Today, Intel officially released chipsets Seventh Series, which is also known under the code name Panther Point, and are intended primarily for Ivy Bridge processors. Prior to the release of processors still two weeks, and now we can once again return to the description of new chipsets functionality.
Informations about Panther Point began to appear long before the official announcement. Let's try to summarize and synthesize existing knowledge, comparing the seventh series with immediate predecessors 6 th series (Cougar Point):
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Cougar Point |
Panther Point |
Support Processor |
Sandy Bridge, Ivy Bridge |
Communication interface with the chipset |
DMI 2.0 |
Package size |
25 x 25 mm (mobile) 27 x 27 mm (table) |
Support USB |
14 (only USB 2.0) |
to 14 (including up to four USB 3.0) |
PCI Express |
8 PCI Express 2.0 lanes |
Drives |
2 SATA 6 Gb / s 4 SATA 3Gb / s connectors, support RAID |
PCI |
4-slot (desktop models only) |
Only in desktop models with letter B and Q |
Interface output images |
VGA, LVDS, DP, HDMI, Wireless Display |
The number of independent displays |
2 |
3 |
Protection |
PAVP (Protected Audio Video Path) |
Version Management Engine |
ME 7.0 |
ME 8.0 |
Version Rapid Storage Technology |
RST 10.0 and 10.5 |
RST 11.0 |
Network Interface |
Gigabit Ethernet MAC |
Schematic structure of H77, Z75 and Z77 chipsets can be studied by the following diagrams.
The series includes six chipsets models, designed for desktop systems: H77, Z75, Z77, B75, Q75, Q77. In addition, Intel offers six models for mobile computing: HM75, HM76, HM77, UM77, QM77, QS77.
Motherboard first wave were presented by ASRock, ASUS, Gigabyte, MSI, ECS and Biostar.
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