With the P965 launch, Intel has also complimented it with a new I/O controller hub, the ICH8 Southbridge family sporting several improvements over its predecessor including ten USB 2.0 ports with an additional EHCI controller, Gigabit LAN MAC (finally!) and up to six SATA 3.0Gbps ports with eSATA drive support. As usual, there will be an R (RAID) version with Matrix Storage Technology and AHCI support plus a DH (Digital Home) version with the Viiv stack. Other versions in the pipeline would also include the DO (Digital Office) version with TPM support, La Grande and Active Management technologies..



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