As explained associates the server processors jasper forest and the processors lynnfield/clarksfield released recently will be based on identical crystals, simply a part of excess functions will be disconnected.
Let us begin from the QPI controller , whose position on the crystal is shown by a yellow framework. In lynnfield and Clarksfield processors this crystal part is not simply printed at the crystal level - QPI controller is not simply necessary. The third memory channel is also blocked , the block for accelerating RAID and the function of systems association in the cluster on PCI express bus is disabled. In contrast to AMD processors, Intel company will not allow to include the concealed functional blocks from its processors. In the essence, in this even there is no special sense - the third memory channel would, for example, require another DIMM slot arrangement on the motherboard . Related Products :
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