Ivy Bridge 22nm works with H67 and P67

['Cuda340]

With an eye towards our folding future...........Let's hope Fudzilla is right......

It's 1155 pin compatible, needs new BIOS
Intel finally came to its senses to use the same socket and make the 22nm Ivy Bridge pin and software compatible to Sandy Bridge x67 boards, and this happens to be the chipset that is affected with a huge embarrassment and SATA 2 recall bug. Now that is ironic.

The big news that P67 and H67 boards will support Ivy Bridge 22nm processors after BIOS and firmware updates is not as cool as it would have been if Intel didn’t mess these chipsets up.

Still there is a hope, as of April all boards powered with H67 and P67 will be bug free and with a BIOS update, they will be able to support Ivy Bridge 22nm processors. So once you get a functional bug free P67 or H67, you can expect to be able to plug Ivy into it and after new BIOS flash, they should just work.

This is what Intel told its various partners and this is the plan for now, but this bug can change a lot of minds and can affect just about any decision.

Intel also told to its special few that Ivy Bridge on Sugar Bay (6 series ) based platforms will require firmware and BIOS update and it also tells them that Q65, Q67 and B65 cheaper chipsets, won't support Ivy Bridge.

As we said, irony. Intel finally makes a good move and decides to keep the same socket and motherboards compatible with the future 22nm processors, only to have the platform affected by its biggest chipset recall in years.

http://fudzilla.com/processors/item/21765-ivy-bridge-22nm-works-with-h67-and-p67

 

[harlam357]

Kudos Intel for making a wise decision... hopefully.

 

[wagex]

yay im not going to have to buy a new motherboard... AGAIN! lol

 

[dfonda]

The only thing that worries me is that those Mobo's don't have Bios's.

 

[ihrsetrdr]

Kudos Intel for making a wise decision... hopefully.

Yea, with this we can forgive Intel for raising our blood pressure over the SATA fubar.

 

[harlam357]

Forgive... but not forget...

 

[ChasR]

And you'd better remember to flash first then change the cpu!

Not the other way round as the article implies:

So once you get a functional bug free P67 or H67, you can expect to be able to plug Ivy into it and after new BIOS flash, they should just work.

 

[Dave65]

This is indeed good news if true.

 

['Cuda340]

Intel Ivy Bridge 22nm processors to take over Sandy bridge as early as 2H 2011

Posted on 06 February 2011 by bluetooth

Just when everyone is busy trying to rectify the SATA issue on the P67/H67 chipsets. We are getting ready for another upcoming processor this June, probably at Computex Taipei 2011.

Ivy bridge, the code name given to the 22nm die shrink of the Sandy Bridge architecture should be at least on display by June 2011. We suspect it would make it’s first appearance in June’s Computex Taipei.

The Ivy Bridge processors will support DX11 instead of the older DX10.1 and OpenGL3 on the Sandy Bridge processors. It will also double the number of EUs for the graphics subsystem up to 24. As it is similar in architecture to the Sandy bridge, it will employ Dual Channel DDR3 memory architecture and CPU will continue to use the LGA1155 design.

Existing boards should be able to support the 22nm with a BIOS upgrade unless there are last minute changes in the design.

http://en.ocworkbench.com/tech/inte...o-take-over-sandy-bridge-as-early-as-2h-2011/

 

[madhatter256]

It's fudd.... P67 uses UEFI, not BIOS interface

 

[freeagent]

no more bios?

wow.. good bye old friend

 

['Cuda340]

Intel reportedly has completed the design of its 22nm Ivy Bridge processors and will showcase the new CPUs at Computex Taipei 2011 in June, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report.

Meanwhile, AMD has also accelerated the production of its Llano APUs and is expected to begin shipping the APUs to ODM/OEM makers in May at the earliest instead of the original schedule set in the third quarter, the paper noted.

http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20110208PB203.html

 

[Audioaficionado]

It's fudd.... P67 uses UEFI, not BIOS interface

BIOS = basic input/output system

UEFI = Unified Extensible Firmware Interface

Both serve the same purpose, but the comparison is like MS-DOS vs Windows.

 

[Jmtyra]

Isn't UEFI what the Intel Mac systems use?

 

[David]

Isn't UEFI what the Intel Mac systems use?

Yes, and now it's come to other PC's

 

[Jmtyra]

/sigh

That's what I figured.

 

[Audioaficionado]

/sigh

That's what I figured.

UEFI

 

[discman]

Well software has always lagged hardware by a few years so i'm not too worried, but it's good to know 1155 is going to still be around for awhile.

 

[Jmtyra]

UEFI

Oh! I misunderstood...I thought with UEFI you couldn't OC.
(And, no, I wasn't drinking this time, so )

 

[discman]

UEFI

at 6:23 'it's not a bios anymore'