Which motherboard chipsets will come out soon in 2005? What will they bring us? These questions are difficult to answer, because after all, technology is developing too fast, but we can look back at the chipset market and find a satisfactory answer. Then, let's go into the "time wound" and review the development of motherboard chipset.
Looking Back at Classics-Intel's Early Series
1, Intel 430FX chipset
Intel 430FX chipset is the first chipset produced by Intel Corporation. At that time, Intel became an instant hit in the field of chipsets. Since then, the statement that Intel CPU and Intel chipset motherboards have excellent performance has been widely circulated. & gt& gt News: The source said that the motherboard manufacturer upgraded its technology and announced its dissolution internally.
People generally call it Triton First chipset, which was the first Pentium chipset supporting EDO DRAM at that time. The scheme of high-speed EDO DRAM with the first generation original Pentium processor is an ideal choice for users who are pursuing high performance for a long time. The cache type of this chipset is pipeline burst, with a maximum capacity of 5 12KB and a cache capacity of 64MB. In terms of memory, the maximum memory capacity of 128MB is supported. The reading time of Edo DRAM is 7-2-2-2 FPM DRAM is 7-3-3, and the data bandwidth is 64BIT, which was unimaginable at that time. & gt>& gt2004, ASUS was the only one among the four main board manufacturers.
2. Intel 430HX chipset
Intel 430HX chipset
After the introduction of Intel 430FX chipset for some time, people are expecting a better chipset to replace 430FX, because with the development of computer technology, 430FX chip has shown its shortcomings more and more. Intel really lived up to expectations, and the 430HX introduced later made great progress in terms of high efficiency and low power consumption. Because it is an improved product of Intel 430FX chipset, people are more accustomed to calling it Triton 2 chipset. In addition, the second chipset was mainly high-end commercial. In addition, the 440HX not only supports Intel's Pentium and Pentium MMX, but also supports AMD's K5/K6 and CYRIX's 6X86/6X86MX. It also supports dual CPUs on a motherboard. Its success lies in its support for dual CPU and ECC DRAM and USB.
3. Intel 430VX Chipset
After introducing two most successful CPUs, Intel suddenly felt something was missing, because the original FX chip could not meet the needs of Pentium MMX CPU, while the HX chipset had good performance, but its expensive price could not be accepted by ordinary users. Therefore, Intel urgently needs to introduce a new chipset to fill the vacuum between FX chipset and HX chipset. Intel 430VX chipset was born in this situation, and people used to call it Triton Three. However, it is found that this Triton 3 is not better than Triton 2 in performance, but its low price is talked about by people with poor economy.
4. Intel 430TX chipset
Intel 430TX chipset is the last chipset produced by Intel for Socket 7 architecture. This 430TX chipset is still slightly better than 430HX in performance, so that many users will not be too disappointed with Intel's CPU.
5. Intel 440LX chipset
Intel 440LX
With the rapid development of CPU manufacturing technology, the powerful Pentium II processor finally appeared. In order to promote this CPU,1May 1997, Intel specially customized a new suit for it-440lx chipset. It supported AGP, SDRAM and Ultra/33 functions for the first time, and supported two processors. It was the most powerful chipset at that time.
6. Intel 440BX chipset
Intel 440BX
Intel 440BX chipset is the longest-lived chipset, and it can also be said that it is Intel's most successful chipset product. Until today, it is still talked about by many people. This 440BX with Intel Celeron CPU can play an excellent overclocking effect, and the price is not expensive, so it has been loved by DIY enthusiasts for two years.
7. Intel 440ZX chipset
Intel 440ZX chipset
This chipset was launched by Intel in early 1999. It is divided into two versions: 440ZX- 100 and 440ZX-66. 440ZX- 100 is designed for Pentium CPU, and ZX-66 is designed for Celeron processor based on slot 1 or socket 370 architecture. In fact, the only difference between them is that ZX- 100 supports 100MHz external frequency, while ZX-66 only supports 66MHz external frequency.
