They also split up some of the functions of the northbridge chip (eliminating it), putting some on the processor and bundling the rest with the southbridge in a new chip called the PCH. Like most budget CPUs, they were cut down, this time with lower clock speeds, a slower interface, and a dual channel memory controller instead of triple. A year later, they released more cost-effective processors on a new socket, LGA1156. Both the CPUs and motherboards for the new LGA1366 socket were (and still are) relatively expensive, so only power users and enthusiasts were willing to plunk down the cash for the new hardware. In the Fall of 2008, Intel launched the Nehalem processor architecture, the first major change to their chip designs in a couple of years. Januby Lawrence Lee POSTSCRIPT 2: GMA HD 2000 Test Results It has inherent advantages from residing on the same die as the CPU, and it also has a clever dynamic clock generator.

In our first piece on Sandy Bridge aka LGA1155, we examine Intel’s new high-end integrated graphics chip (if there is such a thing), GMA HD 3000.

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