Intel Launches 4 New Chipsets

Intel Corporation has launched the Intel 4 Series Chipset family, consisting of the Intel G45, G43, P45 and P43 Express Chipsets aimed to turn the PC into a center of high-end entertainment and communications.

Intel G45 Express Chipset
Delivering advancements in video, graphics, responsiveness and scalability, the G45 Express Chipset is built for the ultimate media experience. The G45 Express Chipset enables a full Blu-ray experience, even when background tasks are running, and can be designed into new small form factors to advance the Home Theater PC landscape. Key features of the G45 Express Chipset include:

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X4500HD (Intel GMA X4500HD) – With built-in support for full 1080p HD video playback, including Blu-ray, this powerful engine provides users with a rich, new media experience that delivers smooth HD playback without the need for add-in video cards or decoders. The GMA X4500HD comes with Intel Clear Video Technology, a combination of video processing hardware and software technologies designed to deliver stutter-free HD playback, video image enhancement and vibrant color controls. Intel Clear Video Technology allows the PC to connect to a wide range of digital displays by supporting the latest digital display interfaces, including High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI), which supports all HD formats including 720p, 1080i and 1080p, DisplayPort, and TV Tuner Wizard. It will also support Microsoft DirectX 10 and Shader Model 4.0.

Intel G45 Graphics Memory Controller Hub (GMCH) – The G45 GMCH incorporates a 1333 front side bus supporting all 45nm Intel desktop microprocessors including the Intel Core2 Duo E8000 series and Intel Core2 Quad E9000 series. The G45 memory controller significantly increases overall system performance by reducing memory access latency with Intel Fast Memory Access and supporting a wide range of DDR2 and DDR3 memory speeds. The Intel 4 Series Express chipsets include support for dual channel DDR3 memory technology up to 1066 MHz. The key advantages of DDR3 are the higher bandwidth and the increase in performance at a lower power than DDR2. The DDR3 SDRAM devices operating at 1066 MHz, offer peak data transfer rates of up to 17 GB/s (when operated in dual-channel interleaved mode), enabling the Intel 4 Series Express chipsets to take advantage of the higher bandwidth, faster system performance and higher performance per watt at 1066MHz.

Intel P45 Express Chipset







The Intel P45 Express Chipset, which supports the latest 45nm Intel Dual- and Quad-Core processors, is designed to deliver quality performance that meets the demands of the fastest platforms.

PCI Express 2.0 – The Intel P45 Express Chipset is driving PCI Express 2.0 to mainstream users, delivering up to 16GBs bandwidth, twice the bandwidth of PCI Express 1.0. This improved graphics bandwidth capability enables much higher levels of performance on graphics intensive applications such as high-end gaming and video rendering.

New Dual Graphics Configurations – The Intel P45 Express Chipset supports either a 1x16 or 2x8 PCI Express 2.0 configuration for expandable discrete graphics capability.

Intel Extreme Tuning Utility – With overclocking brought to the mainstream, users have the ability to easily tune the system for optimum performance, enabling power users to achieve performance levels beyond its industry-leading baseline performance.

Intel G43 Express Chipset
The Intel G43 Express chipset delivers impressive graphical features for everyday computing. Its Clear Video Technology guarantees smooth, sharp HD playback and it features enhanced 3-D graphics engine with full support of Microsoft Windows Vista Premium and integration with digital display interfaces such as HDMI, DVI, DisplayPort and HDCP with dual independent display.