CPUs
 
Forums: » Register « |  User CP |  Games |  Calendar |  Members |  FAQs |  Sitemap |  Support | 
User Name:
Password:
Remember me

The Shed is going Social! Join us on FaceBook and Twitter and chime in on the conversation.

Go Back   Dev Shed ForumsComputer HardwareCPUs

Reply
Add This Thread To:
  Del.icio.us   Digg   Google   Spurl   Blink   Furl   Simpy   Y! MyWeb 
Thread Tools Search this Thread Rate Thread Display Modes
 
Unread Dev Shed Forums Sponsor:
  #1  
Old September 15th, 2009, 02:15 PM
ImIcarus ImIcarus is offline
Registered User
Dev Shed Newbie (0 - 499 posts)
 
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 5 ImIcarus User rank is Just a Lowly Private (1 - 20 Reputation Level) 
Time spent in forums: 36 m 55 sec
Reputation Power: 0
Intel's new Jasper Forest: Beginning of Mass Integration?

Intel's new Jasper Forest CPU will integrate the I/O hub into the CPU itself, saving space on the motherboard and using less energy in the process.

By integrating the I/O hub into the CPU, there's no need to have a north bridge on the motherboard anymore.

So, since we already got rid of the southbridge, all he had left was the north bridge.

Now that that's gone... wow no more bridges on the motherboard! That's amazing!

It seems as though many computer hardware innovators are moving toward integrating more and more into the CPU and less on the motherboard.

So from this, I came up with a hypothesis:

Could Intel be moving toward integrating everything into the CPU, and getting rid of the motherboard all together?

I can't really think of a way to connect all of the other components to the CPU itself, but when that becomes possible in the near future, all we may have in our tiny little boxes we used to loathe carrying around may be just a tiny little box the size of your hand.

However, I don't think Intel will be able to throw out the motherboard all together; motherboard vendors will have something to say about that.

Also, if Intel is trying to integrate EVERYTHING into the CPU, they will have the problem of shrinking every component in the computer down to the size of a chip or a transistor and integrating them into the CPU.

Well, that's my theory! But what do you guys think?

Reply With Quote
Reply

Viewing: Dev Shed ForumsComputer HardwareCPUs > Intel's new Jasper Forest: Beginning of Mass Integration?

Developer Shed Advertisers and Affiliates



Thread Tools  Search this Thread 
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes  Rate This Thread 
Rate This Thread:


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
View Your Warnings | New Posts | Latest News | Latest Threads | Shoutbox
Forum Jump

Forums: » Register « |  User CP |  Games |  Calendar |  Members |  FAQs |  Sitemap |  Support | 
  
 


Powered by: vBulletin Version 3.0.5
Copyright ©2000 - 2013, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.

© 2003-2013 by Developer Shed. All rights reserved. DS Cluster - Follow our Sitemap