Mobile Intel® PM55 Express Chipset

Mobile Intel® PM55 Express Chipset
OVER VIEW:

The mobile Intel® PM55 Express Chipset is part of the mobile Intel® 5 Series Chipset family providing a new single chip architecture delivering:
Intel® Management Engine Ignition Firmware support
Intel® Matrix Storage Technology 8.9

Features and benefits:

Intel® Management Engine Ignition Firmware support
Provides essential platform functionality such as clock maintenance and thermal reporting
SATA 3 Gb/s port support
Support for 6 SATA ports for HDD/SSD expandability
PCI Express* 2.0 x1 support
Support for 8 PCIe ports @ 2.5GT/s PCIE interfaces, providing connectivity options
Integrated high speed USB 2.0
Support for 14 USB 2.0 peripherals for maximum 40x faster data transfer and backward compatible to support USB 1.1 devices
Intel® Matrix Storage Technology 8.9
Enables enhanced performance, power management and data protection for the storage subsystem
Related products
Chipsets
Intel® HM55 Express Chipset1
Intel® HM57 Express Chipset¹
Intel® QM57 Express Chipset¹
Processor
Intel® Core™ i7 processor Extreme Edition
Intel® Core™ i7 processor
Intel® Core™ i5 processor2
Integrated Gigabit Ethernet MAC
Hanksville LAN

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