Since 965 Intel Chipset, the motherboard producer now began to be busy with next chipset generation that is Bearlake. The latest news is the first chipset sample will circulate in the week 44 until 46 in 2006
The sample that will circulate is A0 version with series number LE82BLGQ. This will become shadow from Bearlake P for Salt Creek platform and Bearlake G/GF for Weybridge platform. The sample that more often will circle on Q1 2007 and mass production will be begun on Q2 2007. The ICH9 A0 sample will also available in the week 44-46.
With Quad Core Altair, also will be launched H Core Revision that based on Dual core that is Antares on Q3 2007 and Arcturus on Q4 2007.
With speed beginning 2GHz up to 2.9GHz, Antares will have 512KB L2 Cache for each core and 2MB shared for L3 Cache. The version of 2.0GHz and 2.1GHz will have 35W TDP, whereas the version of 2.4GHz until 2.7GHz will have 65W TDP, and the version of 2.6GHz until 2.9GHz with 89W TDP. The first Version launched is 2.6GHz and 2.9GHz, whereas the other will be launched at the end Q3 2007.
ATI Technologies as one of the biggest graphic component suppliers, received the validation from PCI Express Special Interest Group for the next generation graphic card. The available product in the list of the PCI Express Integrator’s validation like ATI RV535, RV560 and RV570.
RV535 is the Radeon X1600 series replacement that produced by use of 90nm process in UMC, whereas RV560 and RV570 become new product in performance-mainstream class and ATI mainstream.
