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Which chipset does the new imac use? Intel has SSD caching support built into the Z68 chipset now, it sounds eerily similar, they could simply be using that. B
by spitfire 14y ago
Which chipset does the new imac use?
Intel has SSD caching support built into the Z68 chipset now, it sounds eerily similar, they could simply be using that. Both reads and writes are cached.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4329/intel-z68-chipset-smart-response-technology-ssd-caching-review/2 http://www.anandtech.com/show/4329/intel-z68-chipset-smart-r...
- wmf 14y agoThere's actually nothing built into the chipset; Intel RST is a Windows driver (it just refuses to run on any chipset that it doesn't like). RST behaves fairly differently from descriptions of Fusion Drive.
- spitfire 14y agoAlright, I was under the impression it was a partial hardware implementation. I knew that it was artificially restricted to the Z68 chipset only, but still thought it was sort of a winmodem type solution. IE: there's still some special hardware there but the real smarts was in the driver. I stand corrected. Regardless, this is only a stopgap solution while SSD prices fall. I expect to see it MIA in 2-3 generations.