New family of chipsets revealed by Intel

Most people already know of Intel’s processors, and most of us are using them - regardless of AMD’s previous leadership at least a decade ago. The most well-known processors produced by Intel so far include: (not necessarily in chronological order, but as close as I can efficiently get)

• Pentium
• Pentium Pro
• Pentium II
• Celeron
• Pentium III
• Itanium
• Pentium 4
• Xeon
• Pentium D
• Pentium Extreme Edition
• Pentium M
• Core
• Core 2
• Itanium 2

We’ve seen some extremely quick development with Intel’s processors, and the time frame between the releases of Pentium 4, Pentium D, and Pentium Extreme Edition is really quite close. The same applies to the releases of the Core series (Core Solo, Core Duo) and the Core 2 series (Core 2 Solo, Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Quad).

It’s been much less than a year since Core 2 Duo processors were popularized, specifically by large computer corporations such as Apple and Dell. And Intel is already working on a family of the next generation of chipsets: the “3 Series”. Similar to previous Intel technology families like Centrino (mobile technology), Viiv (home entertainment), and vPro (business computing), the 3-Series focuses on entertainment as well. It offers better audio and video, including Intel’s Express graphics chipsets, and High Definition Audio (basically theatre-quality 7.1 surround sound). This chipset is also able to support DDR2 at speeds of up to 800 MHz and DDR3 at speeds of up to 1333 MHz - wow! Furthermore, PCI Express 2.0 is supported, enhancing graphics - that is, if you don’t want to use Intel’s own integrated technology.

According to various sources, the 3-Series chipset will be used later this year in yet another release of processor designs - the Salt Creek (second generation Viiv) and Weybridge (vPro for business) designs. Although many of us probably don’t upgrade every time a new processor model is released, I’m sure these new technologies are worth looking into.

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