8. Intel 440GX chipset
Intel 440GX chipset
Intel 440BX chipset has been used in high-end mainstream products. However, with the continuous improvement of people's requirements for graphics processing and a large number of data operations, the maximum memory capacity of 5 12MB can no longer meet people's requirements. A chipset 440GX dedicated to Pentium II or Xeon processors of high-end servers was born. This chipset not only has all the powerful functions of BX chipset, but also adds some new functions. The chipset supports SDRAM, with a maximum memory capacity of 2GB, Slot 1 and Slot 2 architectures, advanced AGP×2 and DMA/33. But although powerful, but expensive, so there has been no chance to enter the computer of ordinary users. Ups and downs in the world —— A list of P3 series chips supported by Intel
9. Intel 8 10 chipset
Intel 8 10 chipset
After the successful launch of Intel BX, Intel made a big bet on the next generation chipset products, namely I8 10. I8 10 is not only Intel's first integrated chipset product, but also a brand-new "firmware control center" architecture design that Intel tried, which changed the design of the North-South Bridge in the past. The uniqueness of this new design is that the performance of each part is decomposed into independent chips, and the transmission mode and speed between chips are redesigned, so the performance is improved. However, the market response of this product is not very good, which makes Intel somewhat bleak.
10, Intel 820 chipset
Intel 820 chipset
After the fall of the chipset market I8 10, Intel felt a little humiliated, so it turned its attention to further places, and I820 was its "beautiful plan" all along. The I820 chipset abandoned the original SDRAM memory in memory support, but adopted RAMBUS Memory, a patented technology authorized by Rambus Company, with much higher performance than SDRAM.
With RAMBUS's help, many new designs of I820, Intel dreamed of regaining all the lost chipset territory, but the fact gave Intel a heavy blow. Because the authorized rights of RAMBUS memory are quite high, and the production cost of RAMBUS memory remains high, it is simply unimaginable for ordinary users. The listing of I820 can be said to have taught Intel a lesson with money, because Intel suffered heavy losses on I820.
1 1, Intel 8 15 chipset
Intel 8 15 chipset
I8 15 was introduced to the market in late summer of 2000. In terms of performance, I8 15 has learned too many lessons, so it is balanced in all aspects, so it is ahead in performance, but the sales of I8 15 in the market are not optimistic, mainly because of the price.
As the Millennium approached, the good news came from Intel, that is, the concise version of I8 15 chipset I8 15EP was fully listed, which not only increased the support for ATA 100, but also removed the expensive I752 display module. In this case, the cost performance has been greatly improved, which is also the reason why the I8 15EP motherboard shines in the PIII market. Just around the corner-Intel supports P4 chipset appreciation
12, Intel 850 chipset
On June165438+1October 2 1 day, 2000, Intel released a new generation of Pentium processor-Pentium IV, which uses Willamette kernel and Sock423 interface, and the supported chipset products are I845 and I850. I845 supports PC- 133 SD memory, I850 uses Rambus memory, yes.
Intel 850 chipset
However, the market is not as beautiful as Intel imagined. The performance of I845 chipset using SD memory is very poor, sometimes even worse than the platform using Celeron III processor. However, the high price of I850 platform makes people flinch, and Intel finds that they are in a dilemma again. In order to reverse this dilemma, they released a new P4 with Sock478 interface and Northwood kernel. At the same time, in order to further seize the market, and considering the support for DDR memory, I845D was produced in this case.
Intel 845D
The release of I845D also means that P4 chipset has officially entered the Socket 478 era. The products of this era are I845D, I845E, I845G, I845GL, I845GE, I845PE, I865PE, I875P and I848P. It is necessary to specifically mention starting with I845GE. I865PE provides support for dual-channel DDR400 memory, which is the first time that the development of Intel P4 chipset has caught up with the development of DDR memory. Prior to this, chipset supporting AMD processor has been catching up with the development speed of memory.