Will AMD/ATi Create A New Chipset Like This From INTEL Or Are They?

[AngelfireUk83]

http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/07/24/intel-puts-socs

This is a new INTEL design on a new chipset they've managed to pull the north and south bridges into the same silicon and save a lot or energy output. I am assuming AMD/ATi will have or will create something simular due to there recent history of low power chips well AMD anyways.

Very interesting that they've managed to pull the 2 bridges and put them all together a nice idea for power saving.

 

[blazed]

nVidia has been doing this for years, makes for a much hotter chip and requiring active cooling for it, which sucks cause then its a tiny fan making lots of noise.

It is cheaper all together to manufacture them on 1 die though, but still hard to say which is the better solution. Evidence so far has shown seperate north and southbridges to work better, but that could change with a better implementation.

 

[QuietIce]

First off, HALF of the Intel NB traffic has already been taken off the AMD NB - all memory is routed direct. The only thing the NB in an AMD system does is handle PCIe and pass-through from the SB. I'll stick with the existing system, thanks.

IMO - having the PCIe solitary on the NB is a big reason AMD systems seem "smoother" during game-play, regardless of 3DMark scores ...