For Intel, this is a difficult time for many years. Due to the disastrous product planning of the 7th generation of Core, the product planning of the 8th generation Core Duo was frequently reported. Although the specifications of the 8th Generation Core CPU are fairly conscience, they are very In the bad early stage, only one Z370 chipset is available for selection.
Because of the relatively high selling price of the Z370, it directly led to the prevalence of hacking for the 100/200 series motherboards. The three generations of CPUs and the third generation of motherboards were mixed together, leaving people unemotional.
However, now that the orthodox mainstream products B360 and H310 have finally arrived, it is time for the PC market to return to its normal rhythm.
300 series specifications introduction:
The 300 series is one of the most complex chipsets in Intel's history. The larger release will have three releases. The entire release time span is as long as one year. This is still necessary to explain in detail:
- Product Series:
The Z370 chipset was released on Q3 2017, and the H370/B360/H310 chipset was released on April 3, 2018. In Q18, Q3 is expected to release the Z390 chipset.
- CPU support situation:
The 1151-pin eighth-generation Core processor can be cracked to support the sixth and seventh generation 1151-pin Core processors.
- Chipset positioning:
H310 replaces H110, B360 replaces B250, and H370 replaces H270. Subsequent Z390 releases will replace Z370.
- Chipset specifications:
Actually, the Intel 300 series compares the vests. The IO channel is exactly the same as the 200 series (note the IO channel), so the supported PCI-E, USB, SATA and other core specifications are basically the same.
- Chipset upgrades:
300+ Series (Distinguished from Z370) The main upgrade is the native support of USB 3.1 interface (the total number of USB does not change). Can support the CNVI wireless network card. Memory frequency can support DDR4-2666.
The CNVI is the biggest difference in the specifications of the Intel chipset. This is Intel's newly designed wireless network card specification, but for some reason, there is almost no coverage in China.
Here's to explain it with my own drawing.
- As can be clearly seen from the above figure, the traditional wireless network card requires the use of PCI-E and USB channels to complete the connection between the network card and the chipset. The specification of CNVI will use a dedicated CNVI channel, so that the motherboard can save one PCI-E and one USB 2.0. In addition, CNVI will integrate the MAC part of the network card into the chipset. Generally speaking, some functions of the wireless network card will be directly integrated. .
- This will bring two results, The first is that the cost of wireless cabling design and wireless network card will decrease. Secondly, the use of a special design will also create a barrier for Intel. If only one end of the network card and chipset is not an Intel-recommended specification, it will not be able to start up. For example AMD chipset and CNVI card, or CNVI slot and non-CNVI card.
- The current specification of the CNVI network card will also use the physical appearance of the M.2 2230 network card, and the installation of the network card and antenna will remain unchanged, but the wiring at the front end of the network card will determine the Wi-Fi network card slot on the motherboard (including the notebook). What kind of network card can be used? At present, there are three combinations, only CNVI card, only non-CNVI card, and CNVI and non-CNVI card.
- From the information collected so far, Most H370/B360/H310 motherboards only support CNVI mode. This is Intel's eyes.
