nope! prescott cores didn't have *any* memory controller! that's the secret: the chipset on a socket 478 or lga-775 motherboard was the northbridge that handled all dram and pci/agp/pcie connections, and it connected to the cpu via the front side bus.

March 25, 2026 - 12:45 UTC

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if it's the same front side bus for both sockets, and the bios on either motherboard supports prescott, well, why *can't* we put the old pga cpu in the lga motherboard? it's just a matter of wiring!
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Aaah. Right, thx, totally forgot that Intel at that point was still doing memory controllers on the north bridge
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