ULI claims breakthrough on Athlon 64 triple interface

CHIP FIRM ULI claimed that its north bridge M1695 chipset will simultaneously support PCI Express X1, AGP 8X and the PCI graphics interfaces.

This feature, which the firm dubs TGI, will support socket 754, 940 and 939 CPUs and will work for notebooks, desktops, workstations and servers.

ULI claims that the M1695 also has a better Hypertransport tunnel architecture which integarates non blocking HT 2.0 links. This means that mobo manufacturers and system integrators can use the M1695 with other HT chipsets and bridge devices natively, or using the HTX connector.

That means, for example, that with the ULI M1567 south bridge, all three graphics interfaces can be integrated onto the same board. The Hypertransport links will run at 4GT/sec and baove, claims ULI. The M1695 has a bi-directional PCI Express X16 link. µ