[CeBIT 2005] ECS PF88, AMD/INTEL support on the same board
ECS has drawn attention to their upcoming hybrid board - ECS PF88. ECS PF88 is probably the first board that features a LGA775 socket base board and allows upgradability to a Socket 939 processor through a daughter board upgrade.
"ECS ha posto la attirato l'attenzione sulle proprie schede idride in uscita - ECX PF88 è probabilmente la prima scheda che supporta il socket LGA 775 e lascia la possibilità di upgradare al socket 939 attraverso una scheda "figlia""
In fact, this technology is not new as we have seen similar ones but supporting only AMD or INTEL but with different socket types. This is made possible as the South Bridge is common between the K8 and P4 architecture. Both uses the SiS 965 South Bridge
"infatti, questa tecnologia non è nuovisissima perchè ci sn già state schede ibride, ma è la prima che ha differenti tipi di socket. Questo è possibile visto ke il south bridge ha l'architettura in comune con il K8 e il P4. tutti e due usano il south bridge SiS 965."
The base board supports Intel P4 LGA775 socket and includes 4 slots of DDR2 667 memory, a 1066FSB, SATA2, GigaLAN, 1394a Firewire, and makes use of the SiS656 Northbridge and a SiS965 Southbridge. The SiS965 Southbridge is shared with the converter card, which is based around the AMD socket 939, and has its own dedicated SiS756 Northbridge, 2 slots of DDR400, power management circuits and a FSB2000T, which are required to run AMD K8 technology. PF88 motherboard supports the latest dual core technology from Intel and AMD. Furthermore, the P4 LGA 775 socket also supports EM64T from Intel.
"La scheda madre base supporta il socket 775 e include 4 slot di DDR2 con l'fsb a 1066, il SATA2, GigaLan, e il firewire e usa il northbridge sis656 e il south sis964. Il southbridge è in condivisione con la skeda di conversione che è basata sul socket amd 939 e a cui è dedicato il northbridgesis756, due slot DDR400, circuiti di alimentazione e l'fsb2000T che è un requisito fondamentale per far girare la tecnologia AMD K8. La mobo PF88 supporta l'ultima tecnologia dual core sia intel ke amd. Perdipiùil socket 775 supporta anche l'EM64T di intel"
The new PF88 converter card will retail at a third of the cost of purchasing an additional motherboard and ECS will sell its PF88 and compatible motherboards separately to allow users to covert from an Intel platform to the latest AMD technologies at a later date and cost effectively.
Will such a design rise eyebrows as **tel might not be too happy since it is supposed to be an UPGRADE to another processor. Does that imply that the CPU is not as superior so you need to buy a upgrade card to upgrade ? Well that remains to be seen.
The next thing is that this board is based on the SiS 756 and SiS 656 North Bridges. As we have not seen any SiS 756 nor SiS 656 Mainboards so far except the reference boards. We might have to wait a while before we get to see the board.
Will there be other designs based on ATi's North Bridge with ATi's SB450 or ULI' M1573 or VIA PT880/K8T890+8237. We will keep you updated. Another thing is that those who have bought these hybrid solutions from another company, I suspect they might have something up on their sleeves too. Perhaps just an upgrade card and you can probably upgrade to Prescott on existing upgrade board.
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