB/sec bandwidth for the GPU or peripherals for accessing memory (ignoring memory contention overhead) - in practical terms this means that even 32 bit color 1280x1024 Windows desktop display will have a?negligable impact on memory bandwith.
