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It seems that Springdale will add direct memory to cpu bus support. And then there's the 800mhz FSB and more.
It seems that Springdale will add direct memory to cpu bus support. And then there's the 800mhz FSB and more.
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Among other tasks, the chipset creates a data path, or system bus, between the processor and a computer's memory. Speeding it up increases both the rate the processor can obtain data and the amount that can be transferred.
The imbalance between processor speeds, which top out at 3GHz, and memory and system buses, which are far slower, has made the system bus look more like a street than a freeway because of the imbalance. Often, processors hum along in idle mode because of a lack of data. Likewise, latency, the time gap between when a chip has requested data and when it arrives, has grown.