{"id":12965,"date":"2009-11-11T19:38:42","date_gmt":"2009-11-11T19:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?p=12965"},"modified":"2009-11-11T19:38:42","modified_gmt":"2009-11-11T19:38:42","slug":"intel-readying-b3-stepping-update-for-p55-chipset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/intel-readying-b3-stepping-update-for-p55-chipset\/","title":{"rendered":"Intel readying B3 stepping update for P55 chipset"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-7021221536180758\";\n\/* 468x60, created 11\/11\/09 *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"1949837292\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 468;\ngoogle_ad_height = 60;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script> <script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Intel has said that they are preparing a B3 stepping update for their P55 chipset. <\/p>\n<p>Intel P55 B3 chipset will undergo the following changes, according to Intel:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>New MM number and S-spec numbers for the converted products; <\/li>\n<li>Firmware and minor BIOS updates are required with the conversion; <\/li>\n<li>Processor MRC\/microcode update required to enable future processors; <\/li>\n<li>Recommended storage driver upgrade from Intel MSM 8.9 to Intel RST 9.5.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Both the B2 and B3 steppings will support the upcoming \u201cClarkdale\u201d 32nm processors. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cCurrent P55 boards as well as new P55 boards should support Clarkdale. As always end users should check with their board vendor before upgrading,\u201d said George Alfs, an Intel spokesperson.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xbitlabs.com\/news\/mainboards\/display\/20091110195417_Intel_Updates_Latest_P55_Core_Logic_Set.html\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.xbitlabs.com\/news\/mainboards\/display\/20091110195417_Intel_Updates_Latest_P55_Core_Logic_Set.html', 'Xbit']);\" target=\"_blank\">Xbit<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intel has said that they are preparing a B3 stepping update for their P55 chipset. Intel P55 B3 chipset will undergo the following changes, according to Intel: New MM number and S-spec numbers for&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1456,858,34,863,904],"class_list":["post-12965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-clarkdale","tag-core-i5","tag-intel","tag-lynnfield","tag-p55"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12965\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}