Computer Motherboard hardware knowledge research and development products

Computer now has become a daily necessities of life, then how much do you know about computers? The following small series for you to organize some common computer hardware knowledge, quickly to learn!

Computer hardware, including all the physical parts of a computer, to differentiate between the data it contains or executes and the software that provides instructions for the hardware to complete the task. Computer hardware mainly includes: chassis, motherboard, bus, power, hard disk, storage controller, interface card, portable storage device, built-in memory, input equipment, output equipment, CPU fan, buzzer and so on.

　　Motherboard

PnP functions with a PNP BIOS motherboard with a PNP operating system (such as WIN95) can help users automatically configure host peripherals, to "Plug and play."

Energy-saving (green) features in general when the Power Star (Energy Star) logo, can be in the user does not use the host automatically into the standby and hibernation, during this period to reduce the CPU and the power consumption of the components.

No jumper boards This is a new type of motherboard that is further improved on the PNP motherboard. In this kind of motherboard, even the type of CPU, working voltage and so do not need to use the jumper switch, are automatically recognized, just use the software slightly adjusted. The remark CPU will not hide on this motherboard. 486 previous motherboards generally do not have the above features, more than 586 of the motherboards are equipped with PNP and energy-saving functions, some of the original brand in the machine can also control the main engine through the motherboard, further intelligent on/off, this in the compatible motherboard is still very rare, but certainly is a future development direction. No jumper boards will be another direction for the motherboard development.

P35 Series

In October 2006, Intel announced to the industry that the 965/975 next generation chipset would have a new "3" series naming method, and 985 would no longer exist. The "3" series chipset is based on the Bearlake architecture, divided into home and commercial 2 series, a total of 6 different models, and then added a integrated graphics G31, there are currently 7 models.

Bearlake's 7 models, commercial-oriented to start with Q, including Q35 and Q33, for the household including high-end products and two series of mainstream products, high-end products have X38, mainstream products have P35, G35, G33 and later joined the G31. Where the G Word starts with a motherboard chipset product with integrated graphics.

High-end X38: Support Quad core processor, ddr3-1333 memory, PCI-E 2.0, pci-e x16x2, front-end bus 1333MHz, with Ich9/ich9r/ich9dh South Bridge, released in the third quarter of 2007.

Mainstream P35: Support ddr3-1066/ddr2-800 memory, front bus 1333MHz, with Ich9/r/dh South Bridge, released in the second quarter of 2007.

Home G35: Support ddr2-800 memory, front side bus 1333MHz, support Intel Clear Video (CVT), DirectX 10, match ICH8 South Bridge, HDCP, 1080i H.264, HD audio,2007 second quarter release.

Consolidated G33: Supports ddr3-1066/ddr2-800 memory, front side bus 1333MHz, supports Intel clear Video (CVT), DirectX 10, HDCP, paired with Ich9/r/dh South Bridge, released in the third quarter of 2007.

Business Q35: Support ddr2-800 memory, front side bus 1333MHz, support Intel second-generation active management technology AMT2, virtualization technology VT, paired Ich9do South Bridge, released in the second quarter of 2007.

Streamlined Q33: Support ddr2-800 memory, front-end bus 1066MHz, with Ich9/r South Bridge, released in the second quarter of 2007.

For Bearlake, the biggest improvement over 965/975 is to upgrade the FSB to 1333MHZ, support Intel's newest Core 2 processor, and match the All-new ICH9 Bridge, which supports PCIe 2.0 and DDR3 memory. But the exact model is different. The top end of the X38 will support the PCIe 2.0 and provide two full speed PCIex16 slots, support DDR3 1333MHz, with ICH9 South Bridge, and in the market, is undoubtedly the P35, G35 and G33 these three products.

G33 will consolidate the display core that supports Intel Clear video Technology, the front-end bus upgraded to 1333 MHz, and the same support for dual core and four core processors as G35. But its memory specification is relatively conservative relative to X38 and supports only ddr3-1066 or ddr2-800. The G35 chipset is intended to be on top of the G33. The "original plan" here means that G35 is higher than G33 in both the initial specification and the positioning, but later Intel made the G35 adjustments. Let's take a look at the original specs: G35 The display core that is compatible with DirectX 10 and provides full support for HD content playback (HDCP), supporting ddr3-1066 and ddr2-800 memory, and a front-end bus of 1333MHz. The only difference between the P35 chipset and the G35 is that P35 Express does not have an integrated display core.

Intel will further strengthen the hard drive capabilities of the ICH9 bridge chip, and will formally support Command Based Port multipliers technology in addition to the new Intel Rapid Recover Technology Data protection technology.

There are P45, P43, G41, G45, x48, high-end i7+x79 and Z68.

It is reported that the Intel Rapid Recover technology can provide users with simple and fast data recovery function, it can be the image of the hard disk backup to another piece called Recovery hard disk (Recovery Drive) on the hard disk. Users are free to choose when the system is idle or at a specified time recovery drive content updates to ensure that recovery drive to maximize the data protection role. If the primary hard drive fails, the system can start directly from the recovery drive and perform data recovery work.

In addition, Intel will support SATA Port multiplier technology in the ICH9 South Bridge. According to the motherboard manufacturer, most of the South bridge chip each SATA interface can only connect a SATA device, which greatly limits the number of hard drives supported by the system. However, with SATA port multiplier support, each SATA interface allows multiple SATA devices to share their 3gb/s transmission bandwidth, up to 15 SATA devices, dramatically increasing the capacity of the system's storage devices.