Integrated memory controller from Intel in 2008

One of the great benefits of AMD is (also) the memory controller integrated into the processor. Intel seems to be following the competition in this as well.

In 2008, two new processor sockets will arrive from Intel’s workshop, called Socket B and Socket H. A common feature of the sockets is that they accept Nehalem core processors manufactured at a bandwidth of 45 nanometers.

The Socket B will receive 1366, while the Socket H will receive 715-pin processors. It then comes as no surprise that the processor enclosures will be LGA1366 and LGA715. From the news and the number of legs, we can already guess that we will come across two types of Nehalem core CPUs. The 1366-pin version will include the IMC (Integrated Memory Controller), while the 715-pin version will be made without it.