News - IDF 2010: Intel divulges more details on upcoming Sandy Bridge chip

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We examine what Sandy Bridge will bring to the table.

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Sounds great, except for the dual channel part. Why not tripple?

Intel says the architecture simply doesn't need three memory channels. We can believe this because running dual-channel on a Core i7 (LGA1366) chip doesn't decrease real-world performance by much.

Thanks for the follow-up.