Intel P55 Chipset Preview On Linux
This morning Intel has introduced their new mainstream desktop chipset, the Intel P55, and has brought forth the Core i5 processor family along with new Core i7 processors for use with this new chipset and socket. Intel sent us out a review kit of this new hardware so we are already able to comment on its Linux compatibility. In this article we are talking specifically about the Intel P55 and its Linux compatibility with regard to the Intel DP55KG motherboard.
The P55 is Intel's replacement for the P45 Chipset that brings compatibility for Lynnfield processors, which are the new LGA-1156 socket Core i5/i7 CPUs based upon the Nehalem architecture. The P55 is also compatible with the yet to be released Havendale processors. Unlike Intel's earlier Core processors and chipsets, the same CPUs are not compatible across Intel's spectrum of motherboards and chipsets with Nehalem and Lynnfield. Intel Core i5 processors are compatible with the P55 as with the Core i7 800 series. However, the Core i7 900 series that have been around since last year, they are only compatible with the X58 and not the P55. The P55 is using Socket LGA-1156 where as the X58 has Socket LGA-1366.
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