Foxconn to be OEM maker for own-brand Intel P45 and G45 motherboards

[Unknown Soldier]

Intel plans to release own-brand P45 and G45 motherboards in the second quarter of 2008 with Foxconn (Hon Hai Precision Industry) to be the OEM partner, according to sources at component makers.

Although shipments of Intel's motherboards are still far behind first-tier brands, the company is not giving up pushing its own-brand business to maintain leadership in design, development and marketing.

The codename of Intel's P45 motherboard is Skyberg (DP45SG). The product will support 45nm-based 1333MHz FSB Core 2 Extreme, quad-core and dual-core CPUs. The G45 motherboards, codenamed Icedale (DG45ID) and Fly Creek (DG45FC), will feature support for HDMI, DisplyPort and DVI. Both will support 1333MHz FSB quad-core and dual-core processors.

The major difference between Icedale and Fly Creek is that the former will support up to four DIMMs per memory channel while the latter only two.

News Source: DigiTimes

 

[Davros]

Looks like intel stole my idea

Actually i was thinking why has no one made a board with quad channel memory instead of dual ?

 

[ShaidarHaran]

Has Intel ever gone with a different OEM board maker? AFAIK every Intel board I've ever looked @ (since the 440bx days at least) has been made by Foxconn.

 

[Tahir2]

Looks like intel stole my idea

You should have patented it.

 

[Kaotik]

Looks like intel stole my idea

read again
It's 4 DIMMs per memory channel, not 4 memory channels