A month ago, together with the announcement of two processors Intel Skylake-K the company introduced a new chipset -Z170. Chipset Intel Z170 . Today, was the announcement of more accessible mobile versions Skylake as well as a number of new chipset that will produce motherboards with a given functionality and with a significantly lower price. It is expected that the cost of the motherboard platform Skylake will start around $ 60 and end far beyond $ 400.
In the mass market-oriented chipset H170 / H110. The first will have 16 lines PCI Express 3.0, instead of 20 in Z170, and the second deprived of all support third-generation PCI Express. H110 has 6 PCI Express 2.0 lanes and do not support technology Intel RST (Rapid Storage Technology). Note (B150 / Q1x0) business platforms will be announced in the coming months.
It is reported that Intel has divided all PCI Express lanes in the chipset for five controllers x4 (in the case of a 20-line). This simplifies the selection of certain lines for the implementation of the SATA ports or M.2, without limiting the bandwidth of ports.
According to the site AnandTech, additional ports USB 3.1, HDMI 2.0, DisplayPort and DockPort can be implemented using a controller Intel Alpine Ridge. In the original, this controller is designed to implement the port Thunderbolt 3. It is assumed that the output of the motherboard with Thunderbolt support 3 slightly delayed, and the first board with this interface will be released by Gigabyte. Controller Intel Alpine Ridge is the same as controller ASMedia ASM1142, but unlike competing solutions due to the work of the four lines PCI Express 3.0 provides full speed for two USB 3.1 ports at the same time (for each - up to 10 Gbit / s).
Also, the source reported that the vast majority of new motherboards on the new chipset Intel designed for the installation of memory modules DDR4. In some instances you can find slots for memory DDR3L, but conventional DDR3 memory will not work on them. Related Products :
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