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IDF: Skulltrail or SLI Intel mode?

Patrick Gelsinger yanked the cover off Intel's platform for gamers.

Named Skulltrail with noble simplicity, the IDF was introduced to the lucky audience yesterday. It was already possible to know one thing and another about Intel's new top platform, but official images could only be taken for the first time during the developer conference.

IDF Skulltrail, or SLI Intel mode 

Skulltrail is thus a dual-processor system that is ready to accommodate up to two 45nm quad-core processors. In addition to the central units, a total of 4 slots are available for FB-DIMMs, and up to four graphics cards can be used when building the system.

IDF Skulltrail, or SLI Intel mode IDF Skulltrail, or SLI Intel mode
IDF Skulltrail, or SLI Intel mode

What’s really interesting about Skulltrail is that in the configuration compiled for the presentation, two GeForce cards worked in SLI mode. According to Intel, all this could have been done thanks to the special motherboard, in addition to the basically X38 chipset, an nForce MCP chip was also integrated into the printed circuit board. Since then, there has been a debate about how real Intel’s claim is, as many people doubt Intel’s solution because of the PCIe wiring distribution and the conflict between the two chips.

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