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Intel® 955X Express Chipset

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Intel® 955X Express Chipset     Platforms based on the Intel® 955X Express Chipset and Intel® Pentium® processor Extreme Edition deliver incredible digital entertainment experiences and meet the most demanding business applications of today and tomorrow.

The Intel 955X Express Chipset enables Intel’s highest performance platforms, with support for the new Intel dual-core processor supporting Hyper-Threading Technology¹, adding intelligence to help manage and prioritize four software threads simultaneously for the first time on desktop PCs. Additionally, this chipset supports key performance-optimized capabilities such as Intel® Memory Pipeline Technology (Intel® MPT), 8 GB memoryaddressability to help enable 64-bit computing, and ECC memory support.


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Intel® 955X Chipset Features

Features Benefits
800 MHz or 1066 MHz FSB Supports Intel Pentium processor Extreme Edition and all other Intel® Pentium processors in the LGA775 socket with scalability for future processor innovations.
Supports dual-core processors with Hyper-Threading Technology¹ Ability to manage four software threads simultaneously, enabling increased system responsiveness and performance for multi-tasking.
Support for LGA775 processor package Supports the high-performance Intel desktop processors on the LGA775 processor package.
PCI Express* x16 Interface Delivers greater than 3.5 times the bandwidth over the traditional AGP 8X interface. It supports the latest graphics card for demanding games and applications.
PCI Express* x1 Interface Offers 3.5 times the bandwidth over traditional PCI architecture. It enables smoother video recording and playback, and professional grade, high-definition content editing capability through the PC.
Intel® Matrix Storage Technology 4 Provides quicker access to digital photo, video and business files with RAID 0, 5 and 10, and data protection against loss from a hard disk drive failure with RAID 1, 5 and 10.
Intel® High Definition(HD) Audio Enables premium digital sound in the PC for an immersive surround-sound experience, high quality speech recognition and voice over IP. Intel HD Audio systems provide access to Dolby* PC sound technology.
Intel® Memory Pipeline Technology Enhanced memory pipelining that enables a higher utilization of each memory channel, accelerating data transfers between the processor and system memory and resulting in higher system performance.
Dual-channel DDR2 Memory Support Delivers increased bandwidth for faster system response performance with up to 10.7GB/s of bandwidth and 8GB addressability for faster system response.
Intel® Flex Memory Technology Facilitates easier upgrades by allowing different memory sizes to be populated and remain in dual-channel mode.
Platform Software Comprehensive platform driver stack delivers performance and helps lower TCO.
Intel® Active Management Technology Enables remote, down-the-wire management of out-of-band networked systems regardless of system state. Helps to improve IT efficiency, asset management and system security and availability.
Serial ATA* (SATA) 3 Gb/s High-speed storage interface supports faster transfer rate for improved data access.

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Packaging Information

Product Package
Intel® Pentium® processor Extreme Edition 775 Land Grid Array (LGA)
Intel® Pentium® 4 processor Extreme Edition supporting Hyper-Threading Technology 775 Land Grid Array (LGA)
Intel® 82955X Memory Controller Hub 1202 Flip Chip Ball Grid Array (FCBGA)
Inte® 82801GB I/O Controller Hub
Intel® 82801GR I/O Controller Hub
652 Micro Ball Grid Array (mBGA)
4 Intel® Matrix Storage Technology requires a motherboard with the Intel® 82801FR (ICH6R) or Intel 82801GR (ICH7R) I/O Controller Hub System. The system must also have the RAID controller in the BIOS.