Intel released the Sandy Bridge-E, and that the servers?

issue processors Sandy Bridge-E. Core i7- 3000 to this week's Intel released new chipsets H79 - all together it became an entirely new platform for the consumer sector. However, unlike the consumer market,. server direction. deal with the issue of controllers on the new platforms are not going as smoothly. To overcome the difficulties and the release of the Xeon processors in time for the new architecture (in the first quarter of 2012 ), the developers plan to create a special version of the chip under the name Patsburg-J ( which, ultimately, may appear in desktop computers ).

It will be the interim solution until Intel can not solve the problem with the SAS interface, and will not release a full version of the chipset. Of the currently available specifications, it is clear that Patsburg-J H79 differs from the refusal of some non- required features in server computers. For example, it supports up to 14 USB connectors 2. 0, a couple of additional lines of PCI Express x1, PCI, and built-in support for audio.

H79 was initially support up to ten ports SATA 6Gb / s interface, SAS, PCI-Express line 2. 0 x4, directly connected to the processor, but because of problems in the development of these capabilities, it was decided to abandon. As a result, the light went out version of the chipset Patsburg-A without the SAS, with support for six SATA, of which the rate of 6 Gb / s working only two. This power has grown and is 7.8 W instead of 6.7 watts C600 series server chipsets. As a result, H79 chipsets are very similar to p67, and Z68, that motherboard manufacturers went only to the benefit of. They only need to add additional controllers with support for SATA 6Gb / s and USB 3. 0, and the fee for ready LGA 2011.

According to the materials vr-zone. com ( translate oszone. net).