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GLCI LCI
500
MB/s
each x1
Intel® Gigabit LAN Connect
Intel
®
Integrated
10/100/1000 MAC
LPC or SPI
2 GB/s DMI
480 Mb/s
Optional
QPI (25.6 GB/s)
6 PCI Express
*
x1
12 Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Ports;
Dual EHCI; USB Port Disable
BIOS Support
ICH10
ICH10R
X58
IOH
Intel® High
Definition Audio
Intel® X58 Express Chipset Block Diagram
Intel® Extreme Tuning
Support
each
3
Gb/s
each
Intel® Matrix
Storage Technology
6 Serial ATA Ports; eSATA;
Port Disable
Intel® Turbo Memory
with User Pinning
DDR3 memory 8.5 Gb/s
up to
36 lanes
PCI Express* 2.0 Graphics
Support for
Multi-card configurations:
1x16, 2x16, 4x8 or
other combination
Intel® Core™ i7 Processor
family
DDR3 memory 8.5 Gb/s
DDR3 memory 8.5 Gb/s
Faster System Performance
With the growing imbalance between processor and memory
performance, it is critical to optimize the memory controller
design to obtain the maximum possible performance from the
memory subsystem. The transition of the integrated memory
controller (iMC) into the processor significantly increases overall
system performance through the optimization of available band-
width along with reduction of memory access latency.
The Intel® CoreTM i7 family of processors brings triple channel
DDR3 memory technology support. The DDR3 SDRAM devices
operating at 1066 MHz, offer peak data transfer rates of up to
25.6 GB/s (when operated in triplel-channel interleaved mode),
enabling the platform to take advantage of the higher band-
width, faster system performance, and higher performance per
watt at 1066MHz
2
.
Intel® I/O Controller Hub 10 (Intel® ICH10 and
Intel® ICH10R)
The Intel® ICH10 I/O controller hub of the Intel X58 Express
Chipset integrates several capabilities to provide flexibility for
connecting I/O devices.
• Intel® Matrix Storage Technology
1
: Native support of
external SATA ports (eSATA), combined with Intel Matrix
Storage Technology (Intel® MST), provides the flexibility to add
an external drive for increased data storage with up to 6
times faster performance than USB* 2.0 or IEEE 1394 400
2
.
Support for eSATA enables the full SATA interface speed of
up to 3 Gb/s outside the chassis. The Advanced Host
Controller Interface (AHCI) provides easier expandability with
support for eSATA devices and native hot plug, while boosting
boot and multi-tasking performance with Native Command
Queuing (NCQ). In addition, support for Command Based Port
Multipliers, and RAID levels 0, 1, 5 and 10 enable greater relia-
bility for personal data, or maximum storage performance for
intensive applications.
• Intel® Rapid Recover Technology (when configured with
ICH10R I/O controller): With the ability to instantly boot off of
a clone hard drive, Intel Rapid Recover Technology provides a
fast, easy to use method for the end user to recover their
data and return their system to an operational status.
• Intel® Turbo Memory: The Intel X58 Express Chipset with
the Intel ICH10R also supports Intel Turbo Memory, an innova-
tive flash memory-based overall system performance and boot
time accelerator. This feature is easily implemented using a PCI
Express x1 module and can be used with any SATA Hard Drive
to improve system responsiveness. Intel Turbo memory enables
faster application loading and concurrent performance enhance-
ments when used in con¬junction with Intel Matrix Storage
Technology. Intel Turbo Memory, paired with the Intel X58
Express Chipset, also allows the user to easily control the appli-
cations or data in the cache using the new Intel® Turbo Memory
Dashboard interface, boosting performance further.
• Intel® Solid State Drives support: The Intel X58 Express
Chipset, when paired with Intel® X25-E Extreme and X25-M
Mainstream SATA Solid State Drives (SSDs), provides a high
performance solution that can enable faster overall system
response, boot and resume times. With no moving parts, SSDs
run cooler and quieter and are a more reliable option than hard
drives. In addition, SSDs remove input/output (I/O) performance
bottlenecks associated with hard disk drives that help maximize
the efficiency of Intel processors, such as the new Intel Core i7
processor family.