Ivy Bridge CPUs Feature PCI-Express 3.0

[TheFool]

Even the bbc are reporting on ivy bridge

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13283882

Beat me to it, looks really interesting though. how much of a performance increase will this actually be?

 

[Sampsy]

This may be a silly question but will IVY bridge CPUs work on p67 / h67 / z68 boards?

 

[Icm76]

I believe so, Intel have promised to stick with LGA 1155 for a generation or two so 22nm CPUs should be good to go in the current mobos.

 

[Orcvader]

Beat me to it, looks really interesting though. how much of a performance increase will this actually be?

They state a 37% increase. With the combined die shrink as well as the tri-gate transistor it looks like IB will have one heck of a performance boost compared to SB .

Another link about the tri-gate transistor with videos giving more detail:
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/intel-22nm-3-d-tri-gate-ivy-bridge,news-35521.html

Not sure if IB will work with current 1155 boards, but hopefully they will.

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

They state a 37% increase. With the combined die shrink as well as the tri-gate transistor it looks like IB will have one heck of a performance boost compared to SB .

Another link about the tri-gate transistor with videos giving more detail:
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/intel-22nm-3-d-tri-gate-ivy-bridge,news-35521.html

Not sure if IB will work with current 1155 boards, but hopefully they will.

Unless Intel go with a smaller performance boost and much smaller die sizes. This will make them more money.

Of course as with any new process they need to have sufficient capacity first and I suspect 32NM will be ahead for a while.

 

[WingZero30]

Would the 11nm be the end of current micro processor die shrink technology, seeing as it is approaching atom size?

 

[Orcvader]

Would the 11nm be the end of current micro processor die shrink technology, seeing as it is approaching atom size?

Possibly, any smaller and there will be problems with quantum tunneling. If they want to get smaller then they need to have a way to control that, which could cause too much complexity with the CPU. Saying that, 11nm will be affected by quantum tunneling quite a bit, so I can't imagine them using silicon for this.

 

[Jokester]

Anything less than about 18-20nm won't work with current manufacturing technology. There currently isn't any practical technology to allow mass production below that feature size.

 

[Dark_Angel]

I use PCI for my soundcard, equivalent PCI-E sound cards needed a floppy (a floppy!!!!) power connector because they couldn't get enough power from the PCI-E slot.

 

[glenimp617]

Here's a good one.....I know nobody actually knows the answers but would anyone care to guess on this...

My i7 @ 4ghz can encode a bluray in 2hrs. How long do you think an IvyBridge setup could do it in?

 

[Duke]

Hmm can't remember the last PCI card I had. Probably an Audigy, before the onboard sound became good enough for most users.

 

[nightmare99]

My i7 @ 4ghz can encode a bluray in 2hrs. How long do you think an IvyBridge setup could do it in?

Well I presume it will have a version of quick sync like Sandybridge so I would think it will be much faster.

 

[Jokester]

The horror! (the horror!!!!)

Here we are talking about obsolesence of slots on the motherboard and in order to make the card work on a new slot it needs a power connector for a device that is several years more obsolete than the slot that's being replaced. It's ridiculous.

 

[Amos91]

if the Ib motherboards do not support PCI I will not be upgrading. Don't fancy losing wireless internet and my xtrememusic.