Is a bridge chip
At least now we can say we know how
Intel got its SLI. Nvidia made a chip called N100 for notebook
manufacturers which will help Nvidia to bring SLI to notebook
platforms. The company simply did it because it didn't have any SLI
notebook chipset for Intel.
What many don't know is that N100 the
chip that enables SLI on the notebook can do the same for the desktop
market. As Intel was really anxious to get SLI for its super high end
gaming platform codenamed Skulltrail, Nvidia simply told intel that
getting SLI is a matter of buying the N100 chip.
We can confirm that the motherboard
that drives the Sculltrail dual socket gaming machine has this chip
and in the future we believe that any motherboard manufacturers will
have the chance to buy this chip and place it on their X38 motherboards and make it SLI compatible.
Nvidia ends up with more money from SLI
chip, Intel gets SLI and it makes everyone satisfied especially if
you are Nvidia.
