IDF: Dual CPU Quad SLI motherboard revealed

Posted at: 7:34am 19th September 2007 by Ben Hardwidge

Two processors and four graphics cards - what more could you want, apart from a new PSU?

Intel unveiled a 'Skull Trail' board at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) today, which not only had two processor sockets, but also had four PCI-E graphics slots.

Steve Smith, Intel's vice president and director of digital enterprise operations, showed off the board as a part of his presentation on Intel's new 45nm processors. Smith said that the board already runs with 'dual configuration SLI,' and also said that we can 'expect support for up to four [graphics cards in SLI, we assume] in the future.'

Although this dual-processor board is clearly aimed at the workstation market, it will also appeal to enthusiasts who could potentially fill it with two quad-core processors and perhaps four graphics cards. This statement also reveals that Nvidia could potentially be reviving Quad SLI, as well as providing support for SLI on non-Nvidia chipsets,

Smith said that he expected the board to launch by the end of this year or the beginning of next year.