INTEL PRODUCTS: 2008

Saturday, December 27, 2008

Tera-scale Computing Research Program

The Intel® Tera-scale Computing Research Program is a worldwide effort to advance computing technology for the next decade. By scaling multi-core architectures to 10s to 100s of cores and embracing a shift to parallel programming, we aim to enable applications and capabilities only dreamt of today.

"Tera" means 1 trillion, or 1,000,000,000,000. Our vision is to create platforms capable performing of trillions of calculations per second (teraflops) on trillions of bytes of data (terabytes).

Identify your product

identify your board from its BIOS string

When you turn on a computer that contains an Intel® desktop board, you will see the BIOS identification string near the top left corner of the screen. If your computer displays the Intel logo screen during system boot, you can bypass this screen by pressing the "Esc" key. This allows the display of the BIOS code.

Recent desktop boards manufactured by Intel use an Intel/AMI (American Megatrends) BIOS core. If you see another manufacturer's name in the BIOS area, then contact that manufacturer for support questions.

Intel BIOS for Desktop Boards
Recent Intel Desktop Boards use Intel/AMI BIOS patterns that looks like this:

MV85010A.86A.0011.P05
or
EV91510A.86A.0209

The characters BEFORE the first period indicate what desktop board you have. In the examples above, the "MV85010A" identifies the Intel® Desktop Board D850MV and the "EV91510A" identifies the Intel® Desktop Board D915GEV.

Important: The first TWO sections of the BIOS code you see on your computer must EXACTLY match the BIOS identifier codes for standard Intel® desktop boards. In this example, the "MV85010A" identifies the desktop board type, and the "86A" indicates it is a standard Intel version (86B, 86C, or 86E are also used on some older boards). If the first two sections do not match, then your desktop board was manufactured for a specific OEM. Please contact that manufacturer for help with your board.

Intel BIOS codes for older Desktop Boards
Older Intel desktop boards used a BIOS pattern that looks like this:

1.00.12.CS1

The characters "CS1" identify which Intel desktop boards you have. In this example, the "CS1" identifies a standard VS440FX desktop board.

Important: These characters must EXACTLY match the BIOS identifier codes for standard Intel desktop boards. Any additional or different characters indicate a desktop board manufactured for a specific OEM. Please contact that manufacturer for help with your board.

This applies to:

Intel® Desktop Board D975XBX Features

Features

Benefits

Form Factor

ATX (12.00 inches by 9.60 inches [304.80 millimeters by 243.84 millimeters])

Processor

Support for Intel® Core™2 Extreme Processor^ in an LGA775 socket with a 1066 MHz system bus
Support for Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor^ in an LGA775 socket with a 1066 MHz system bus
Support for Intel® Pentium® Processor Extreme Edition (in an LGA775 socket with a 1066 or 800 MHz system bus)
Support for Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor Extreme Edition supporting Hyper-Threading Technology† (in an LGA775 socket with a 1066 MHz system bus)
Support for Intel® Pentium® D Processor (in an LGA775 socket with a 800 MHz system bus)
Support for Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor supporting Hyper-Threading Technology† (in an LGA775 socket with a 800 MHz system bus)
View all supported processors

ATI* CrossFire* Multi-GPU Platform Support

ATI CrossFire technology enables two ATI graphics cards to work together for ultimate 3D gaming performance and visual quality

Memory

Four 240-pin DDR2 SDRAM Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM) sockets
Support for 667 and 533 MHz DDR2 DIMMs
Support for up to 8 GB of system memory
Support for ECC and non-ECC memory

Chipset

Intel® 975X Express Chipset

I/O Control

Legacy I/O controller for diskette drive, serial, parallel, and PS/2* ports

Audio

Intel® High Definition Audio subsystem

LAN Support

Gigabit (10/100/1000 Mbits/sec) LAN subsystem using the Intel® 82573E/82573L Gigabit Ethernet Controller

Peripheral Interfaces

Eight USB 2.0 ports
One serial port
One parallel port
Four Serial ATA interfaces with RAID support (four additional interfaces available with optional discrete RAID controller)
One parallel ATA IDE interface with UDMA 33, ATA-66/100 support
One diskette drive interface
PS/2 keyboard and mouse ports

Expansion Capabilities

Two PCI Conventional bus add-in card connectors (SMBus routed to both PCI Conventional bus add-in card connectors)
One Primary PCI Express* x16 (electrical x16 or x8) bus add-in card connector
One Secondary PCI Express* x16 (electrical x8) bus add-in card connector
One PCI Express* x16 (electrical x4) bus add-in card connector

Intel® Desktop Board D975XBX

The Intel® Desktop Board D975XBX is designed to deliver the best experience for advanced gamers and power-users. Based on the Intel® 975X Express Chipset and Intel® Pentium® processor Extreme Edition, this board delivers the ultimate performance for those seeking the most raw power. Enjoy intense, heart-pounding realism when playing the latest PC games with smooth, eye-popping graphics enhanced by ATI* CrossFire* support and crystal-clear Intel High Definition Audio. The Intel® Desktop Board D975XBX supports Intel® Core™2 processor with Viiv™ technology∇ and comes with the software required to help meet Intel® Core™2 processor with Viiv™ technology brand verification requirements.

Thursday, December 25, 2008

Intel® Desktop Board DX58SO

The Intel® Desktop Board DX58SO is designed to unleash the power of the all new Intel® Core™ i7 processors with support for up to eight threads of raw CPU processing power, triple channel DDR3 memory and full support for ATI CrossfireX* technology. Today’s PC games like Far Cry 2* and Call of Duty: World at War* need a computing platform that delivers maximum multi-threaded CPU support and eye-popping graphics support.

Saturday, December 20, 2008

Intel® Core™2 Duo processor

The power to perform. With power-optimized enabled dual-core technology and exceptional energy efficiency, the Intel® Core™2 Duo processor excels running the most intense applications.

Intel® Core™2 Quad processor

Multimedia enthusiasts, prepare to enthuse. Bring quad-core performance to your desktop with the Intel® Core™2 Quad processor. It's the ideal engine for highly threaded entertainment applications and highly productive multitasking.

Intel® Core™2 Extreme processor

For extreme computing. Enjoy revolutionary levels of performance enabling vivid, high-definition experiences and multi-tasking responsiveness from state-of-the-art Intel dual-core and quad-core technologies.

Intel® Core™ i7 processor

With faster, intelligent multi-core technology that automatically applies processing power where it's needed most, new Intel® Core™ i7 processors deliver an incredible breakthrough in PC performance. They're the best desktop processors on the planet.¹

INTEL CORE EXTREME EDITION

Conquer the world of extreme gaming with the fastest processor on the planet: the Intel® Core™ i7 processor Extreme Edition.¹ With faster, intelligent multi-core technology that responds to your workload, it delivers an incredible breakthrough in gaming performance.

Desktop processors

The highest performing desktop processor on the planet.¹ Shatter the limits of desktop computing with the intelligent performance of the Intel® Core™ i7-965 processor Extreme Edition, the smartest way to blast through highly-threaded games and applications.

INTEL PRODUCTS

Intel's leading-edge notebook and desktop products range from processors to processor technologies that are designed to work together to deliver a great computing experience—for home, business, and on the go. Discover your next great technology experience with Intel inside.