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The Pineview CPU will contain the memory controller as well as the graphics core so that the Northbridge on the motherboard becomes redundant and only a Southbridge is needed. The combination of CPU, memory controller and graphics core has several advantages: On the one hand the power consumption of the 45 nm components decreases and on the other hand the motherboard needs less layers which should lower production cost - instead of six layers only four are necessary. The required board surface has shrunk from 2,174 to 773 square millimeters thanks to the integration. The power consumption is said to have dropped from 8 to 7 Watt.