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Intel P45

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Codename(s)
  
Eaglelake

Fabrication process
  
65 nm

Southbridge(s)
  
ICH10

Socket supported
  
LGA 775

TDP
  
22 W

Intel P45

CPU supported
  
Core 2 (Quad, Duo, Extreme) Dual-Core Pentium Celeron (Core architecture)

The P45 Express (codenamed Eaglelake) is a mainstream desktop computer chipset from Intel released in Q2 2008. The first mainboards featuring the P45 chipset were shown at CeBIT 2008.

The P45 Express chipset supports Intel's LGA 775 socket and Core 2 Duo and Quad processors. It is a 65 nm chipset, compared to the earlier generation chipsets (P35, X38, X48) which were 90 nm.

Features

  • 1333/1066/800 MT/s front-side bus (FSB), most motherboard manufacturers claim support up to 1600 MT/s.
  • PCI Express 2.0, 1 ×16 or 2 ×8 in CrossFire configuration.
  • Official support for dual channel DDR2 up to 800 MHz.However, most motherboard manufacturers claim support up to 1200 MHz.
  • Support for up to 16 GB of DDR2 memory
  • Official support for dual channel DDR3 up to 1066 MHz.However, most motherboard manufacturers claim support up to 1333 MHz.
  • Support for up to 8 GB DDR3 memory
  • ICH10 / ICH10R southbridge
  • Supports 45 nm processors

    • References

    Intel P45 Wikipedia
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