The Mobile Intel® 915PM Express chipset is a component of the Intel® Centrino® processor technology. It offers support for Intel® High Definition Audio which is a new enhanced audio specification for high quality audio enabling a premium home theater experience.
The Mobile Intel® 915PM Express chipset also supports up to 2 GB of DDR2 system memory which enables up to 60% increase in peak memory bandwidth and power benefits over DDR memory. Additionally Mobile Intel® 915PM Express chipset supports PCI Express* bus architecture, a highly scalable general purpose I/O for the latest industry peripherals like ExpressCard*.
Features And Benefits
533 MHz Front Side Bus | Up to 33% increase in Front Side Bus bandwidth over the previous generation. |
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Support for dual channel DDR2 400/533 MHz memory technology | Up to 60% improvement in peak memory bandwidth and average power savings over DDR memory. |
Discrete Graphics | Supports a high speed PCI Express* graphics interface for the most demanding gaming and workstation applications. |
Intel® Stable Image Technology | Supports a unified graphics driver. Enables hardware changes without impact to IT software image stability. |
Serial ATA | Provides up to 150 MB/sec transfer rate for disk traffic. |
Direct Media Interface (DMI) | With up to 2 GB/sec concurrent bandwidth, DMI provides up to 4x faster I/O bandwidth compared to previous Intel proprietary Hub link I/O interface. |
Integrated high speed USB 2.0 | Support for eight USB 2.0 peripherals for maximum 40x faster data transfer and backward compatible to support USB 1.1 devices. |
Intel® High Definition Audio (Intel® HD Audio)◊ | New audio specification enables increased bandwidth for high quality audio and support for Dolby* Technologies. Also enables power savings during audio activity. |
PCI Express* Bus Architecture | Enables the next generation of discrete graphics and I/O. Delivers up to a 4 times increase in discrete graphics bandwidth and 2 times the I/O bandwidth. Also supports the latest industry peripherals like ExpressCard*. Low pin count offers maximum bandwidth per pin. |