By boosting the bandwidth of its front side bus (FSB), chip giant Intel is gradually improving performance of its Itanium 2 chips, laying the groundwork for the dual-core version of the microprocessor to come later down the road. Intel said its latest Itanium 2 processors will have a 667 megahertz (MHz) front side bus — a silicon component that connects and transfers data among the processor, chipset and memory — and will thereby be capable of delivering 65 percent more bandwidth for servers designed for the chips.
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Intel Beefs Up Front-Side Bus for Itanium 2 Chipset
Posted by: Jay Lyman July 19, 2005 01:11 PMBy boosting the bandwidth of its front side bus (FSB), chip giant Intel is gradually improving performance of its Itanium 2 chips, laying the groundwork for the dual-core version of the microprocessor to come later down the road. Intel said its latest Itanium 2 processors will have a 667 megahertz (MHz) front side bus — a silicon component that connects and transfers data among the processor, chipset and memory — and will thereby be capable of delivering 65 percent more bandwidth for servers designed for the chips.